Name: Annah Guidry
Job title: Custodian
Department: Facilities Services
How long have you worked at Whitworth? 5 + years
What do you like best about your job? I love talking with our students and listening to their stories, hopes and dreams.
In what ways do you feel your job fulfills your sense of vocation? I have the privilege of working in an occupation that strives to make people comfortable. Whether I am cleaning so that our students have a visually pleasing environment to work/live in or simply taking the time to get to know them, I can show them God’s love.
Favorite books: Perelandra, Out of the Silent Planet, and That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis)
Favorite movie: “Pride & Prejudice”
Favorite food: Watermelon
Favorite quote: “I wanted you to see what real courage is... it’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite music: Third Day
Favorite animal: Horse
Guilty pleasure: Reading for a few minutes before bed
Hobbies: Swimming, walking with a friend, and reading
Best vacation ever: One week in Washington, D.C., with my husband
Birth place: Kenosha, Wisc.
We’d be surprised to know that… I am a mom of six.
I collect…very old books.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Australia
If you could try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt? Become a helicopter pilot
What is your favorite sound? My children being kind to one another
What is your life motto? “I need grace and so do you.”
If the whole world was listening, what would you say? God loves you!
Favorite childhood book: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Favorite childhood TV show: “Sesame Street”
Least favorite word: Cumbersome
If you could go on a road trip with anyone (from the past or present), who would you choose and where would you go? Jane Austen and tour of the English countryside
Best high school class subject: English
