Robin Newman
Taco Bell cashier
“A clownfish because I love Finding Nemo. Just keep swimming.
Robin Walker
former St. Joseph High School art and drama teacher
“A rainbow fish. When I was a teenage girl, my mom gave me a book, The Rainbow Fish. She had all these beautiful scales, but her friends didn’t have any. She gave her scales away so they would feel unique and special, and in that way she felt unique and special.”
Joelle Azar
Teach for America special ed teacher
“I think salmon, because they live in different environments and are adaptable. I feel like they generally go with the flow—no pun intended. They go against the flow, but they make it work.”
Dale Crittenden
homeless
“I’d want to be a shark, so I’d be on top of the food chain. Be the big man on campus.”
This article appears in Jun 6-13, 2013.