My cat, Chevy

Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?

I am not, I am however a dual masters degree student at a Queens College in library science and history.

Where’s your hometown?

Madison, Wisconsin

What did you want to be when you grew up?

Jane Goodall and/or a pro soccer player 

What was your first job?

Customer service at a boathouse 

What has been your best job?

Library assistant at a high school

Your favorite meal:

Depends on the day but most often something with vegetables, garlic and chiles

Are you a morning or night person?

Morning

A delicious dessert:

Coffee ice cream with chocolate chunks

Song you love no matter how many times you hear it:

Hot Knife by Fiona Apple

A country you’d like to visit:

Palestine

A book you strongly recommend?

Nonfiction: Blood in my Eye by George Jackson

Fiction: Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

A sport you enjoy playing (or watching)?

Soccer and tennis to play

TOP THREE….Best places to read

I get distracted so ideally somewhere I can’t see other people: the stacks (any stacks), a porch early in the morning, or in my room.

The strangest thing I’ve ever done is…

Eat an entire Naga Morich chile

The most fascinating person I’ve ever met is… 

When I worked at the Strand I checked out André 3000