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Occupation: I'm a student and I work at Sharon's Coffee and Tea. I'll be

attending Miami Dade in the fall to study environmental science.

Why environmental science: Trying to create hope for a very desperate

situation - trying to fight corporations through very strict regulations. I

feel basically only a few problems need to be solved that would improve the

world as a whole. I believe that the root of our environmental problems comes

with the mass meat industry - animal farming. I believe that's the major cause

of our problems, besides nuclear power plants.

Are you vegan or vegetarian: Yes, vegetarian.

How long in Newtown: 7« years. I lived in Florida for five years [before

that], and I grew up in Mystic.

Biggest change in Newtown: Uh! All the development. It's absolutely

disgusting.

Family: I have a mom and dad, and three brothers - they live in Sandy Hook.

Do you like to read: I love to read. There's never enough time to read. I like

to read a lot of metaphysical books and bizarre stories types - Kurt Vonnegut

and Mark Vonnegut, his son. Mark Vonnegut wrote The Eden Express ... his

autobiography. I like very factual books, too.

Favorite book: Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin.

Organizations: Grass Roots Network out of New Haven, I do some work with them.

It's a small group that works on very local issues - stopping incinerators is

one of the big ones.

Favorite food: I'd have to say yogurt.

Hobbies: For five years [I've been] playing guitar and singing. Music is my

favorite thing in the whole world, I think. Basically, it's folk that I play

and sing. I've played at coffee houses a couple of times - not professionally,

just sort of on a whim. I really like different aspects of art and try to do a

little of evertyhing in that area - drawing and painting. I like to make

jewelry. And I write a lot, a lot of poetry. And I always love walking in the

woods. That's about it.

Other interests: One of my major passions is independent midwifery and [I work

to] support that, to make it legal in this country. [I believe in] women's

choices and health and safety. Midwifery is women helping women - doing

something completely natural.

Favorite place outdoors in Newtown: I'd have to say my favorite place was

where Blackbridge Road was developed; where you'd walk over the railroad

bridge and walk along the water.

Personal philosophy: Lots of love and patience, because I find I lose patience

very easily and I just have to try harder and harder. Everything I do I always

think about how it effects everyone and everything around me. That's just the

way my brain works... I definitely believe in Karma - I don't believe in an

eye for an eye.