Members of the Raising A Reader MA staff secretly love reading the Proust Questionnaire in the back of Vanity Fair. We decided to share our own version of this personality test with our outstanding board of directors. Board Member Dr. Alison Schonwald completed her pediatric residency and developmental-behavioral pediatrics fellowship at Boston’s Children’s Hospital, where she joined the faculty in 2001. She is board certified in Pediatrics and in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Schonwald’s clinical and research interests range from early diagnosis of developmental disabilities to psychopharmacology for children with a variety of developmental disorders. She is the medical director of a multi-site school problems clinic (the ASK Program), and psychopharmacologist for the Williams Syndrome Program.  Dr. Schonwald is the author of Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Potty Training Problems and created www.developmentalscreening.org, where pediatricians can learn how to implement developmental screening into practice.

What is your favorite book? The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Who is your favorite fictional her or heroine? Dora the Explorer

Who is your favorite real life hero or heroine? My husband, he takes care of everything and everyone

If you could have dinner with one author – living or dead – who would it be? Why?  Dr. Spock- I wonder if he knew he would change parenting forever

If you could choose one place to live for the rest of your life where would it be? Wherever my family is

What is your motto? The truth will set you free

What talent would you most like to have? The ability to sense my way to my destination- I have the world’s worst sense of direction.

What is your proudest accomplishment? Contributing to quality pediatric care across the country by educating providers

What do you think is the most overrated virtue? They’re all pretty important…