Stephanie Parilla (pictured above)
Behavioral therapist, Williamsburg
Do you ski or snowboard?
Snowboard. I started two years ago when I went to Mountain Creek in New Jersey with some friends. I’m a very cautious person. Like, I mean, I love my life — I didn’t want to die. But I went for it. And not to be cocky, but I’ve gotten a lot better. I recently boarded on one of those ramps and landed some shit.
What does being a behavioral therapist entail?
I work with kids on the spectrum, which can be very complicated but can also be amazing. I analyze their behaviors, then work with them to increase some and decrease others. And you have to use clinical judgment to put things in a hierarchy — What do we need to prioritize right now? If a kid is banging their head for the whole two-hour session, am I going to teach him what a duck is? The hardest thing about what I do is I can’t turn it off; I analyze everybody’s behavior, and that’s exhausting. I’m learning to not, you know, but how can I not?
Grace Antino
Content-solutions associate, Alphabet City
Raven Shelton
Social worker, Flatbush
Lauren Ralph
Venture-capital analyst, Gramercy Park
Christopher Colon
Civil engineer, Pelham Parkway
Do you have any other hobbies?
I like to host “Sip and Paint” at my house. I get a couple of friends together; we sip on some wine and just paint something random. I get little 8-by-11 poster boards for everyone. The last thing we gathered to paint was actually a penguin — a really colorful penguin.
Caroline Beek
Social-media producer, Murray Hill
Seyi Moronfoye
Software engineer, Upper East Side
Are you snowboarding or skiing?
Skiing, and today is my first time ever. I have to do it, though, because I recently decided to book a ski trip with a couple of my co-workers in Aspen, despite the fact that I have no idea how to ski. And I don’t want to just sit around drinking hot chocolate all day.
Brian Adamkiewicz
Filmmaker, Greenpoint
Brian Tighe
Product designer, Greenpoint
When did you learn how to ski?
Six years ago, I went to Denver for a bachelor party with a bunch of buddies, all of us from Florida. We decided we might as well give skiing a try. It was bedlam. I had no idea how to stop. Eventually, I fell and then was just stuck there, like a pissed-off upside-down turtle.
Olga Antonovich
Accountant, Forest Hills
Who’s here with you today?
My son, Peter. He learned to ski when we lived in Russia, but I never did and I’m 36. So in the pandemic, when there was nothing to do, I decided I’d try. I was so afraid of how I might look in front of other people, but I’ve gotten better. Recently, Peter tricked me into going onto a blue line. He said, “Mommy, it’s a wonderful line with wonderful trees and a wonderful view. Let’s go. There’s nothing to be scared of.”
Jonathan Torres
Sales-development representative, East Village
Camille Bowman
Investment-banking analyst, Gramercy Park
Peter Solovyev
Second-grader, Forest Hills
Grace Antino
Content-solutions associate, Alphabet City
Raven Shelton
Social worker, Flatbush
Lauren Ralph
Venture-capital analyst, Gramercy Park
Christopher Colon
Civil engineer, Pelham Parkway
Do you have any other hobbies?
I like to host “Sip and Paint” at my house. I get a couple of friends together; we sip on some wine and just paint something random. I get little 8-by-11 poster boards for everyone. The last thing we gathered to paint was actually a penguin — a really colorful penguin.
Caroline Beek
Social-media producer, Murray Hill
Seyi Moronfoye
Software engineer, Upper East Side
Are you snowboarding or skiing?
Skiing, and today is my first time ever. I have to do it, though, because I recently decided to book a ski trip with a couple of my co-workers in Aspen, despite the fact that I have no idea how to ski. And I don’t want to just sit around drinking hot chocolate all day.
Brian Adamkiewicz
Filmmaker, Greenpoint
Brian Tighe
Product designer, Greenpoint
When did you learn how to ski?
Six years ago, I went to Denver for a bachelor party with a bunch of buddies, all of us from Florida. We decided we might as well give skiing a try. It was bedlam. I had no idea how to stop. Eventually, I fell and then was just stuck there, like a pissed-off upside-down turtle.
Olga Antonovich
Accountant, Forest Hills
Who’s here with you today?
My son, Peter. He learned to ski when we lived in Russia, but I never did and I’m 36. So in the pandemic, when there was nothing to do, I decided I’d try. I was so afraid of how I might look in front of other people, but I’ve gotten better. Recently, Peter tricked me into going onto a blue line. He said, “Mommy, it’s a wonderful line with wonderful trees and a wonderful view. Let’s go. There’s nothing to be scared of.”
Jonathan Torres
Sales-development representative, East Village
Camille Bowman
Investment-banking analyst, Gramercy Park
Peter Solovyev
Second-grader, Forest Hills
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