diff --git a/solutions/day-01/classes.js b/solutions/day-01/classes.js
index df79991..15dad9a 100644
--- a/solutions/day-01/classes.js
+++ b/solutions/day-01/classes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Person {
-    constructor(firstName='Ivy', lastName='Graham', age=30, country='USA', city='Santa Cruz') {
+    constructor(firstName='Ivy', lastName='Graham', age=30, country='USA', city='Santa Cruz', gender='Female') {
         console.log(this) // should be empty upon instantiation
         this.firstName = firstName
         this.lastName = lastName
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Person {
         this.city = city
         this.score = 0
         this.skills = []
+        this.gender = gender
     }
     // class methods
     getFullName() {
@@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ class Person {
             this.skills.length > 0 &&
             this.skills.slice(0, this.skills.length - 1).join(', ') +
             ` and ${this.skills[this.skills.length - 1]}`
-        let formattedSkills = skills ? `They know ${skills}` : ''
 
-        let info = `${fullName} is ${this.age}. They live in ${this.city}, ${this.country}. ${formattedSkills}`
+        let pronoun = this.gender =='Male'? 'He' : 'She'
+        let formattedSkills = skills ? `${pronoun} knows ${skills}` : ''
+        let info = `${fullName} is ${this.age}. ${pronoun} lives in ${this.city}, ${this.country}. ${formattedSkills}`
         return info
     }
     static favoriteSkill() {
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ person1.setSkill = 'Traditional Chinese Medicine'
 console.log(person1.getSkills)
 console.log(person1.getPersonInfo())
 
-const person2 = new Person('Derrek', 'Gass', 32, 'USA', 'Santa Cruz')
+const person2 = new Person('Derrek', 'Gass', 32, 'USA', 'Santa Cruz', 'Male')
 console.log(person2)
 person2.setScore = 1
 person2.setSkill = 'JavaScript'
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ console.log(person2.getPersonInfo())
 console.log(Person.favoriteSkill())
 console.log(Person.showDateTime())
 
-const student1 = new Student('Tobias', 'the Cat', 10, 'USA', 'Santa Cruz')
+const student1 = new Student('Tobias', 'the Cat', 10, 'USA', 'Santa Cruz', 'Male')
 student1.setSkill = 'Meowing'
 student1.setSkill = 'Purring'
 console.log(student1.saySomething())
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diff --git a/solutions/day-01/functions.js b/solutions/day-01/functions.js
index 8c1b055..c22300b 100644
--- a/solutions/day-01/functions.js
+++ b/solutions/day-01/functions.js
@@ -213,4 +213,5 @@ const personDest = {
 }
 // testing to see if we can drill down to user's first name
 console.log(personDest.user.firstName)
-console.log(personDest)
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+console.log(personDest)
+