Meet the Team: Samantha Albert

February 01, 2012

Long walks, wolves and PB, J and banana sandwiches!?!  Must be time for a 5 Questions segment with another one of our blockbuster co-ops, Samantha Albert!

To get inspired, I go …
On obscenely long walks. Some people “sleep” on their problems; I walk all over them.  That is the only way I get through things and break through creative ruts. I'm sort of Julie Andrews circa The Sound of Music, except that I live in Clifton.

The biggest challenge being a designer is …
Not getting emotionally invested in what you're doing. I like helping people and fixing problems, and while that's a good thing to have in the back of your mind, sometimes it takes over, and it's hard to remember that design is about other people, not you. So when you REALLY like what you're working on, but it is completely ridiculous to the situation, that is not helping anyone.

If you had to be an animal, what would you pick?
I think I would be a wolf, which is a weird thing to say because I'm vegetarian and they most definitely are not herbivores. But I read Julie of the Wolves in second grade and it changed my life. There's just no coming back from that. I also like the pack dynamic of wolves.  They all look out for each other, which is neat.

My favorite person ever is …
Actually, there are two of them. I know that's cheating. But they're my sisters, so I can't just pick one because then the other one would hate me forever. And they're both kind of terrifying, so I wouldn't want that to happen. I live with Alyssa, who attends the University of Cincinnati with me and is in a rock band that just got signed (she's the lead singer)! And my youngest sister Stephanie is attending Ohio University for one of the best commercial photography programs in the nation, and she also speaks Japanese. (Are you intimidated yet? Because I am.)

My favorite sandwich is?
Peanut butter, strawberry jelly and sliced bananas on toasted bread. It's a weekend sandwich.

Thank you, Samantha.  And thank you out there for reading!  Tune in next week for another installment of JRA + blog, and in the meantime, beat the winter blues by supporting your local museum or attraction.  Cheers!

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