TEAM NorCal
Northern California (anything north of Bakersfield), Nevada (not Las Vegas)
ALEX GARCIA, DAWIT ALEMAYEHU, HANNAH FORDHAM & ALEXANDRA MIKRO

Self-proclaimed team motto: “Ubuntu” – Afrikaans (language of South Africa) for “love of each other”

Team NorCal, hello and welcome to my office. Tell us where you are from.

Hannah Fordham (HF): I am from Canyon, Texas.

Alex Garcia (AG): Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Alexandra Mikro (AM): I’m from Chicago, Illinois (fists in the air).

Dawit Alemayehu (DW): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Dawit, how many times a day do you have to spell your name for people?

DW: Every time.

Can I call you Chuck?

DW: Sure.

Very good. How did you all learn about Invisible Children?

HF: My brother Tyler was a roadie in 2008.

AG: Two years ago when I was a freshman in college at New Mexico State University.

AM: Working in refugee resettlement in Denver, Colorado.

Chuck: My sophomore year at Concordia College in Minnesota, I watched The Rough Cut with a friend.

You’re going to be together on the road in a confined space for months. Any habits your teammates are going to be annoyed with after the tour?

HF: I like to sing out loud. And I’m the driver so I get to have control of the music. I have every Glee soundtrack.

AG: I tend to lose things.

AM: I get really fixated on things…and forget about other things I have to get done. I have a one-track mind.

Chuck: I like to always talk about what’s trending on Twitter.

This should be an interesting road trip for the four of you. Hannah will be singing, Alex will lose his mind, Alexandra will be fixated on Hannah’s singing, and Chuck will want to start the trend #annoyed. What is your favorite food?

HF: BBQ.

AG: Italian food.

AM: Thai food.

Chuck: Chicken fried rice with extra hot sauce.

Good luck with the smells in your van…If you could have lunch with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?

HF: Robert Pattinson.

AG: Patrick Switzer…he’s a longboarder.

Thank you for clarifying before I had to ask.

AM: Nelson Mandela.

Chuck: Friedrich Nietzsche…he’s an author.

And finally, what is your favorite football team? If you don’t have one, I am putting the Chargers by default.

HM: Dallas Cowboys.

AG: New England Patriots.

AM: Chicago Bears.

Chuck: The Indianapolis Colts.

Good-bye and good luck, roadie friends.  We’re proud of you already.  Stop at nothing.
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