Rina Spyrou is a lifelong Clevelander who found herself living and working within the heart of the city!  Rina owns Mixed Greens Eateries, currently in Tower City and the Galleria.  Since opening in 2008, Mixed Greens has been her way to inspire Cleveland and its workforce every day at lunch.  She is involved in having a greener Cleveland as a vocal advocate for recycling and composting in the restaurant business.  Rina was the head volunteer for the UNICEF Tap Project in 2010, which brought restaurants together to raise money for the global clean water crisis.

Rina graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 2002.  She was one of the first to receive a degree from Miami's intense entrepreneurship program.  Learning from the nation's best business minds, Rina continues to implement the creativity she gained from those great halls in her part of Cleveland!  She also simultaneously received a BA in psychology from Miami and studied abroad in Florence, Italy for her junior year.

While there is no place like home, Rina is a vagabond traveler in her heart.  Encouraged from a young age to see the world, she returns to Italy and Greece to visit her family on a regular basis.  Every year Rina plans to see a few new countries.  Iceland, Egypt, Jordan and Israel made the list in 2010.  When she is at home the lively restaurant scene is where she spends her free time.  Enjoying the company of friends and family over a delicious glass of wine always makes her happy.  She is very excited about the DCA program and hopes that her enthusiasm for making Cleveland a wonderful place to live will encourage others to take small steps forward.

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