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Name: Bari Aronson

Occupation: Singles director of the Jewish Community Center of Western Monmouth

Address: Marlboro

Family: Married 13 years to Brian Aronson, with two children, 9 and 7.

Community activities: Substitute teacher in Marlboro school district. Active member of her children's school PTO. Gives volunteer art lessons and helps work field days. Worked three JCC events along with Jewish Family Services discussing at separate times: "Moving on after Divorce," "Loss of a Spouse," and "Being Single in a Couples World."

Hobbies: "I play tennis, bike, exercise at the gym. I'm very active along with my children. I love a good book."

Self-portrait: "I'm an active person both physically and mentally. I do a lot with my family. We go skiing together, biking on the trail, attending my children's soccer games, and any kind of activity that the PTO needs done, I'll do. I try to help out in little ways in the community as well."

Motto: "Take everything in stride, life is too short and have fun."

Greatest accomplishment: "My family -- they mean a lot to me."

Bad Habits: "I worry too much."

Favorite TV show: "I like 'Lost,' '24,' and 'Gray's Anatomy'."

Favorite food: "Anything Italian especially pizza."

Best childhood memory: "I traveled a lot with my family. We went west to ski. Now I am taking my children skiing too. I took them to ski this year in Colorado. I definitely had a happy childhood. My parents liked to get up and do things. I went to Disney World more than once and to summer camp."

People don't know that I: "Was captain of the high school tennis team."

Last book I read:" 'Sarah's Key,' by Tatiana de Rosnay -- a historical novel that begins during the Holocaust when Sarah is awakened by police who tell her mother to pack a clothes for a few days."

The biggest asset in the local Jewish community: "Our JCC of Western Monmouth is a hidden asset that has a lot to offer people don't know about, because we are located in a small office on the other side of the county. We do a lot but we don't have a building. There are always things going on -- a magic show, science program for kids. There is mitzvah day every year."

If I had more time: "I would love to do a lot of things, but I would enjoy traveling."