Marketing, Sustainability & Community Engagement | Connecting People Across the Great Lakes

A young woman with shoulder-length wavy brown hair, glasses, and a septum piercing smiling, standing against a plain light background, wearing a black turtleneck and gold necklaces.

Marketing & Communications Manager at Michigan Technological University’s College of Business and College of Computing, crafting and sharing stories of achievement, research, and innovation. Owner of M/K Studios LLC, specializing in lifestyle photography and digital media rooted in Northern Michigan, created for and inspired by the people who live here. Volunteer Marketing Coordinator with Surfrider Northern Michigan, blending creativity with environmental advocacy. Committed to continual growth, advancing higher education through marketing, championing sustainability, and catching waves whenever possible.

Always building creative side projects while exploring opportunities to grow in the sustainability sector—even as marketing roles continue to appear first. Open to meaningful connections.

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Aerial view of turquoise sea with visible underwater patterns and textures.
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Dramatic clouds at sunset with sunbeams
Aerial view of a pier dividing two bodies of water, one with brown tinted water and the other with deep blue water, next to a sandy beach.
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Aerial view of a sandy beach and turquoise ocean water.
Aerial view of a parking lot adjacent to a dock with trees and benches along a waterfront.
Aerial view of a rocky coastline with clear teal water surrounding large rocks.

Contact me.

mahkin@mtu.edu

mary@marykatestudios.com
(920) 284-3286

Calumet MI

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