What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? I don’t have a middle name, Akilah Monifa is my full government name. My birth middle name however is Ann. My first and middle birth names are the same as my maternal grandmother.

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What is the last thing you learned? That ground flaxseed and flaxseed meal are the same thing. I had a recipe for apple spiced muffin that used flaxseed meal.

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What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. I hate to be asked who won a sporting event when I mention I went to a game. Pedestrian and automatic question. If they were really interested they would have found out.

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How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? I didn’t get into an AI workshop in New York that I applied for, I thought a failure, but that set me up for success, I got into two workshops at the Poynter Institute that served me well and I would not […]

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You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? I am a Blesbian Boomer.

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What experiences in life helped you grow the most? The ones where I didn’t get the outcome I was expecting at first, some would call them failures. I grew because I refocused and had faith.

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Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. Installing bidets. And stopping them from leaking is the most ambitious DIY project I have ever taken on.

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What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? Reading.

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Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. C & H Sugar.

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