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title: "\"What's Your Cheese?\""
description: Julia Gabriele, St. Luke's Associate Head of School and Chief Financial Officer, uses her passion for cheesemaking to share an important life lesson—you need to be curious and find joy outside of school or work.
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# ["What's Your Cheese?"](https://blog.stlukesct.org/whatsyourcheese)

 Written by [Julia Gabriele: Associate Head of School & Chief Financial Officer](https://blog.stlukesct.org/author/julia-gabriele-associate-head-of-school-chief-financial-officer) | Nov 14, 2019 7:23:59 PM

"... I find cheesemaking to be a lot like leading a school. The boys locker room? Brevicaterium—sloppy, smelly but often with charming results. And you overachieving, AP taking, honor roll straight A’s? You’re really nothing more than thermophilic--you thrive under heat and pressure while you others, sneaking in a few rounds of Fortnite instead of finishing that history paper?--mesophilic--a lot of fun, can’t take a lot of heat--you can be incredibly frustrating to us as parents but you’re also delightful when spread over a good baguette. Seriously--I look out here and see lots and lots of bacteria--you’re all beautiful on your own but really interesting when you interact with one another." 

Watch/Listen to the full Meditation below...

 

 

[Julia Gabriele Meditation: "What's Your Cheese?"](https://vimeo.com/330129731) from [St. Luke's School](https://vimeo.com/stlukesschool) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com).

 

If you enjoyed this post, please read **[3 Ways to Kickstart Gratitude](https://blog.stlukesct.org/3-ways-to-kickstart-gratitude)** by Head of School Mark Davis.

 

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