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Elise Kuczera

Age: 21

Occupation: Lifeguard at Old Town Hot Springs, student at Colorado Mountain College Alpine Campus

Place of birth: Falmouth, Mass.

Q. When did you move to Routt County, and what brought you here?

A. In August 2006. Snowboarding - and then school.

Q. Describe your morning routine.

A. I eat biscuits and gravy, and bacon and potatoes at the school cafeteria every morning.

Q. What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?

A. You can always leave and explore the world, but you always know that you have a home to come back to. If you don't try, you'll never know.

Q. What two things would you want people to know about you?

A. 1) I love meatloaf. 2) I want to be a substance abuse counselor when I grow up.

Q. What did you want to be when you grew up?

A. A paramedic, one of those CSI homicide detectives and a coroner.

Q. If you could invite any four people to dinner, who would they be and what would you talk about?

A. Janice Erlbaum (author), Lindsay Lohan, Janna Meyen (professional snowboarder) and Michael Phelps. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

Q. In the Meatloaf song, "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that," what is that?

A. Buy alcohol for the dormies.

Q. Who is your favorite superhero? Why?

A. Charlie the unicorn. I just like unicorns.

Q. Do you have a tattoo? If so, what of and why did you choose it?

A. The word "chance" with a star on my wrist. I have all these chances in life, and I've got so many opportunities to do the right thing.

Q. Do you have any phobias?

A. Animals, children, germs and walking in the locker room without shoes on.

Q. If you could go back in time, to what event or time period would you go?

A. I would go back to high school and not be such a nerd.

Favorites

Book: Any from the "Harry Potter" series

Song: "Notorious Thugs" by The Notorious BIG.