Hilarious, genuine, kind, and brilliant are just a few of the words that describe Xander Tuff Thompson. Xander, currently 17 years of age, thrives in a multitude of areas. He doesn’t settle for the bare minimum; he goes above and beyond in almost everything - almost everything except for math. Xander described his experience with math as, “fun when you understand it, but it is a real pain to deal with when you are lost.” Luckily for Xander, math is not the main component of his dream job. Xander plans on becoming a counselor in the future. He is always seeking out to help people and this job will help him fulfill that wish. Xander explains his passion behind this job by stating, “I want to help anyone in need. So many people struggle with mental health in today’s world. I want to be one of the people that anyone can go to for help.”
Along with maintaining a stable job, Xander also would like to have something relatively close to his dream house roughly 10 years from now. When asked what his dream house would look like, Xander responded with, “I’d prefer it to have 2 floors with 3 bedrooms. I want to wake up in the morning to a beautiful view that takes my breath away every single time I see it.” Xander is very flexible with most things, but he has very strong preferences with his food choices. Nobody loves pizza as much as this guy does. He has eaten it since he was little and hasn’t stopped to this day. One food that described this last year for Xander has to be wings, specifically with extra sauce. He stated that the wings are, “very messy and complicated, but still maintained that great taste”.
Not everyone has their bucket list started at such a young age, but Xander has his eyes set on multiple things that he wants to do. One of the things that he plans to do is travel around the world. He wants to visit parts of Europe and Asia. Xander stated that he has to visit Puerto Rico before he visits any other place in the world. He believes that it would be a good starting point for his traveling plans. Just like traveling, the future can be very confusing, but I guarantee that Xander has so much to look forward to in these next chapters of his life.