| What is your most memorable childhood experience? | Just spending summers with my best friends, doing kid stuff, not like present-day kid stuff meaning video games and cell phones and tablets, but water gun fights, playing soccer with neighborhood kids, being very outdoor-oriented. |
| What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why? | My grandfather. He is one of the wisest men I know and I can talk to him about anything going on in my life. He is my go to person when I want to talk to someone about my school or personal life. He's always been there for me as I will always be there for him. |
| What character traits do you admire in an individual? | Loyalty, honesty, sincerity. |
| What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you? | The following events happened on a sunny weekday in autumn: (Law & Order noise) So I had just finished eating my infamous rectangle pizza that everyone eats in elementary school and went about the remainder of my day as normal. Towards the end of the school day I felt my stomach bubble. I had always been afraid to poop anywhere but in the privacy and sanctity of my own home. So now I'm on the bus on my way home, it's only an eight block drive to my house from the school, but the closer I got to home, the more I felt my stomach hurt. I began to sweat. My friend asked me if I was alright and when I was going to come out and play. I told him I had a few things to take care of then I would come out for our usual game of jackpot. Finally, the bus arrived at my stop and I waddled as fast as my little legs would take me to my apartment building. We lived in the basement level. It was two flights of stairs down. As soon as I got to the top step of the building entrance I flung the door open and frantically hustled down the first flight of stairs. Almost there... Almost there... I know I can. I know I can. I know I can. I could almost see my door while I was at the top of the last flight of stairs. I was home free. I jumped the last flight of stairs to my door and when I landed... There was a noise and I felt my pants get heavy. I felt like I had just been stabbed or something. I was petrified in place and a second later my mom opened the door to see what was going on. "What are you doing? What's wrong? Uh oh..." She starts laughing uncontrollably before she gets me inside for a heavy duty shower. |
| If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why? | Europe! I have family in Spain, Switzerland, France, England, Portugal, and Italy. I would love to just backpack through Europe, starting in England and making my way down to Turkey passing through all the different countries. |
| When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them? | Everything I've learned: morals, values, traditions. |
