I am a fan of: silly rap music, serious literature, and a creamy soy latte.

I taught for three years and it profoundly influenced my worldview. I could talk about teaching all day and all night.

I am fortunate to have a mother who empowered me and a father who encouraged me. Consequently, I may be a little too independent for my own good.

I just moved to Chicago from Atlanta. I don't know many people, aside from work colleagues. I'd like to change my social situation...Hello, new friends!

figuring out what I want to do with my life.

Listening to strangers' deepest, darkest secrets.

My sunny disposition and contrasting tendency toward sarcasm.

Books
(recently) With or Without You, Drift, State of Wonder.
(always) Absalom! Absalom!, Ulysses, The Girls' Guide to Fishing and Hunting

Music
(recently) Delta Rae, Kendrick Lamar
(always) Simon (not Garfunkel), Nina Simone, Belle and Sebastian

Food
(recently) Homemade Horchata!
(always) BRUNCH.

Shows
(recently) GoT. Mad Men. Maddow.
(always) Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Sex and the City. The Daily Show.

I also enjoy:
RSA animate
Malcolm Gladwell articles in the New Yorker
TED talks
Also, this is amazing.

1. Reading
2. Coffee
3. Soul food
4. Storytelling
5. Thoughtfulness

Interactions. PhDs. Advancement.

the same thing I do every night: try to take over the world!

I have a tiny crush on Rachel Maddow. There, I said.

you want to take the second chair in my reading nook, but not read on a Nook.