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CELEBRATING CULTURE | BEHIND THE SUPPORT Maria Casaliggi - Senior Brokerage Assistant Shanick Lindo - Associate, Accounting Q: How do you prefer to start your day? A: Going to the gym Q: What’s your biggest work pet peeve? A: Co-workers who are not team players Q: What was your first job? A: When I was 14 I started working at Designer Greetings; they manufacture greeting cards Q: What’s one professional skill you are currently working on? A: Organization Q: Who would you like to swap places with for a day? A: J-Lo Q: What’s one totally irrational fear that you have? A: Birds because of the Alfred Hitchcock movie Megan Hencinsky - Marketing Manager Q: What’s the last book you read? A: The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz Q: Who would you like to swap places with for a day? A: Rihanna Steve Jenco - Director, Research Q: What’s one professional skill you are currently working on? A: Writing, it hurts my brain! Q: What’s a work-related accomplishment that you’re really proud of? A: Transit Hub Perspective Q: What behavior or personality trait do you most attribute your success to and why? A: Challenging myself. Anything is possible, even if i have no idea how to do it, you figure out and make it happen. Q: What led you to this career? A: Newspaper Help Wanted Ad Q: What’s the last book you read? A: Days of Infamy – Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, Albert S. Hanser Q: What’s the latest book you read? A: How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie Q: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done? A: Went to college in Nebraska Q: What are you most passionate about? A: Being creative, painting/drawing, organizing my life, my doggies! Michelle Sambets - Graphic Designer Q: What led you to this career? A: My mom was a marketing manager for her company and what she did seemed interesting. I had more of an interest in art though so I wanted to see if I could combine the two. Graphic design seemed like a great choice. Q: What’s your go-to productivity trick? A: I love making lists! I get things done much quicker when I have a physical list of things that I can check off. It becomes a race to check off as many things as I can. Sydney Gutherz - Graphic Designer Q: How do you prefer to start your day? A: In less than 2 and a ½ hours worth of traffic Q: What’s your favorite way to unwind from a busy day? A: Wine of any sorts while watching TV with my dogs Q: Who inspires you? A: My dad Q: What is your spirit animal? A: Sloth Valerie Sanchez - Senior Graphic Designer Q: What’s the last book you read? A: The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris Q: What’s your biggest work pet peeve? A: When Adobe Fonts take 30 minutes to load Q: If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be? A: I would love to be really great at hand lettering. I’m obsessed with calligraphy and other hand lettering. I think it’s so beautiful and it’s a skill I’d love to learn. Q: What’s your favorite way to unwind from a busy day? A: Going home and watching The Office on Netflix Rachel Rodriguez - Executive Production Associate Q: What’s your biggest work pet peeve? A: Calls that can be an email! Q: What’s your go-to productivity trick? A: Knowing my “optimal focus time”. Before and after business hours when calls have slowed down and email traffic is lower, I use the time to catch up and/or prioritize my tasks for the next day. Q: What is your spirit animal? A: Tiger Q: What are you most passionate about? A: My family. Making sure everyone is happy, healthy and provided for. Q: What is your spirit animal? A: My cats, they sleep all day Q: If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be? A: Playing the guitar