Cynthia Jeanette Hyatt Interview

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For the purposes of this assignment, I had the privilege of interviewing an incredibly talented person by the name of Cynthia Jeanette Hyatt, who graciously granted me a last-minute interview after an incident with a previous interviewee rendered that interview borderline unusable.This is not to suggest that choosing her for an interview was merely a matter of convenience. While that did indeed play a role in her initial consideration, the opportunity to interview her was truly appreciated and ultimately enjoyable. Due to busy and conflicting schedules, the interview was conducted in the common area of the high school at which the interviewee works and the interviewer attends. There were a couple gaps throughout the interview, during which the conversation was turned to another person or became tangential, but overall the interview was fairly cohesive.
Born Cynthia Jeanette Weaver, she grew up in the middle of the city of Detroit, Michigan. Multiple times over the course of our interview, she referred to her neighborhood as one that was predominantly Jewish and incredibly diverse, and indeed, her experiences, not to mention her home life, seem to have reflected that claim. Her family, as well, was very diverse; her father was African-American, and her mother was part Cherokee indian. This in fact caused her some problems throughout her …show more content…

Anything more is extravagance, anything less and you’re from the slums. Cynthia Hyatt grew up in the city of Detroit, Michigan, in an ethnically diverse and predominantly Jewish community. She had many of the ‘typical’ childhood experiences- family trips to the local Dairy Queen, and picnics, weekends out with her family and the like, but all of these experiences were flavoured by her

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