Elisa La Cava
	Year: SR Hometown: Woodinville, WA High School: Woodinville High School College: Claremont McKenna Major: Environment, Economics and Politics (EEP) and Spanish

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Personal: Grew up in Woodinville, Washington… daughter of Ed and Linda… has one brother, Edward, who is a freshman at Claremont McKenna College and plays for the Stags tennis team… lists her favorite professional players as Roger Federer and Anastasia Myskina… likes traveling and working on her Spanish skills… nicknamed ‘Esa.’


In your free time you like to: Catch up on my three favorite TV shows: Smallville, Fringe, and Gossip Girl

Favorite sports to watch: Tennis, basketball, and ice hockey

If you didn’t play college tennis, what college sport would you want to play: Soccer or cross-country, because I love to run.

Your ideal weekend get-away: Something that includes a beach, tennis courts, and fresh-squeezed orange juice.

Three essential things in your dorm room: The “dancing carpet,” prints of my favorite paintings, and candles.

Favorite quote or saying: "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

You couldn’t live without your: Bicycle

Best part of going to a small college: It’s like being a part of one big family. Everyone knows everyone else—a very welcoming, friendly, and supportive atmosphere.

You love going back home because you miss your….: Chocolate lab, Dakota, and the crisp Seattle air.

One thing you hope you can do after you graduate, before you have a full time job: My absolute dream would be to take two months and go on a road trip through Central and South America with my girlfriends.

You would never leave the house without: Checking my email first.

The most daring thing you’ve ever done: Proving to Costa Rican school teachers and administrators that I was qualified to teach Environmental Education classes to their students for a summer.

You wish you were brave enough to: Go skydiving.  I’ve always wanted to see the world like that.

Best gift you’ve ever given: Tickets for a date to spend the day at the L.A. County Fair and then to go to a concert afterwards.

Best gift you’ve ever received: Love.

Last book you read for pleasure: I read the Twilight series within the span of one week over this past winter break.  I now understand the obsession, and am not ashamed to say it. Vampires rule.