The 27-year-old is also proof that successful Ivey business students cannot be pigeon-holed.

“Going into the program, I thought I would be a bit unique as an Ivey student because of my experiences,” Mork explains. “I was a bit older, and I had a science education background, but I wasn’t alone. One of my classmates was an aerospace engineer and another was an SEO expert. This diversity is one of Ivey’s strengths.”

A former bartender, high-level figure skater and a registered dietician, Mork may have had some initial concerns about how to combine and leverage the diversity of her experiences into grad school success, but her hard-earned street smarts soon became an asset.

“I’ve lived all over Canada,” Mork says who earned a MSc in Management, Digital Management (MSc DM), with distinction in 2022 and was her class’s valedictorian. “Northern Ontario, Calgary, Nova Scotia and London. And I’ve a lot of diverse experiences. These were a benefit to me while I studied at Ivey.”

As a modern-day Renaissance woman, Mork had seen it all as she began plotting her path toward Ivey. Just before the pandemic hit in 2020, she worked at Earl’s restaurant in Toronto’s financial district while also growing her business as a registered dietician specializing in disordered eating. When the pandemic locked-down Earl’s, Mork focused on her work as a dietician, helping clients virtually. But she soon realized that she lacked the skills needed to scale her business.

“I had so many patients, I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t quite know how to grow. Plus, there was the administrative work,” Mork says. “I had a long waitlist of clients. Knowing I needed help was when I found Ivey’s Digital Marketing program, and I went for it.”

While studying, Mork met her current boss, Tessa Weidner, the Director of Ivey’s EdTech Lab, at an event that Mork helped plan. Just another example of Ivey’s incredible personal network.

“At the event, Tessa and I talked about the challenges delivering education and then we kept in touch. Networking is truly a great benefit of Ivey.”

After Mork graduated, she worked in Long Term Care Homes on the front lines of the COVID battle as a contract dietician. That’s when Weidner called her and asked what she was up to. Soon after the call, Mork decided to take the plunge and join Weidner’s team where she began her current role as a Learning Experience Specialist, helping profs and administrators develop cutting-edge online learning strategies.

“I collaborate with profs and administrators to improve the online course experience of Ivey students across all programs,” Mork explains. “I work with course development by researching, applying, and documenting success of emerging technologies to improve learning experiences.”

Mork is quick to praise Ivey’s diversity both culturally and experientially, calling it another vital reason for the school’s success at home and abroad.

“With so many diverse perspectives, your assumptions are always challenged,” Mork says. “This makes you aware of bias and allows you to grow and learn.”