Erin, 25
Brooklyn, New York
Drink: beer, brown ales but sometimes IPAs too.
Whose writing is inspring you the most right now?: mmm geez. (licking macaroni off her fingers) Cheryl Strayed.
Follow any style advice: You have to wear what you look comfortable in, or else you look stupid.
What makes you feel the most badass? This certain picture of me ice climbing.
Recent lesson learned: Oh god, so many. It's hard to learn to trust your gut sometimes, and if it's telling you something you don't like you fight it. But at a certain point you just have to give in, and usually it's for the better. Hopefully it's for the better.
Role Model/Mentor/Who you want to be in 10 years: Some of the biggest role models I've met were the women were running the micro-finance program I interned for. They all had come up through the program, had their own businesses, were farmers, had kids, were running this program. They were all so awesome, lifting up all these other women without a lot of resources.
Scent: no, but if I did it would be called forgot-to-put-on-deodorant. Or unwashed clothes.
What's something most people don't know about you? I love best and worst dressed things after award shows. I don't watch award shows, I just get really exciting when they're coming.
Coffee/Tea: Coffee
Introvert or Extrovert?: My first impulse is extrovert, but I'm probably pretty evenly split between the two.
Next Destination: Hopefully east Africa, if I can swing it.
Ideal job in 1-2 sentences: Working for a social enterprise that provides job opportunities and education to refugee women and children.
# of Tattoos: 1
Last Text: "I have bad service, let me try to again in a bit." To Avie.
Last Meal you ate: Homemade mac and cheese with dijon mustard and hot peppers.
Go read this book: Wherever you go, there you are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Ask me a question: "When are you going to start QUIP?" When I can figure out what the card I hand out will say, and when I can find it a home (a lot of www.quip.com etcs exist)
Go listen to this song when you're finished reading, just pick one: How I got over - Aretha Franklin
And go look at this website: http://awkwardblackgirl.com/
(Gracias Erin! )
