Q-and-A with Alyssa Abraham

Stacey Thomas: What's your favorite band/Artist, and your favorite song by them? why?:
Alyssa Abraham: My favorite band was One Direction, and the song perfect and now my
favorite artist is Charlie Puth, because his songs are catchy. I would say one call away,
because, I don't know, I just really like that song.
ST: What are you most thankful for?:
AA: I'm most thankful for my parents, because I dont have a sibling. So they're like, you know,
my best friends at home.
ST: If you had to choose one of your five senses to live without, which one would it be, why?:
AA: It would be my sense of touch, I need to see and I need to smell, and I need taste, and I
need to hear, but like touch even if you touch a hard object you still wouldn't feel it, so
ST: What are three things you look for in a person?:
AA: I look to see if they're honest. I look to see if they, um, they're like one of those like no
gossipy people. And I don't want a person like that. And then I also look for to see if they're just
pleasant on the outside.
ST: What kind of parent would you want to be?:
AA: The fun one. I want like my kids to trust me. And like they can tell me whatever they want.
And then it's not like they're scared of me.
ST: What do you define as family?:
AA: Family to me is someone or people that I can be be myself with, that I don't have anything
to hide from.
ST: Do you remember your dreams? If so what were they?:
AA: Most of them. Some of them are just like, weird. You know, really weird dreams, they're
like, um, I'm really obsessed with like, you know, heroes, and like stuff, so just like different
dreams of me being a hero.
ST: What is something that is misunderstood about you?:

AA: Um, people think that I'm actually like a serious person. When I'm really, I'm not. And I like
um, like a more fun person. The way people describe me as if, like I'm one serious person.
ST: Would you like to get married? What do you look for in a husband?:
AA: Yes. Um, I look for the fact that I can, you know, be myself with him. That he would
understand me through like all situations. And like, if I needed a shoulder to cry on, hes always
there for me. When I just, being weird he doesn't sympathize with me he just tells me to, you
know, stop it, and like get back to my normal self.
ST: What is the craziest thing that you've ever done?:
AA: Id say Zip line. I honestly have, I didn't expect me to do it, but then like, my friends, they
like, pushed me off the cliff. So, [laughs]
ST: How do you feel you learn the best?:
AA: Um, I feel like I learn the best, more like, hands on work. So I mean I could learn by
listening, or writing, or reading, but I feel like I learn more of I have more experience with using
my hands.
ST: What is your most interesting story from your childhood?:
AA: Um, I guess it was like the day I was born, because, um, I actually was, I'm like a miracle
baby. I wasn't supposed to be born, but then I guess I came into the world.
ST: Why weren't you supposed to be born?:
AA: My mom had a baby before me, but he passed away. So they were like, they're not gunna,
you know, don't expect for a while, but then I was supposed to be born on April 24, which was
the day my brother was supposed to be born, but I was born five weeks early.
ST: Under what circumstances are you the happiest? Why?:
AA: I'm the happiest when I'm around my friends. And just like, social days like Christmas,
Thanksgiving, parties. Really Christmas time because it just, I love the cold weather, and sitting
by the fireplace, and opening presents. It's just fun for family to be around.
ST: Do you think you're an introvert or an extrovert? Why?:
AA: Extrovert, because I, okay, not to be rude to any of my friends, but they normal, like,
normally they just stay specific to one group, like our friend group. But I'm more of like, I talk to

people from like different places, I just go out to different places and then make sure, and make
friends, and all that.