Name: Tonee Burley
Year: Junior
Hometown: Pennsauken, NJ
Major: Communication Disorders Social Sciences Honors Track
Minor: Social Justices
Activities/clubs: Theta Phi Alpha, The Feminist Collective, NSSLHA, PLI Mentor, Honors College Mentor
Sign: Pisces
Relationship status: Happily taken
Fun Facts
Favorite Quote: “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style” ― Maya Angelou
Dream vacation: Jeju Island, Korea
Dream job: If I could get paid to travel and teach people about social justices issues that’d be pretty cool.
Pet peeve: Not being on time
Celeb crush: Robert Pattinson
Love Life
First thing you notice about a guy: His fashion sense
Your most attractive quality: I think I’m a genuinely warm and friendly person
First kiss: I was on a People to People trip across Europe. We were in Paris that day and a boy on the trip that I had been crushing on kissed me at the top of the Eiffel tower.
Turn-on: Confidence
Turn-off: Ignorance/ Sexist remarks
Perfect date: Exploring part of a city I’ve never been to, thrifting for some books and ending the night with desert (*cough, cough* Tyler)
Best pick up line: “My preferred gender pronouns happen to be ‘us’ and ‘we.'” or any #ActivistPickupLines
Favorites
Favorite song: Oh my gosh this is too hard. I’ve been listening to “Jet Pack Blues” by Fall Out Boy a lot
Favorite movie: Too many. But I’ll pick a newer one: Big Hero Six
Favorite TV show: What Not To Wear
Favorite book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Favorite sport: I can tolerate watching baseball the longest.
Favorite team: Mets
Favorite food: Any kind of vegetarian Mexican food.
Favorite dessert: Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Just For Fun
Celebrity Look-a-like: I’ve gotten Meagan Good in the past so we’ll go with that.
Choose a super-power: Flight, for sure.
Best class you have taken at WPUNJ: Race, Gender, and Social Justices with Dr. Scala.
Reason you choose to go to WPUNJ: There’s an accelerated BA/MS program for Communication Disorders.
Choose three people to have dinner with – one living, one dead and one fictional: Audre Lorde, Mindy Kaling, Hiccup & Toothless!
The Disney princess you most relate to and why: Princess Jasmine because she’s determined to stay true to her heart.
Where someone can find you on campus: Working in The Women’s Center or running around campus.