Photo by Alaina Strzalka

Ariana Strzalka is a May 2020 graduate from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Photojournalism with minors in Journalism and Sociology. Ariana is currently based in her hometown, Plymouth, Mich., where is she is Marketing Coordinator for Dominion Technologies Group - a final line tooling supplier with product lines such as fluid fill equipment, tire and wheel balancing equipment, end-of-line equipment and more. She creates content for all their social media channels, produces videos, photographs and blogs for the company and organizes events within the organization. Ariana is also a freelance photographer for Community Publishing, a local magazine and marketing company that produces quarterly magazine publications for many Metro-Detroit communities. 

Ariana was previously the photographer for CMU's College of Education and Human Services, where she produced photographs and videos for the college's promotional efforts. For the first two years of her college career, she was a photographer for Central Michigan Life, CMU's student run newspaper, where she covered news and sporting events. Ariana was also a reporter for CM Life, writing feature and issue stories for the publication.