Sarah Rustman, 24, visits every Northbrook school for story times and summer reading clubs, and also to work with special needs kids. She’s come up with a new local program, to lease out backpacks with special supplies for parents and caregivers of special needs kids, that teach activities such as dressing and “sequencing,” figuring out what order tasks and activities proceed in.
Q: Where did you grow up?
A: Down the street on Huckleberry.
Q: What did you want to be when you grew up?
A: I wanted to be a writer, but learned my 3X great-grandfather had been head of the Library of Congress and I began to want to be a librarian.
Q: What’s your favorite restaurant?
A: Francesco’s Hole in the Wall. You have to get there early, but it’s worth it.
Q: If you could be on any reality show, which one?
A: “The Bachelor.” I’ m a big “Bachelor” fan. Just to be on the show would be fun. I’d probably be off after the first week.
Q: If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: Scotland. My grandma was a Forsyth and I’d love to follow the history of the clan. And I’m a big “Outlander” fan.
Q: Do you have any pet peeves?
A: People who chew with their mouths open.
Q: What’s your favorite charity?
A: The Easy K Foundation. Adults with developmental and physical disabilities get to live on a ranch.
Q: What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen?
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A: The landscape of Taupo, New Zealand, when I was sky diving over that. It’s beautiful. It’s where they filmed “The Hobbit.”
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