Cecilia St. Arnold

Get to know the Blessings in a Backpack National Staff. Today we meet Cecilia St. Arnold, National Program Manager, Florida. She’s been with Blessings since January 2014. We asked Cecilia:

Cecilia St. Arnold. Filter courtesy of Snapchat.

The biggest thing you got in trouble for as a kid?
Talking (no surprise!)

How would you survive a zombie apocalypse?
Wine.

Do you collect anything, and if so, what?
Alex and Ani bracelets from various cities.

What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?
Fleetwood Mac.

As a kid, what was your favorite school supply?
Brand new box of Crayola Crayons… Still love the smell!

What’s your favorite Blessings memory?
The day one of our funders, who wrote a children’s book, distributed a copy each to students at two of my largest schools. 1200 copies in all! These students were so thrilled to get their own book to take home and keep, but when I suggested that the author autograph copies for the students, they were so thrilled! To see students who have never owned their own books and get one to keep along with their Friday food was such an incredible experience. We forget how little some of our students truly have till you experience a moment when they clasp a book to their chest and are so excited to read it and keep it!