20 Questions with Azuri Gonzalez

• What was the best news you ever received? Recently that I was selected as a recipient of the UT Regent’s Outstanding Employee Award
• Who was your favorite teacher? Why? Ms. Ramos – 4th grade. She appreciated a “bossy” girl in her bilingual class who was to be valued instead of put down.
• What gets you fired up?  Coffee! Or a conversation about how higher education institutions can make a difference!
• What one thing do you really want but can’t afford? A live-in/travel nanny and chef.
• What word do you always misspell? I don’t misspell words, autocorrect does.  
• What have you created that you are most proud of? Personally, two full-sized human beings, at work - a work environment for students to learn and further develop into who they are meant to be.
• When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about? About the times I would allow them to win a cake in a cake walk, then would give them a fork and tell them have at it. Once they finished, I would tell them to toss the rest of the cake because it would not be going home with us.
• If your job gave you a surprise three day paid break to rest and recuperate, what would you do with those three days? Rest and recuperate (and read a book on how not to be sarcastic).
• Who do you go out of your way to be nice to? God….at least I try.
• Which celebrity do you think is the most down to earth? George Clooney
• When was the last time you got to tell someone “I told you so.”? I have kids, when do you think?
• What’s the funniest actual name you’ve heard of someone having?  Me no make fun of names :D
• What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now? I am afraid that I may still live in a bubble and I have not yet discovered what is no longer cool….
• How do you get in the way of your own success?  I complicate things!
• What job would you be terrible at? Air traffic control.
• What goal do you think humanity is not focused enough on achieving? Understanding one another…giving each other a true look and the gift of empathy…..
• What is your favorite family tradition?  That we hold Christmas on a different day when ALL of us can make it and be together the entire day.
• Would you rather be the most popular kid in school or the smartest kid in school? I was the smartest. 
• What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen? I see it every day (or every other day) when my kids show kindness to one another and me.
• What is the most annoying question that people ask you? Unnecessary “follow-up” questions to my requests: “Can you hand me my purse?” – Question: “which purse?” (can you tell I have kids???)