Gender	Female
Industry	Student
Occupation	SMC 2020 grad, transferring to UCSC
Location	Santa Monica, CA, United States
Introduction	USAF brat, Chicago native, transplanted in Santa Monica. Santa Monica Disability Commission Commissioner. Partial cyborg after 10 years of marathons (THR), vegan, legally blind since 2016. Returned to SMC to complete my college education. Graduated SMC 2020 with AA degrees in anthropology and liberal arts, high honors; transfer to UCSC Fall, 2020.
Interests	Being a voice for all animals, reading, learning, writing, swimming, bicycling, kayaking, sailing, hiking, anthropology, social justice, environment, protection of society's voiceless, the Power and importance of the Vote.
Favorite movies	My Favorite Year, Born Yesterday, Truly Madly Deeply, Office Space, Up, The Iron Giant, The Corporation, Lilo & Stitch, Starman, Foreign Correspondent, The Full Monty, WALL-e, anything with Colin Firth or Benedict Cumberbatch.
Favorite music	Pink, John Blount, Beatles, Queen, Van Halen, Guns `n Roses, Nirvana, The Gits, Smashing Pumpkins, Joe Cocker, Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Black Eyed Peas, The Eagles, Janis Joplin, Lady Gaga.
Favorite books	Les Miserables, Grapes of Wrath, Tale of Two Cities, Tim, Scramble, The Great Drake, Born to Run, My Old Man and the Sea, anything written by Agatha Christie.

You can whistle and steam can whistle, so why do you sing in the shower?

I sing because I can -- and if you don't sing, the larynx will atrophy.