This is a recent rapid-fire chat with Urban Igloo leasing agent Alexis Rollert.
Where did you grow up?
Chicago, IL and Grand Rapids, MI
Favorite activities when you’re not helping people find apartments?
Travel, the DC Junior League, and volleyball — I played 4 years in college and still play.
Favorite sports teams?
Chicago Bears, Redskins, Capitals, and any college basketball!
Favorite books?
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela, A Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GIlbert.
Favorite movies?
Shawshank Redemption, Back to the Future, Steel Magnolias, Dirty Dancing, and Driving Miss Daisy.
Interesting fact that most people don’t know about you?
I got my graduate degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Interesting fact that most people DO know about you?
Half my childhood was spent on a farm and the other half in a major city.
Any pets?
A fabulous little dog named Pepper
Neighborhoods you’ve lived in DC?
Chinatown, Brookland, Cleveland Park, and just moved to Arlington.
Favorite thing about DC?
There is always something new at one of the Smithsonian Museums.
Where would you like to live if you weren’t in DC?
Overseas trying out new countries.
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