Alisa

Lebanon High School, Attended 1993 - 1997, Class of 1997

Oberlin College, Attended 1997 - 2001, Class of 2001, Bachelor's Degree, Latin American Studies/Womens' Studies

Staff Attorney

UCLA Program in Public Interest Law and Policy

Beer, backpacking, preferably both, biking in downtown Los Angeles, boogie boarding, viciously throwing chess pieces, cooking, shrimp tacos and running (on the rare day that i'm not hobbling around on a sprained ankle)

House of the Spirits, The Namesake, The Poisonwood Bible, Caramelo, In the Time of the Butterflies, The God of Small Things, The Small Room

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Real Women Have Curves, Amelie, Bride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice (the BBC version NOT the new one - ew), Napoleon Dynamite

Patty Griffin, Orishas, The White Stripes, Ozomatli, Manu Chao, Guy Davis, Mason Jennings, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, AC/DC, Paul Simon, The Weepies, Brett Dennen, and my fabulous cousins in Touching Ground (check them out: http://www.myspace.com/64053113)

This American Life, Marketplace, Car Talk ... oh, did you say TV?

Scorpio

After 3 years of law school, I have worn much of the paint off of the A, the S, the L, the E, the N and oddly, the V of my laptop keyboard. I'm not sure what else I have to show for all that time. The question mark key is pristine, however.

Confident people with their eyes on the prize who still know how to laugh until they cry. Humble people who can kick my butt at Scrabble. Anyone who can help me appreciate a new angle of Los Angeles.