Hometown: Schenectady, NY.

Education: B.A. in Psychology — Brown University.

Ask Cindi about: hunting for swimming holes you can hike to. Hiking to swimming holes.

Favorite thing to do in Beloit: pelican-spotting.

Advice on the college search process: Never assume that you’ll love a college everyone else thinks is great. Explore for yourself and find the one you think is great.

Favorite Wisconsin fact: Wisconsin sent a 34,591-pound piece of cheese to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City. And they designed a Cheese-Mobile to get it there.