Interviews

Natalie Register, 17, is a senior at Coastal Christian High School in Wilmington, NC. She has lived in North Carolina her entire life and hopes to attend art school in New York. She lives with her parents and younger brother in an upper middle class community. An academically focused young woman, her interests are in art and fashion. She has modeled multiple times for local boutiques in print advertisement. She serves as art club president and has won multiple awards throughout high school related to art and other academic subjects. Her style is ever changing, currently it displays itself through all black clothing and dying her hair various colors every few weeks. She describes herself as someone who makes and manipulates art, music, clothes and movement. 

Quincy Rife, 18, is a senior at Coastal Christian High School in Wilmington, NC. Originally from Ohio she has lived in North Carolina for the last nine years with her parents. She has attended private Christian school since the fifth grade and has been a cheerleader since the sixth grade. Writing and art are how she expresses herself. She quit choir and turned her focus towards art her junior year of high school and has carried that momentum into her senior year. She hopes to have a career as either an investigative journalist, human rights activist or civil rights attorney. 

1. What kind of art do you like to do?

2. What grade are you in?

3. Tell us about your average day

4. When did you get a cellphone and what do you mainly use it for?

5. Describe the people you surround yourself with at school

6. Do you have a boyfriend?

7. How involved are your parents in your social/school life?

8. Are there any problems you face everyday at school?

9. Do you feel affected by bullying?

10. Do you think there are cliques at your school?

11. In what ways does your life differ from your other friends that attend public schools?

12. What do you enjoy most about going to school?

13. Do you worry about your gender playing a role in your career?

14. Do you have anyone to talk to at school about any issues your having?

15. What do you like most about making art?

16. What makes you want to go to school in New York?

17. What makes you want to be an investigative journalist/human rights activist?

18. How long have you been making art?

19. Do you think you'll miss school when you graduate?

20. What do you look forward to after graduation?