Timestamps:

0:00 - Arthur the Rat

2:12 - KIT List and Major Players

6:03 - Extemporaneous Speech

Interview year: 2023

Collected by: Nyame I.

Demographic information:

Gender: female

Race and ethnicity: White

Age (at recording): 52

Birth year: 1971

Birthplace: Waco, Texas

Grew up in: At least 20 different places, all before high school: Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, Florida, then California

Place(s) lived: Many places in the United States, California as adult

Language(s) spoken: English

Education: Juris Doctor

Occupation: President and Founder of a nonprofit in criminal justice reform

Occupation of caregiver(s): Dad: military and defense, mother: primarily a homemaker

Influences on accent: southern from mom, east coast from dad, but I'm a Californian and can have "valley girl" accent

Tags: California; accents; dialects