Name: TM Gibbons-Neff

Track: “Some Lives Are More Equal Than Others”

Education: English, Georgetown University ’15

Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts

What is success? Knowing when you’ve failed.

What one-word description would you find most flattering? Loyal.

In a sentence, be your biggest critic: I’m too sensitive.

What ethical question confounds you? Why do the good die young?

What’s the best published piece you’ve ever written? “Why We Died”

How would you hope to be impressed by your future self? I would be impressed if my future self had a beard.

Who is another Calling My Shot contributor whom you admire?Lauren Weber; don’t know her too well, but she seems pretty bad ass.