Name: Natalie Williams Nickname: Ms. Williams, Nat
Age: 26
Birthday: June 12
Sign: Gemini
Gemstone: Alexandrite
Blood Type: A
Fav. Food: Chicken with red beans and rice, breakfast burritos (egg, cheese, bell peppers, baccon and sausage crumbles rolled in a tomato basil tortilla), and Hershey chocolate bars.
Hated Food: Dishes she feels lack flavor.
School: Teaches creative writing at Meadowview High School. As well as being an after school supervisor for clubs / activities. Every Monday she teaches a cooking class for youth (anyone is welcome though).
Hobbies:
Reading In all honesty what kind of creative writing teacher would she be if she didn't do lots of reading herself. She is fairly well versed in a wide breadth of genre, mostly for personal interest though sometimes it is to understand current Young Adult literature so it will help her understand her student's stories better. Natalie is one where so long as she's not bogged down grading things, she is able to push though a new 300 page book in roughly two days(give or take a day if it's a weekend or the story is just that good).
Cooking Hands down, cookbooks are the number 2 most popular books in her house (specifically kitchen) There isn't one part of cooking she enjoys over another, baking and meal planning are each fun and can be rather surprising when trying a new recipe. Unless she's going out to get coffee, Natalie, 99% of the time, cooks her own meals and brings left overs for lunch the next day. On the chance that she's fairly happy with the outcome of the meal she has been known to bring extra to work to share with co-workers.
Community involvement Growing up in a rough part of town, Natalie knows the value and importance of investing time in our youth and providing them with opportunities to get involved or participate in after school activities. As such she always makes sure she is available after school to assist students with their homework for at least two hours. One thing that she does do as a special thing for anyone who wishes to join in is offer a cooking class, held in the school home economics classroom, that she funds herself. Donations are welcome to help pay for ingredients but she's fairly frugal with her money and instead saves a good portion of her spare money (after rent and bills) to go towards keeping this class alive. It is open to anyone of all ages, think of an unofficial big brother big sister program.
Virtues:
Patient As a teacher, specifically one that works with kids as opposed to college students, it is important for her to have vast amount of patience with her students. To not get frustrated and to try her best to understand where they are coming from or where their struggles lay. It is her goal through patience and understanding to help nurture a love for learning or at the very least creativity. Should anyone ask, she is more than willing to set aside however much time is needed to talk though their troubles in a calm, understanding and supportive manner.
Encouraging Natalie is the type of person that always likes to see the best in people, to nurture their creativity and to see them succeed. If it isn't apparent by now students and community are top priority for her and she will do nearly anything to help someone who is struggling with something and help them push through their road block just to see them succeed. Encouraging shows in the way she calmly talks to a person to holding their hand (figuratively) to cheering them on (literally and figuratively) When it comes down to it, Natalie is the support needed to keep a person from falling, she will always be there.
Generous Natalie's generosity shines most brightly when it comes to the after school programs investing time and money to provide kids, teens and young adults with an opportunity to grow either independently or in their community. She always does her best to make herself available to the students, her co-workers, and friends alike as it is her top priority to be the support for others and to help them however she is able to.
Flaws:
Goes on tangents Something a few of her students have picked up on in the past is that Natalie has a tendency to go on tangents. If you ask the right question or touch down on the right topic she can go on and on with regards to the subject. Frequently she has those moments where one thing reminds her of another thing which reminds her of another thing that has nothing to do with the first thing but somewhere along the way from A to B to C it makes sense. Depending on the situation, others tend to perceive her tangents as being disinterested in the current topic which frequently frustrates people especially if they just can't keep up with where she's going or what's the point. ("Where are you going with this?" "What's the point?" etc)
Day dreamer On one hand this means she is quite creative on the other it also means it takes a few attempts to get her attention. Just because she's looking at you, unless she verbally responds chances are you don't have her attention. She's typically really good at keeping this in check while she is at work and in the classroom, but on test days when the class is quiet she is more than likely day dreaming about something. She is normally fairly good at staying focused, but if given enough time to allow her mind to wander, it is difficult to pull her out of these fantasies to get her attention which means she does miss part of what you just said till she 'snaps out of it'. This tends to irk people, especially those that don't like to repeat themselves.
Persistent Sometimes her encouragement goes a bit too far when she starts checking up on a person to make sure everything is okay, constantly reminding them that 'I'm here if you need someone to talk to'. There are times when her persistent nature takes things too far when gathering information, she is often perceived as a busy body. Despite the good intent behind her questioning and following up with someone, it is quite annoying to most.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Dark grey almost black. She wears red reading glasses for when she's reading, grading papers or on the computer.
Hair: As is her hair reaches the base of her shoulder blades and has a slight wave to it. Normally her hair is kept back in a fairly professional fashion either a pony tail, a bun, or at times braids. And on special occasions this with added highlights.
Face: Please see art.
Clothes:Comfort is the key, though she normally dresses business casual. When at home she tends to wear an oversize sweater and a skirt when grading papers or vegging.
