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About me...
  • My name is Kimberly Ann Suizdak - daughter of John and Michelle Suizdak
  • Education:
Somers Cooperative Preschool (Somers, CT)
Hazardville Memorial Elementary School (Enfield, CT), grades k - 6
John F. Kennedy Middle School (Enfield, CT), grades 7 - 8
Enrico Fermi High School (Enfield, CT), grades 9 - 10
Coventry High School (Coventry, CT), grade 11 - Present


  • contact email address: kimtastic93@att.net
Countries visited

Wiki pages worked on, contributed to, amended or in progress:
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This user...
♀This user is female.
This user is an American.
USThis user uses American English.
31YThis Wikipedian was born on 19 January 1993 and is 31 years, 3 months, and 16 days old.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 14 years, 6 months and 22 days.
This user is a Christian.
This user enjoys singing.
choirThis user sings in a choir.
This user is an alto.
This user knows intermediate
music theory.
This user has relative pitch.
KAZOOThis user plays the Kazoo.
This user can play the radio!
This user likes most types of music.
Guitar-0This user does not play the Guitar (but will one day!).


This user is an art lover.
This user enjoys cooking.
This user is interested in drama and acting.
This user enjoys writing.
This user is interested in recycling.
This user loves the environment and wants to protect it.
This user does not smoke.
This user has never tried any
Tobacco products
 SOBER This user is alcohol free.
This user doesn't know how to solve a Rubik's Cube.
This user remembers VHS. ±
This user prefers DVD over VHS. ±
This user enjoys thunderstorms.


This user loves the Spring.
This user likes fireworks.
This user enjoys
volunteering.
This user likes to sleep.
This user spends most of her free time thinking about random things...
This user enjoys
twiddling her thumbs.
Actually, could you return her sweater for this user? This user knows your mother
(and will say "hi" to her for you)
This user was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
This user currently lives in Coventry, Connecticut.