What's your biggest fear?

That the USA, through movements like the tea party, will revert to the ignorance and bigotry commonly practiced in the pre-Civil Rights period.

What is your most embarrassing moment?

During one of the recruitment informational meetings in one of our target schools years ago, I used a student sitting in front as an example of an energetic, college-bound young man only to be corrected by the other kids that it was a young woman.

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?

Right where I am.

What is the craziest moment you've seen during Upward Bound this year?

Not crazy but Jalen McGrew's dance performance at the Pack Forest Talent Show was hugely entertaining. Everyone had a great crazy time participating in the game introduced by Janel Brown, "I'm on Common Ground..."

What sea animal would you want to be?

A shark.