In addition to Penn State's academics, Otero found impactful experiences elsewhere on campus as well.Īlmost as soon as she arrived, she auditioned for - and was accepted to - the Penn State International Dance Ensemble (PSIDE). Otero ended up choosing to major in print journalism with minors in international studies and French. “I liked that it was big and diverse, and I liked that it was a college town,” she said.
For Otero, this was not the driving factor. Many students come to Penn State with a specific program in mind, such as the University’s top-notch programs in engineering or earth and mineral sciences. I really wanted to experience something new.” “Indiana did not have as much diversity as Penn State. “I was born in Peru and grew up there until I was 9, when we moved to Indiana,” she said.
She joined Penn State in 2006 without declaring a major - she had heard great things about the University and wanted a new experience after living in Indiana. “A lot of people in university stress about not having everything figured out yet or changing majors,” Otero said. She currently runs Brava Studio, a dance and aerial arts studio, in Doha, Qatar, where she lives with her husband, Peter, a 2008 alumnus of the Smeal College of Business.įiorella Otero’s path hasn’t always been the most direct. Fiorella Otero graduated from the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State with a degree in print journalism in 2010.
