Meet Nargiz Ali Zada, an international student earning her MaineMBA. Find out what drew Nargiz to UMaine from Azerbaijan and why earning an MBA is important to her.
Tell us a little bit about where you are from…
I am from Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. Baku is an ancient, beautiful city on the coast of the Caspian Sea. It’s an important center for oil production. There are many historical monuments such as Gobustan, one of the oldest human settlements with more than 6,000 ancient rock carvings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. There’s also Atashgah Zoroastrian Fire Temple. Baku is a warm, hospitable, and progressive city with a great diversity of different cultures and nationalities.