Kennedy Smith: Introduce yourself!
Jada Beasley: I’m Jada Beasley, more commonly known as Jada B! I’m from Chicago, IL. and I am a member of Agnes Scott’s third Posse. I like pizza, flowers, day naps, and scooping ice cream.
KS: What’s your major/minor?
JB: I am currently in the process of designing my own major in Film and Social Justice with a minor in Africana Studies.
KS: Did it change from what your major was when you first came to Agnes?
JB: Absolutely! I actually humored myself by initially intending on majoring in Neuroscience. I will say that my family at Agnes helped me to find what I was really passionate about.
KS: Do you remember when we first met?
JB: YES. I met you through another friend and we both thought you looked like Jurnee Smollett from the movie Roll Bounce! LOL.
KS: What did you want to be when you grew up? How has it changed now?
JB: Growing up, I wanted to be a lawyer. One summer my mom forced me to participate in a law school program and I immediately knew I had to escape. Once I knew the logistics of the job, I realized that I needed a career in which I could express myself while also helping others.
KS: Do you have plans to study abroad?
JB: I hope I’m able to study abroad during the summer of 2018, but I have no idea where to go. Help!
KS: What is your favorite place (city, room, restaurant)?
JB: The heart of Devin Morrison.
KS: How has going to a women’s college changed you (compared to if you went to a co-ed college)? Do you think it would have been just as easy to find your passion?
JB: Going to a women’s college has both empowered and inspired me. I am surrounded by so many amazing women and they inspire me to be my best self every day.
KS: If you could only wear one pair of shoes that you own, which ones would they be?
JB: My four-year-old black acid wash cloth converse for sure.
KS: What is your favorite movie on Netflix?
JB: Pulp Fiction
KS: What do you do during your study breaks?
JB: I either nap, binge watch any show I’m currently watching, or take a walk in the square.
KS: If you could learn three other languages right now, what would they be?
JB: French, Italian, and I would continue studying Arabic.
KS: How would you want to be remembered? Answer with five words or less!!
JB: As an uncaged spirit.
QUICK FIRE:
KS: The Challenge on MTV or Are You the One on MTV?
JB: The Challenge. I love competition!
KS: Tomatoes or grapes?
JB: Grapes, just not the green ones!
KS: Butter pecan ice cream or mint chocolate ice cream?
JB: Ew to both, but I guess mint chocolate!
KS: Stripes or solids?
JB: Stripes.
KS: Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics?
JB: Summer!
KS: Decatur, Georgia or Chicago, Illinois?
JB: Chi-town Chi-town!
KS: Never smell again or never taste again?
JB: Very hard, but smell I guess.
KS: Gel for your edges or gel for your eyebrows?
JB: Eyebrows.
KS: Good answer!!!!!! Thanks for being my interviewee.
JB: Anytime, Ken!