10 Strangers

Gabriel Samuels (210-780-1988)
Military
Why did you get that tattoo on your breast and what does it mean?
I was in the Euston fire department for four years.
When you're calling 911, you aren't calling them on 
a good day. I got to help people on the worst days
of their lives. This tattoo honours that commitment
to that fire department.

Debbie (505-218-4256)
Uber driver
What or who do you love most in the world?
My horse. His name is Pushers Cash Bandent. All three of these words

come from his pedigree. His birth mother named him.We call him Cash for short.


Pete Zaccariello (pete.zacc6479@gmail.com)
Military Rescue Combat
Why did you join the military?
I always wanted to do special ops. When 9/11 happened, I wanted
to join the navy seals and my Mum said that if I did, she would disown me.
I became a New York City fire fighter and felt like I should be doing more.
I wanted to help the people who are protecting our country. We go in behind
enemy lines and pull out anyone thats injured. That's what all of us do.

Fern Johns (veronajay@unm.edu)

Student

Where did you grow up? 

Stoke on Trent. I left there was i was 26 and moved to Wolverhampton

for better work opportunities. I moved again in 2014 to pursue an education. 

I am fifty years old and a student - you don't see that everyday but I love English

and wanted to go back and learn more.

Lance Hemington (LanceHemington@gmail.com)

Uber driver

What brought you to New Mexico?

I came here during a road trip 8 years ago, when I got back home in London

I found out that a woman I'd met here was pregnant with my child.

So I decided to move here to be close to my daughter. I've lived here for 7 years now

and have never been back to the UK.

Ben Brudnicki (206-370-1622)

Military 

What is the scariest thing thats ever happened to you?

Last week I had to cut away my main parachute and use my reserve. Its terrifying 

because when your main parachute doesn't work, you start falling and if your

reserve doesn't work then you will die. When I had to cut away my main parachute,

I was 3000 ft.

Yosueo Garcia (786-252-5535)

Military Combat Rescue

Why did you start teaching yoga?

I felt that not many people knew about it and how beneficial it is. 

And if I know more about it then I can inform more people about it. When I'm

stationed in different places I go to local yoga studios and practice there.

Feena Magenis (feenam@hotmail.co.uk)

Student

What is your most treasured possession?

My emerald ring - I got it for my 21st birthday. My grandad bought

it for my grandma on their 21st wedding anniversary. They met

during World War 2. My grandma was a nurse and my grandad was a solider.

Iris Van Den Brink (505-659-2843)

Student

Why did you want to study abroad?

Because I wanted to experience the American lifestyle and if I didn't take

this opportunity now then I might never have the chance again. 

I have lived all over the world, travelling is in my blood.