Q: what got you interested in derby?

A: When I moved upstate from NYC I was looking for a soccer league but saw a flyer for Roller Derby. I got hooked immediately

Q: how did you pick your derby name?

A: I picked Lolita LeBruise after the Puerto Rican Independence activist, Lolita LeBron. She has courage in the face of all kinds of obstacles!!

Q: if you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you bring with you?

A: A kindle loaded with as many books as possible (plus a solar powered battery), a pen and a notebook

Q: what is your best derby memory?

A: There are so many but my best derby memory is the first time my wife (Puff) and I showed up at practice and met Pinky and Rxy for the first time. We could barely stand up on our skates!

Q: whats your biggest fear?

A: Going blind

Q: whats your favorite position and why?

A: Recently it has become blocker 3..I’m not sure why yet!

Q:if you were an animal what would you be?

A: I’d be a Raptor of some sort…or a Cheetah…or a horse. I can’t choose

Q: what is your day job?

A: I’m a professor of philosophy and assistant dean of the college. I work at Bard College. Super nerd is my day job

Q: what kind of music are you into?

A: Right now I’m listening to a lot of old Hector Lavoe and Florence and the Machine and Mumford and Sons.

Q: if you had to eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be?

A: Chocolate!!!!