Victoria Okai
Belief Interview with Victoria Okai Victoria is an Illustration Major at Parsons School of Art and Design, she prefers to go by Viki. Viki arrived in a rush to our meeting, a bit frantic because of the traffic she had encountered and her worries about being late. We met in the 2W 13 th building where we pushed together 2 grey ottomans. She wore her quintessential rose gold beats resting on her head, as always, and an oversized sweatshirt with her dad’s pants. She explained to me that she was late because she could not find her own pants. Below is a transcript of the best of our conversation. Szabo: So, what were you raised to believe? Did your parents ascribe to any major religions? Okai: Well, my parents never really told me to believe anything. I don’t remember anyone of my influences as a child being heavily religious and we didn’t attend church. I think the religious members of my family in the past would have been more likely to attend temple than church anyway. I rememb