| What is your most memorable childhood experience? | Beach days at my grandmother's house are deeply embedded in my memory. We would wake up and leave for the beach long before most people got to the beach. We'd often stopped for breakfast and to get our packed hoagie lunch on the way. Then my brother and I would carry most of the gear to the most premium of spots. To summarize what would follow: sandcastles, getting buried in sand, meeting and befriending other kids, boogieboarding, ice cream, splashing parents, walks, sunsets, the arcade, the boardwalk all played major parts in a good beach day. It was full of experience and full of family. |
| What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why? | I think I most closely identify with my father because we both wear our emotions on our sleeves. |
| What character traits do you admire in an individual? | I admire a person who humble enough to recognize their own limitations but daring enough to push past them. I appreciate a sharp wit tempered by a gracious manner. Finally, one of the most endearing qualities to find in another is curiosity. |
| What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you? | The funniest thing I've ever done is surreptitiously switch a classmate's notes for my own while he was getting lunch. When he returned, I made a show of ripping up "his" notes before his eyes. He cursed me out until the prank was revealed. That same classmate would film me foolishly pulling a branch down on my own head, not realizing the branch was dead. The Kharmic circle is pleasing, if not hilarious. |
| If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why? | In no particular order, I'd travel to Japan because I am enamored with their culture (and food) to the extent it's been popularized in America. I'd travel to Argentinian Patagonia for their national parks. Lastly, I'd travel to Morrocco to experience a culture that is distinctly of the global South. |
| When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them? | To my children, I would attempt to pass on a love of life, perpetual curiosity, and a sense of security in familial love. The last is the bedrock for the first two. The first two are my definition of thriving. |
