Age: 19
Employment: A Summer Fun Program leader
What do you like most about your job? I love being around the kids, having fun with them and seeing them smile. This is my second summer working with the program and I must say I really love my job.
How long have you lived in Drumheller? I actually grew up on a farm located near Hussar, so I’ve been living in the area all my life.
What do you like most about the valley? I really like that the community is fairly close knit. It seems like everybody knows everybody and I like that.
What are some of your hobbies outside of work? I love snowboarding and horseback riding. I began both at the beginning of junior high and haven’t quit since.
What would be your dream vacation and why? I actually took my dream vacation in spring of this year. I travelled to Thailand for 2 1/2 months. While there, I lived with a local family and spent a month working and helping in an orphanage. For the remaining time I went on a backpacking trip. It was just so interesting to be totally immersed in a foreign culture and the people I met were amazing. It was absolutely a trip of a lifetime.
What food could you eat for the rest of your life? Anything that comes out of my mom’s garden. Homegrown food is always the best.
What is something you’re most afraid of? Caterpillars. They freak me out the way they crawl. I’m not afraid of spiders or snakes, just caterpillars. I’m sure it stems from some bad childhood memory but I can’t remember.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you like to be? Right here. I love being on the farm and close to my family. However, I think studying or working abroad for a year would be fantastic.
What would be your dream job? Ultimately I want to work with children. I have been looking into speech therapy programs, I think something in that field would be interesting.
