Meet Arianna Kemp

Arianna Kemp (She/They)

Major: Special Education, with a minor in costume design

Arianna first heard about Kent State in her senior year of high school as part of a Project GRAD class. Project GRAD-Akron is a non-profit education reform entity that offers programs, support, and scholarships for underrepresented youth from kindergarten through career classes.

Arianna said she chose to apply to Kent State because it was close to home and “the programs here are really dope.”

The factors that influenced her decision were which college would allow her to be closest to her home and which college offered the best scholarships. 

Arianna said that her dream job would be to help people with disabilities and the one thing she’d like people to know about her is that “I’m not as mean as I look.”

Arianna's message to herself in 2025

“Congrats on not dropping out!”