09/28/2026
MEET THE TEAM: AVA 🦈
Next up in our S&S Meet the Team series is Ava!
Ava is Barb’s niece, a 21-year-old college student, and our part-time Office Assistant. She spent two years in Purdue’s engineering program and is now attending Ivy Tech, with an interest in pursuing forensics.
So what does an engineering student with an interest in forensics do when she’s not studying or working? A little bit of everything. 😂 She’s at the gym, builds LEGOs, researches her family history, listens to BTS, and apparently can do a handstand.
We asked Ava a few questions so you can get to know her a little better:
🦈 Favorite shark: Bull shark — because she thinks they’re the most misunderstood.
🌏 Dream destination to see sharks: Australia or New Zealand.
🎵 Gym soundtrack: Motivational pop. Her go-to song is I’m Good (Blue) by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha.
🔎 Why forensics? She likes the idea of putting all the pieces together to solve a crime. Her interest started after watching *Criminal Minds* with her brother when they were younger.
🧬 Coolest family-history discovery: Apparently, Charlemagne is her 38th-great grandfather. So that's something you don't hear every day.
✈️ A place she'd like to visit because of her heritage: Slovakia or Germany.
🎤 Favorite BTS song:** *Best of Me — although she made it very clear that choosing just one was an extremely difficult decision. 😂
🍴 Food she absolutely refuses to eat: Olives. No explanation needed.
And what has Ava learned since joining S&S? She can now read an HVAC model number and tell you what those numbers mean. That's probably not something she expected to pick up while pursuing engineering and forensics, but here we are.
Her favorite thing about working at S&S? “It’s like a family.”
Ava likes sharks, BTS, LEGOs, family history and solving crimes, but draws the line at olives. Honestly, that's a pretty good combination. 😂
Now we're curious—do you have a favorite shark? Or maybe a least favorite? 😂 Let us know in the comments! 🦈