Mariangela Lardaro

Director, Recruitment

Mariangela Lardaro was an air-time network bill payer at J. Walter Thompson. After that she took the role of administrative aide in their finance department before moving downtown to New York University in 2001. Mariangela started out as an account assistant in the NYU Office of Advertising and Publications working on various accounts for the University and Tisch. In 2006 after five years at Advertising and Publications she moved to the recruitment team in the Office of Special Programs at Tisch as an Assistant Director of Recruitment. Mariangela has continued her work for Special Programs in content development, marketing, and student recruitment for high school, undergraduate, graduate, and non-credit in-person and online programs. During her time at Tisch she has also had the opportunities of traveling to China and Singapore in a student support and event planning capacity. 

Mariangela received her B.A. in Communications from Saint Francis College in Brooklyn. She earned her M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs program from the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Mariangela speaks Italian and loves to cook and trying new recipes for her family. When she isn't in the kitchen you will find her reading with Jack (her rescue Maltese) snuggled next to her, or cheering her son and daughter on with her husband from the bleachers or sidelines.  

EDUCATION

M.A. Higher Education and Student Affairs, May 2026
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

B.A., Communications 1999
Saint Francis College