| What is your most memorable childhood experience? | It is difficult to say. I didn’t get to do much as a child for some complicated reasons. If I had to pick one experience I would say traveling to Mexico. I remember getting really excited seeing all of the colorful fish and getting to pet a turtle in the wild, which was illegal but memorable, nonetheless. |
| What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why? | I identify most with my mom. She is my rock, and I am like her in a lot of ways. It seems we’re in sync, whatever I’m going through in life, she’s going through something similar. |
| What character traits do you admire in an individual? | I really value genuine kindness. I grew up around a lot of angry and sad people who were not very caring, so it makes me really happy to see people being nice to each other. |
| What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you? | When I was about four years old, I wanted to see what those light up retractable lightsabers looked like when they shot up when you turned them on. Seems innocuous at first, except I wanted to see what it looked like from a top-down view. Long story short, I punched myself in the eye with a lightsaber and ended up in the ER. I was delirious and couldn’t see out of one eye, I don’t remember which. I didn’t have any lasting damage, but it’s still funny to me. It describes how I was as a child perfectly. |
| If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why? | I will be traveling the world soon, so this question isn’t hypothetical! I will be going to Austria, and I’ve wanted to go for at least five years now. I am so excited to see where life takes me. |
| When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them? | It sounds really cheesy, but after everything I’ve been through, I’ve learned that material possessions are not really all that important. If I ever have something of sentimental value in the future, then maybe that. Other than that, I want them to have positive memories of their childhood and their life. I want to help them make those memories and cherish the photos. That’s the most important thing really, things you can’t replace. |
