Essay Questions

What is your most memorable childhood experience?I got lost in preschool once. I must have been around three. I remember trying to call for help but realized that I didn't know English yet.
What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why?I identify most with my mother. We share a similar sense of humor and love of children.
What character traits do you admire in an individual?I admire the emotional honesty to reflect on and acknowledge our own shortcomings.
What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you?As I was about to get ambushed by a wild baboon in the mountains in rural Mozambique, I discovered that I had amazing 4G network coverage to Google search “monkey attack survival skills” and safely escaped. In retrospect, I would say that is funny.
If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why?I would like to travel anywhere I have a local contact but have yet to visit. I love having my assumptions about cultures and communities challenged. What better place than somewhere new, but with a friend to help me start conversations?
When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them?I suppose I would like to share my various hypotheses about the nature of life and humans. Only hypotheses though, as I would hate to have them believe in certainty.