Tonee Burley ’16

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. 

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