Senior Spotlight: Mia Glissman-Mayner
Launch the media gallery 1 playerOn April 18th, 2008, at the Fremont hospital, James Mayner and Lisa Glissman-Mayner welcomed their third child, Mia Kaelyn Glissman-Mayner. Mia’s two older siblings are Pheobe, 19, and Derek, 21.
Mia’s grandparents are Christy and Brad Glissman of Pender, as well as the late James Lee Mayner and Debra Prezlin of Fremont, and the late Glenn Carstens and Diane and Ric Colestock of Ohio.
The cherry topping off her family are her pets. Her very old, beloved cat named Zulu just recently passed away at 17 years old. She also has a husky named Shadow that she has had for 4 years.
Throughout Mia’s high school career, she has participated in choir for 4 years, One-Act for 2 years, and golf team for 1 year, her senior year.
Mia said her proudest high school moment is making it through high school in general, and making it through hard classes that she didn’t necessarily enjoy.
This amazing woman’s future looks bright. Mia’s future plans are to study at the University of Omaha to receive her Master’s Degree in Library Science with a minor in Business and hopefully work as a CNA somewhere in Omaha as well.
In 10-15 years, Mia sees herself as a librarian, married to someone she loves, and being financially stable. Going along with that, her three biggest goals in life are to travel around the world, learn three other languages, and become financially stable.
When asked what three words describe her best, Mia said funny, intellectual, and understanding, "courtesy of Ava Kasik.”
If Ms. Glissman-Mayner would ever be lucky enough to win the lottery, she would first get rid of all of her debts, then when that is finished, she would donate most of it to charities.
“I really like to donate, because not only does it feel nice; it helps others too,” stated Mia.
If she could travel anywhere in the world, Mia would like to do a round trip to Asia because they have beautiful history, culture, and lots of spicy food. She thinks it would be really interesting to learn about cultures that are vastly different from her own.
If you want to stay on her good side and not trigger her pet peeves, you better steer away from chewing with your mouth open or bringing up politics too frequently when it is not needed.
The person Mia admires most in her life is her great-grandmother who passed away in 2020.
Mia’s favorite high school memory was on her first day when she couldn’t stop telling people that she really liked orange. She thinks she probably said it 30,000 times. On the flip side, Mia’s most embarrassing moment was burning a spatula in Mrs. Hillen’s class.
Some more of Mia’s favorites include her favorite hobbies, which are to read and collect things; her favorite subject, history or choir; favorite song, “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden or “Let Down” by Radiohead. Mia exclaimed that her favorite team is the Michigan Wolverines. Her favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast or Bridge to Terabithia. Her favorite TV show is Lost in Space or Twisted Wonderland. Her favorite restaurant is Jaipur, an Indian restaurant in Omaha. One last thing to add to Mia's favorites, is her favorite classic book, Dracula.
Mia’s words of wisdom for the underclassmen is, “Don’t let your mental health derail your life; do those difficult things, and have those difficult conversations.”
Good luck Mia in all your future endeavors!