“My dad started working here last year. Most people would think it’s embarrassing but I like having a friendly face in the hallway. Every time I see him we have a very friendly and laughter-filled exchange. He gives me money when I want food and it’s nice to see him throughout the day. My dad probably knows some drama with the teachers but he doesn’t tell me. It's very convenient for me to h...

“I started playing Dungeons and Dragons because somebody I knew played it. I did my research and became completely obsessed.  It’s imagination combined with some rules. I personally like fantasy books, and it's like creating a fantasy book while living inside a fantasy book. You create your own character and decide your race, your class, and stats and some other things. If one playing sty...

“One of my older brothers, Justin, built a computer. It looked really fun so we wanted to do it, too. We learned how to build from a tutor who gave us some instructions but we also had to do some of our own research. It took a while to figure out what we were gonna make specifically. It took us a couple of months to build.  An issue at one point we had was some blue-screening because one ...

“When I am home and am stressed out about work, I stop what I am doing, put on some music, and just dance. It makes me feel really positive, and I am always in the best mood. I first got into dance when I saw a video that I really liked. Right now, I'm more into doing it for fun. I’ve watched different Youtubers, and I see how much it can affect you in a positive way. My favorite style of dance is...

“In golf, it's all about the mindset. For example, if you have a bad shot and you let that get to you then it's hard to come back from that. It becomes not a hard sport when you put that bad shot behind you and continue playing, as long as you have the fundamentals down. Something that I’m able to do is to have that positive mindset.” “With golf, it's not really that you have to play so ...

“I go by a quote: ‘You don't lose, you either win or you learn.’  When I don't win, I feel like I can learn from the experience and get better. I always go back to that game in my mind, and say, ‘What did I do wrong? What can I do to make my team better?’ I started playing when I was four or five years old. I started off playing tee-ball, and I enjoyed it. So I kept going, and every...

“Music is a way to connect to yourself when you don’t always want to talk to someone with words. Last time I wrote a song with words was like two, three years ago. The chorus is kind of like, ‘Have I really been knocking all these years admiring your door?’ It’s about my brother, and how I’ve always tried to get close to him and be close with him, but he always kind of kicked me out of ...

“People have always told me that I’m funny. I’m in ninth grade. I do improv and stand-up comedy. I learn at camps. You just audition, and if you get in you perform improv. You get a piece of paper and then you write four sections: world, personal things, things that you just find funny, and things that you don’t like. Then you write things in each of those sections that could potentially c...

“When I graduate high school I want to go to the Israeli army. My dad always wanted me to go and I never really wanted to, but now it’s like a passion of mine and a dream to go. I’m not interested in fighting so I’m not scared. I’m interested in training the fighter dogs, because I know somebody who did that and had an amazing experience, and it seems like something I would work well with. I...

“So my great-great-grandparents are all from Western and Eastern Europe, and in the late 1800’s they moved to Argentina. My parents, my grandparents and some of my great-grandparents were born in Argentina. My parents moved here about 20 years ago and I was the first generation born in the United States. I speak Spanish, that’s what they speak in Argentina.  “I spoke it before I kne...

“I broke my arm three times. Two different times I just never realized. So the first time I broke it was when I came home to my mom saying that I had arm pain. The second time I broke it was when I was playing baseball. The third time was, we were playing basketball, and my friend shoots a basketball. I don’t know what happened, but I fall back, use my arm as support, hear a snap, fall to the ground. My ...

“I am the youngest of four siblings and none of them still live at home. My oldest brother is 27, my sister is 24, and my other brother is 21. None of them live at my house anymore.  It is lonely being the only one. On a normal school night I don’t have anyone to hang out with. I would say that another negative is that sometimes I just really want someone to hang out with, but I can’t. ...

“I have a packed schedule during the week. Monday nights I play the piano, Tuesday nights I have swim, and Wednesday nights I meet with my math tutor and I go to pilates with a sophomore. And Thursday nights I have swim and Fridays I go to a spin class and Sundays I play tennis.            It’s hard sometimes, but I love swimming,  Twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, I do swim. It’s pretty intens...

“The most interesting thing in my life is I guess that I surf. My mom put me in beach camp when I was eight. I first started surfing in the Pacific Palisades and then as I got older I started going to a camp that was designated to surfing and that was in Zuma beach. When I first get to the beach I go to the line to get my wetsuit. Once I get my wetsuit I put my stuff down for the day and get my surfb...

“I play basketball for school and soccer outside of school. Basketball usually has two practices a week and so does soccer, and then games on the weekend, so it's probably two hours a day for four or five days a week. I've been playing my whole life at home just ‘cause it’s fun.      “A lot of times I am not the biggest and strongest player, so I need to use my speed to my ad...