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Q: Describe yourself in three words.

A: Bubbly, loud and kind. 

Q: Which fictional character would you swap lives with?

A: Oh, Harry Potter! I feel like he has a really fun life, and it’s really adventurous and it would be really fun to be in Hogwarts.

Q: Is “Harry Potter” your favorite movie?

A: No, “Minions” is my favorite movie. Maybe I would swap [lives] with a minion.

Q: How do you get to school in the morning?

A: My e-scooter!

Q: We hear you have a twin brother. Do you believe in twin telepathy?

A: Personally, I’m gonna say no, but I do think having a twin does create a better, genuine connection between you both because you’re the same age.

Q: Have you ever had a really bad first impression?

A: Well, I missed my academic advising meeting twice last year. And I kept having to set alarms and then I missed it twice. 

Q: When someone says your name, what do people think of?

A: Maybe by saying “hi” to everyone in the halls because I’m really loud about it, but I try to say hi to everyone.

Q: What topic could you talk about for hours?

A: Maybe just having a positive mindset, because I feel like that’s a really good thing to have, and it allows you to have a better perspective on everything, like a glass half-full mentality. Once I started seeing things more in a positive view, I just stopped letting things get me down and I noticed the impact it had on me.

Q: If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be?

A: I want to be able to blow ring bubbles underwater. I tried to do that so many times. I can make one, but then it always breaks.

Q: How do you spend a free Sunday?

A: Probably just to hang out with my friends. We would probably bake something, and then go downtown and get boba or froyo. But then, if I’m with my family, I’d probably go to Stanford and go on a hike with them and get a smoothie. They’re all kind of food related. Or I would go skiing with my family. 

Q: Would you go on a reality TV show? 

A: This isn’t exactly a reality show, but I’d want to go on one of Gordon Ramsay’s cooking shows and help Gordon Ramsay judge.

Q: What’s your dream vacation?

A: I personally want to go backpacking with my friends. I feel like that would be really fun. And honestly, anywhere as long as I’m with my friends, I feel like I would have a good time.

Q: If you had unlimited amounts of money, how would you spend it?

A: I’d probably try to pay back all my friends for how much money I owe them for snacks. And then probably try and do something like treat my parents.

Q: Do you have any funny memories from your childhood?

A: In preschool, I had a bob and bangs, and I also had the name Charlie. I had a French class, and so when we all stood up for roll call, she was like, “Okay, all the girls stand up.” And so I stood up, and then the teacher looked at me and was like, “Aren’t you a boy?”