Humans of SLA@B: Jack Kleiner interviews Eliza Meketon

I guess if I had to say one thing, I would try to help better communities of poverty and try to eradicate that, and try to raise tolerance for different types of people, and try to help people in need. [Because] I don’t think it’s fair how people get discriminated against by something as arbitrary as their race, gender, sexual orientation, status, economic status, or, you know, race or stuff like that.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20 years?

I guess having minor success. Doing something that I find interesting, making some money, maybe in a relationship. I don’t know. Whatever - whatever comes my way. Who cares? Life is life. (20 years…) Oh god… I hope I don’t get hit by a care by that time. I’m serious, like, it’s so scary. 20 years? Well, by that time I’ll be 36 so I will definitely need to have my act together. Hopefully be in a serious relationship, or I mean at least a minor relationship, a relationship of some sort. Having like a happy - be happy, that’s the most important thing even if I don’t have a relationship. I mean, I don’t define myself by who I’m with, but I guess just happiness.

How do you describe yourself as a person?

I don’t know. Good. I guess, hopefully, nice, I don’t know. Interesting, maybe? Whatever. 

How do you want to impact the world and why?

A good way. I want to impact it, so that way when people like my friends, children, maybe my children if I have any, and their children’s children have a better space that’s safe and, you know, good, nice for them to live in.

Who has been the biggest influence on your life?

That’s a tough question. Probably my family because they've molded me to be the person that I am and I love them and hopefully they love me. I’m just kidding [of course they do]. Yeah, probably them. I couldn't sum it down to, like, specific people. I just had like a group. 

What’s the best thing about being a teenager? Worst?