{"id":5203,"date":"2026-03-11T13:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:41:19","slug":"meet-lora-priebe-barshney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/2026\/03\/11\/meet-lora-priebe-barshney\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Lora Priebe Barshney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.955), 26px);\"><strong>Financial Specialist<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lora doesn&#8217;t use the word &#8220;change;&#8221; she prefers &#8220;evolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a distinction that says a lot about how she moves through the world \u2014 and how she thinks about the city she&#8217;s chosen to plant herself in. After a life that has restarted more times than most people could count, she has landed at the University of Michigan-Flint, where she works in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education, and found something she didn&#8217;t expect: a community that feels like home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As much as I think I would want to go somewhere else when times are rough, I couldn&#8217;t do it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Being in the community here makes me want to be here, help more, make sure I&#8217;m doing something to give back.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005107.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"1366\" data-id=\"5215\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005107.jpeg\" alt=\"A child wearing a yellow sweatshirt with &quot;UNIVERSITY MICHIGAN&quot; and a bear graphic, sitting on a surface with a neutral background.\" class=\"wp-image-5215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005107.jpeg 946w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005107-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005107-713x1030.jpeg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lora was destined for UM-Flint from an early age<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"575\" data-id=\"5219\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005113.jpg\" alt=\"A person sitting on the ground next to a car, holding a mechanical part with dirty hands, wearing casual, worn clothing.\" class=\"wp-image-5219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005113.jpg 470w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005113-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lora showing the boys she could do whatever they could do &#8212; and better!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"603\" data-id=\"5208\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005112.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a blue work shirt with a name tag that reads &quot;Leah&quot; and a logo patch on the right side, standing against a plain background.\" class=\"wp-image-5208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005112.jpg 324w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005112-161x300.jpg 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>A snapshot of Lora during her years as a &#8220;wrench.&#8221;<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"5210\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005111.jpg\" alt=\"A child in a yellow firefighter suit stands next to an adult firefighter in full gear, with a red fire truck in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-5210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005111.jpg 604w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005111-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Volunteer firefighter, EMT, and single mom?!?!?!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting here wasn&#8217;t a straight line. Lora grew up in Clio, finished high school in Davison, and launched into adulthood with an uncommon kind of boldness. Her first degree was in automotive technology from Delta College through a GM-sponsored co-op program. She also volunteered as a firefighter and EMT \u2014 all while raising a son on her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to do what the boys were doing,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I had family who were in the union at GM, and they encouraged me to go for a job there. But I would die before I would go into the union! I wanted to get my hands dirty, to show the boys I could do any job they could.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005127.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"737\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005127.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of people wearing festive pajamas poses together in a living room decorated for the holidays, with a Christmas tree and a fireplace in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-5211\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005127.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005127-300x230.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lora and her family<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That drive was shaped early on, largely by her grandmother, whom she describes as a quiet feminist. &#8220;She was a huge inspiration \u2014 always letting my sister and me get dirty, make dioramas from insects. She just believed we could do anything.&#8221; When her grandmother passed away when Lora was thirteen, that spirit stayed with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health complications from degenerative disc disease eventually forced her out of automotive work and firefighting. Rather than stop, she pivoted \u2014 volunteering in her son Zackery&#8217;s Head Start classroom, where an encounter with a nonverbal child with autism quietly redirected her path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Everyone said, just give him his favorite book, and he&#8217;ll be fine,&#8221; she recalled. &#8220;But I watched him watch the other kids ride tricycles, and I made it my mission to get him okay being on one. We spent the whole summer working on it.&#8221; The experience opened something in her. &#8220;It was fascinating to me \u2014 it put me down the field of wanting to help underprivileged people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But life\u2019s curveballs intervened again. She moved back in with her parents in Davison and started over \u2014 this time, with her mother&#8217;s gentle nudging, in accounting. She enrolled at UM-Flint&#8217;s School of Management and graduated in 2012 with high honors. Her son, she said, was adamant that she walk at commencement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was just the two of us,&#8221; she said of that day. &#8220;I wanted him to see me do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She joined UM-Flint&#8217;s staff in April 2013, thanks in large part to her advisor, Nikki Taylor Vargo, who became a lifelong friend and helped her land the interview that changed everything. She later earned an MPA in nonprofit management from UM-Flint in 2016. Today, while working in CASE, she says the college&#8217;s diversity is precisely what keeps her energized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;CASE is one of the more diverse schools \u2014 that&#8217;s the biggest reason I want to be here,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It opens me up to so many different types of people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005123.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"717\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005123-1030x717.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of people dressed in Halloween-themed outfits, including skeleton costumes, stands in front of a decorated booth with a black canopy. A large inflatable pumpkin and skeletons are visible in the background. A table with a water bottle and flyers is in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-5217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005123-1030x717.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005123-300x209.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005123-1536x1069.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005123.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The CASE Crew at Inclusive Halloween 2025, featuring Lora&#8217;s EPIC Halloween decor!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That openness extends beyond campus. Lora drives through Flint every single day \u2014 down Pierson Road to Saginaw \u2014 and she wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way. When people express disbelief, she takes it as motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The naysayers drive me even more to want to do this, to work here, to be a part of the community,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t look at the city of Flint as a hard luck story or as crime-ridden. I look at it, see what&#8217;s going on in it, and want to make sure we live with the strengths of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those strengths, she says, include the Flint Institute of Music, the Whiting, and the Capitol Theatre \u2014 places she visits regularly with her husband, Tony, always making a point of eating in Flint beforehand. &#8220;We want to bring our business local,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There\u2019s a lot to enjoy in Flint and we like sharing that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005126.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1030\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005126-818x1030.jpeg\" alt=\"A person in a blue patterned shirt stands next to another person in a floral dress, holding a bouquet of colorful flowers. They are posing in front of a wooden fence.\" class=\"wp-image-5214\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005126-818x1030.jpeg 818w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005126-238x300.jpeg 238w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005126-1220x1536.jpeg 1220w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/1000005126.jpeg 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lora and her husband, Tony<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;s also involved with the General Federation of Women&#8217;s Clubs in Flushing and volunteered at UM-Flint\u2019s annual Inclusive Halloween event for the community \u2014 the kind of grassroots, people-first work that reflects her larger vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If I were fortunate enough to win the lottery, I would love to open a nonprofit in Flint,&#8221; she said. &#8220;To help people navigate legal and financial issues \u2014 because I&#8217;ve been on top of the mountain and I&#8217;ve been down, living off SSI and state aid. 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