Profile a relative, friend, or someone else who is close to you and has also played an important role in shaping who you are or how you see yourself. Like Chambers, try to go beyond your personal experiences with this person. One way to do this is to think of interview questions that are aimed at uncovering new information about him or her. For example, one student decided to profile her maternal grandmother, whose love of gardening inspired the student to join a community garden. When, in the interview, the student asked, “What is your own history with gardening?,” she learned that her grandmother led efforts to establish a Victory Garden in her city neighborhood during World War II. These gardens were a means of feeding individuals and communities at a time of rationing and labor shortages. The insights and quotations from this interview helped the student give readers a richer sense of her grandmother’s life and influence.