This column serves as a spotlight, highlighting the everyday people who work and live in Callaway County. The Fulton Sun takes a moment with someone who is not usually featured in the news, but is just as instrumental in making our community the strong and beautiful place we all know and love.
Katherine Bloom is a sophomore at Westminster College, where she studies psychology. Bloom's family is originally from Fulton, though she grew up in Washington state.
Q. What was your first job?
A. Does babysitting count? I did that for like six or seven years. It was fun.
Q. Who most inspires you (living or dead)?
A. Oh man, I'd probably say my grandma. She embodies exactly what I want to be like. She's pretty spontaneous and lives in the moment.
Q. What have you done in life that was most fulfilling?
A. It's been most fulfilling to experience other cultures. I've gone to Greece. I've gone to Spain and taken classes there, and I went to Russia, too. It was cool just seeing how other people live.
Q. What profession, other than your own, would you like to attempt?
A. Oh man, that's so hard because I want to do like everything (laughs). I think in a perfect world, I would probably want to design for fashion. In a perfect world with nothing getting in the way, yeah, fashion.
Q. What profession would you not like to do?
A. Coach. I would not want to coach. I definitely could not be a coach. I am not competitive at all (laughs).
Q. What is something nobody would be able to assume about you?
A. I don't know, I'm like pretty studious. Most people probably wouldn't assume that. I don't know why.
Q. What is your favorite thing about Callaway County?
A. I love the nature all around it. All of the trees and hills are super pretty and nice to look at.