Regardless of what number of people seem within the pages of every version of Keys Weekly, there are all the time so many extra of our neighborhood members who need to be acknowledged. In an effort to shine a highlight on extra of the unimaginable people who stay and work in these islands, Keys Weekly is proud to current our Neighbor of the Week characteristic, devoted to celebrating a neighborhood member with every subject.
Our neighbor of the week is Rachel Vollemans, who’s a biology trainer at Marathon Excessive College. If the Keys Weekly had a fan membership, she might undoubtedly run for president.
RACHEL VOLLEMANS
Marathon Excessive College
How lengthy have you ever been within the Keys and what introduced you right here? I’ve been within the Keys for round 15 years. After graduating school in Boston I wasn’t positive what I wished to do with my life. Whereas perusing a job board throughout a snowstorm, I noticed an advert for a marine science educator internship on Pigeon Key. Google Maps informed me this was a tropical island two miles into the ocean underneath a bridge and I believed yep, that’s the place I need to stay! My mom was involved.
What do you do for enjoyable within the Keys and why do you like residing right here? For enjoyable I wish to lobster and spearfish and run the Previous Seven Mile Bridge at sundown. I really like residing right here as a result of we’re on the ocean, as a result of it’s good all yr and due to the neighborhood. The individuals actually make the Keys a particular place to stay and Marathon is the best metropolis on earth (sorry NYC/Paris/Tokyo and so on.).
We all know there are not any “dumb” questions, however what’s an unusually unintelligent query one in all your college students has requested you at school? I as soon as had a pupil ask me, “Do lecturers even go to eating places or is that only for wealthy individuals?”
In the event you might carry again one extinct species, what wouldn’t it be and the way would you persuade the world it was a good suggestion? I’d carry again the dodo hen! Not solely are they cute, chubby and flightless, however think about going by way of TSA and telling them that is my emotional assist dodo? Who wouldn’t wanna do this?
What do you assume crops would do for enjoyable if they may roam round like animals? If crops might roam round like animals, they’d head to the closest steakhouse and order a T-bone to get again in any respect the herbivores.
In the event you needed to survive on a abandoned island, which three crops would you select and why? I’d select a coconut palm for the electrolytes, however they’ll in all probability already be there – so in that case, I’d carry a pizza plant, a Spotify plant and a Kindle plant!
What are your ideas on natural chemistry? Zero stars. I’d not suggest!
If water is H2O, why can’t we inhale it? As a result of it’s two components hydrogen.
In the event you may very well be any factor of the periodic desk, which one would you be and why? I’d be neon! A noble fuel simply attracting electrons. Strictly right here for the aesthetic.
What’s one thing individuals don’t find out about you? I’ve been to over 40 totally different international locations and genuinely love airplane meals. I suppose my style buds love a mildly regarding journey too!
Know somebody who could be a great “Neighbor of the Week?” Electronic mail keysweeklyjen@gmail.com.