Q. Please provide the first names of your family members: parents, siblings and pets.

A. My dad, Phillip Gosnell, my mom, Courtney Moore and my brother, Henry Gosnell.

Q. As a senior, do you have any specific goals you will pursue this academic year?

A. As a member of the Emmaus Debate Team, it is a goal of mine to perform well on the district level. I also look forward to participating in marching band competitions.

Q. What is your favorite class at Emmaus High School? Why?

A. My favorite class at EHS is Capstone or Engineering Design and Development. It’s a kind of “choose your own adventure” class where we can determine what project to work on during the year. As I want to work as an engineer in the future, I find the class really fun.

Q. Have you received any special awards or recognition?

A. I received an award for Excellence in Engineering, Precalculus and Writing.

Q. Are you involved in any extracurricular activities? How has being involved in these organizations impacted your high school experience?

A. I am a section leader of the EHS Marching Hornets. I am also a member of the EHS debate team and I am president of No Place for Hate and Spanish Club. Being part of these organizations helps me build connections in my community.

Q. What do you consider your biggest challenge to date?

A. My biggest challenge to date is probably adjusting to life in Pennsylvania after moving out of my home of 12 years in Tennessee.

Q. At this time, what are your plans for the future beyond high school?

A. I plan on attending college and obtaining a degree in either mechanical or mining engineering. I also want to travel across the United States and abroad.

Q. If you could spend an evening conversing with an historically significant person, whom would you choose? Why?

A. I would like to have a conversation with Robin Williams. I admire his acting and his character and I think he would be a wonderful and wise person to chat with.

Q. For what would you like to be remembered?

A. What a heavy question! Although I would be lucky to really be remembered much at all, if I had to say why, I would like to be remembered for being gentle, forgiving and leader-like. I would like to hope I leave the world better than I left it.

Q. Do you have any advice for your peers?

A. Don’t get hung up on the little things, you’ll forget about most of it in a couple weeks anyway. Stay positive, but keep low expectations. And most importantly, appreciate everything around you. There’s so much to be grateful for, and when you walk around with gratitude everything seems brighter.