{"id":1879,"date":"2014-08-04t22:28:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-05t05:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2014-08-04t22:28:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05t05:28:59","slug":"meet-a-magoosher-ronke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/blog\/meet-a-magoosher-ronke\/","title":{"rendered":"meet a magoosher: ronke"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>it\u2019s time to meet another magoosher and today we\u2019re talking to ronke aderonmu, our \u00fcber friendly and helpful outreach manager who helps us partner up with people all over the world!<\/p>\n ronke graduated from uc berkeley with a major in interdisciplinary studies and a minor in math and science education. outside of work, you can find her eating with friends, eating with family, eating with strangers, or any such activity involving good food.<\/p>\n and here\u2019s her q&a!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n q:<\/b> happy monday, ronke! how was your weekend?<\/p>\n a:<\/b> my weekend was really fun! i went to great america with some students from my youth group. usually, i dread amusement parks because i’m deathly afraid of roller coasters and someone always whittles down my resolve until i give in and go on a ride and immediately regret the decision. but this time, i realized that there are a good number of middle schoolers who can relate to my (very reasonable!) fear of being chucked around in the sky. so, i stuck with those students and ended up having blast on a handful of water rides that felt very safe and close to the ground. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n q:<\/b> wow, \u201cchucked around the sky\u201d? when you put it like that, maybe we should all reconsider our love of rollercoasters. it sounds like you had enough trauma for one weekend, so let\u2019s ask you a question related to an activity you do firmly planted on the ground \u2013 like reading! if you could be one character from a book, who would it be?<\/p>\n a:<\/b> hmm, this is hard, mostly because i don’t read (i need to work on this…). but since harry potter has a special place in my heart, it’d probably have to be someone from that book. i think i’ll go with albus dumbledore! he had such a way of earning the trust of anyone who was around him, he faithfully stood up for anyone who was marginalized, and he knew everything about just about everything. even though it’d be pretty scary to have as much responsibility and authority as he did, i think it’s be nice to walk in his shoes for a bit and see what it’s like to be that awesome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n q:<\/b> nice choice. who wouldn\u2019t want to walk around in dumbledore\u2019s shoes? (i bet they\u2019re cool wizard slippers with bells and tassels. you\u2019d make music everywhere you walk!) speaking of musical wizards, what\u2019s your favorite song at the moment?<\/p>\n a:<\/b> well, i’ve always been a fan of the band needtobreathe. they’re of a genre i like to call “audio chocolate” and they just released a new album called rivers in the wasteland. i’ve been playing “multiplied”<\/a> off that album on repeat for ages, mostly because i can’t get enough of a metaphors they use in the song: “your love is like radiant diamonds”. i’m still trying to wrap my head around how love could be like that, but it’s a good song!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n q:<\/b> nice! i also don\u2019t understand how love could be like diamonds \u2026 sounds cold and hard and sparkly. actually, the sparkly part sounds awesome. awesome \u2013 just like traveling. what\u2019s your dream vacation?<\/p>\n