“My parents immigrated to the United States to give me and my siblings a better chance at just schooling. So I’m the firstborn in my family. I was born in Robbinsdale.”
She’s also the school’s tennis captain, and she’s involved with Business Professionals of America.
“I think the motivating factor now for business is that there’s, it’s so diverse. Before, for me too, I thought it was so broad and I thought business was just people who wanted to make up their own company and just run it themselves. But, I realized joining BPA that business is in engineering, it’s in healthcare, it’s in hospitality, it’s in lawmaking, it’s in government.”
As a junior she placed second in her category nationally in her BPA presentation, and this year, she was elected by her peers as the state president for the organization.
“So it was a long process, but it was really worth it to me because I’m very happy with my role, and I feel my efforts and my changes are making effect with the Minnesota BPA.”
Her involvement in BPA has given her to opportunity to travel and meet business leaders across the country.
“I went to New York in November. I went to Google. It was really beautiful, and I got to meet with the like director in that area.”
More recently, she and a fellow student took a trip to Saint Paul, where they advocated for more open graduation requirements. They met with three senators and two state representatives, including Speaker of the House, Melissa Hortman.
“It was a really great opportunity because she was a Blaine alumni. And out of all the people I talked to, I felt like that one had the most lasting impact because we were planning on just talking to her about not requiring more of a graduation requirement that prevents students to take those flexible classes that let them explore and find the career that they want.”
Now that senior year is winding down, Aroloye is fine tuning her plans for next year.
“I am planning on studying in both a dual major in engineering and business administration. My end goal is to end in a biomedical systems engineer management. So, that’s the current plan. I’m just trying to figure out what school I’m going to.”
Aroloye says that being open to new classes and new learning opportunities, specifically here at Blaine High School, really helped her find her spark in education.
“Something that I realized as a sophomore is that I didn’t have a lot of passion in certain things, but once I found something that I clicked in, that motivated me to just push for so much more, like, if I saw an opportunity, I took it. And another thing that motivates me is just my family in general, because they just are like my main cheerleaders. They’ve always told me to never settle for anything less, always try my best. So, they are one of my best supporters and my biggest motivations.”
