| What is your most memorable childhood experience? | I'd have to say that my most memorable experience has to be camping. The first time I went camping was in the 6th grade. The school hosts bonding camping trips for students so that they would be able to get to know each other. We went camping on the beach, along the California coast, called Half Moon Bay. The trip was amazing, there was tons of wildlife that I had never seen before, and more stars than I thought possible. After this trip I started my career as a camper. The school hosted more trips, but some of the best ones have to be when I was in the Boy Scouts. Being in the wilderness and learning how to survive was life changing, and by far the most memorable experiences that I have. |
| What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why? | There isn't really one that I identify with the most, they all have different lifestyles and interests. I feel as though I am a reflection of all of them, because I'm artistic, but love computers and engineering. Design is extremely fun to me, but so are biology and physics. I love to write creatively, play sports, work out, meditate, dance, etc. They all have a wide range of interests and personality traits and I feel as though I represent and identify with all of them. |
| What character traits do you admire in an individual? | I admire an open mind, sense of humor, conscious of their actions, friendly, helpful, willingness to learn, compassion, and perseverance. |
| What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you? | I actually have no idea. |
| If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why? | I would travel everywhere. I would start with major cities so that I can have friends all over the world, but I wouldn't stop there. I would travel to every impoverished nation so that I can volunteer and help as much as I can. Then after years of volunteering I would travel to the highest of temples, buried in the mountains where people would have never thought possible. I would also travel to the beaches and to the depths of the sea, far past what is currently possible. The reason why I would do all these things is so that I can understand and grow. Traveling to all of the major cities, I will understand and see how the most elite of society live, thrive and function. Then traveling to impoverished regions, so that I can better know and understand the depths of poverty and the pain that it causes. But in order to help them I have to know how the other side works. After I leave the once impoverished lands, I want to know about myself and become more spiritually inclined, so that I can fully control and understand my body and mind. And I would go into the ocean, so that I can be reminded that we're not done learning, and that there is far more to be explored and learned. |
| When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them? | I would like to pass to them my outlook on life, how we are only here for so much time. So it's ridiculous to get upset by trivial things and to hold grudges. I would like to pass on the ability to forgive. Being mad and holding grudges only harms the person who holds the grudge, and it's more freeing to forgive. I'd give them my determination to always strive for greatness and to not accept failure, but to learn from it. I would give them an open mind, so that they can accept people for who they are, know them as a person and not a stereotype. I’d give them my artistic ability and my creativity so that they can create amazing work and be proud of themselves. My children would receive my unconditional love and I will make sure that they know that I love them and always will. Finally, I would give them my childlike wonder towards everything. I wonder why things are and how they are, while keeping an open mind to possibilities and change. I want them to want to learn as much as they possibly can and to be interested in everything. I want them to always look at the world and not see what is, but what could be. I know that I am capable of anything that I want, and I will make sure that they know that they are, too. |
