Lauren Johnson

Hometown: Ketchikan, Alaska

Major/Minor: Allied Health

Favorite color: Magenta

Favorite cereal: Barbara’s Puffins (Honey Rice)

If your life were a movie, what genre would it be?

Coming of age, dramatic with comedy

What do you miss most about being a kid?

I read all the time and had a great sense of wonder, sometimes I miss that little girl who loved the library and stayed up until 3 in the morning reading…the time when I was still searching and didn’t have it all figured out…

Which celebrity do you get mistaken for?

My dad thinks I look a bit like Sandra Bullock…J

If you could be a character in any work of fiction, what would you choose?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…I want a golden ticket, bubble juice that takes me to the ceiling, and a chance to see a chocolate river.

What five things are always in your fridge?

Sourdough starter, orange juice, carrots, hummus, almond milk

If you could live anywhere in the world for one year, where would it be?

Italy

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

A writer

If you could witness any event (past, present or future), what would it be?

God’s art studio where he created the world, and where he continues to create…

Favorite place on campus to study?

In the den with a bunch of people around me

Favorite thing about Newberg?

Trees, flowers, and good friends

 If you were stranded on a desert island with only your Bible, what one other item would you want to have?

A kayak

What is the grossest thing you have ever eaten?

I swallowed a live goldfish

What is one of your favorite quotes?

“"Growth depends on the presence of difficulty to be overcome by the exercise of intelligence" -John Dewey.