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Lizbeth Arroyo
Kimberly Santibanez
, staff writer
February 16, 2023
“It was really difficult to teach kids when they were at home”
Richard Flores
, staff writer
December 8, 2022
Being an ”adult came with its challenges.”
Karen Flores
, staff writer
November 12, 2022
“I don’t feel a difference”
Felix Pedro
, staff writer
October 24, 2022
“I seen the way he played that he was a very good pitcher and a very good catcher.”
Abraham Ramos
, staff writer
October 22, 2022
[Video] “Cada momento de tu vida es especial siempre tienes que disfrutarlo mientras puedas.”
Kimberly Santibanez
, staff writer
October 17, 2022
“The happiest moment of my life would have to be the day I had you.”
Haily Tinoco
, staff writer
October 17, 2022
“I could have had a better life and I could have had more opportunities, but I chose to go down the gang route”
Misael Pascual
, staff writer
October 17, 2022
“I actually considered dropping out”
Kimberly Alvarado
, editor
October 13, 2022
“…like I’m sixteen, I’m never going to be sixteen every again so for me the way I see it, I’m only sixteen once, I just wanna live my best life and like have fun.”
Angela Hernandez
, editor
October 12, 2022
[Video] “I mean psychology – I think in between married couples, is a great and fascinating thing because of the fact that you know, maybe the times people are in love, they are struggling.”
Bryan Espinoza
, staff writer
October 12, 2022
“What were some differences about high school and college?”
Kimberly Flores
, editor
October 12, 2022
“Me siente, contenta pero otra triste porque me deje a mis padres, a mis hermanos, hermanas, en Mexico, pero este pais me dio trabajo, otra vida mejor, para pueder ayudar a mis padres.”
Eduardo Teodores
, editor
October 12, 2022
“Because whenever you get to wherever you want to be in life that’s when it happens, if it doesn’t happen any sooner than there’s no helping it… everything will come around when it does.”
Ray Nunez
, staff writer
October 12, 2022
“Getting the degree and getting that bread.”
Stefany Hernandez
, editor
October 12, 2022
“It was the government, all the government.”
James Garcia
, editor
October 12, 2022
“You have to focus on yourself first”
Gilbert Gomez
, staff writer
October 12, 2022
“Don’t be lazy. Do what you gotta do.”
Rolando Guerrero
, staff writer
October 11, 2022
[Video] “I never thought I’d make it this far”
Jorge Rios
, staff writer
October 11, 2022
“My whole childhood that was just like, I don’t think I was ever happy, I was just there.”
Adam Garcia
, staff writer
October 8, 2022
“Your mother pulled into a parking spot that was in front of me. And I watched her walk away and decided to leave a note on the car.”
Jacob Milton
October 17, 2021
“[My aunt is] my role model … She was there with me through some crazy stuff.”
Mariana Melendez
October 15, 2021
“The first serious career interests I had were architecture and then writing journalism.”
Brayan Ramirez
October 15, 2021
“I think it all goes back to mental health”
Sylvester Mena
October 14, 2021
“Back in the day, I was all about sports, school, and just babysitting”
Priscilla Corona
October 14, 2021
“Llegando aqui no me gustaba pero con el tiempo me comenzo a gustar.”
Jonathan Matias
October 9, 2021
“I’m the type a person that sees the world dark and all that stuff because there’s many reasons why.”
Israel Ramirez Jr.
October 9, 2021
“Cause everyone’s a teenager they don’t know what the [profanity] they’re doing but once you grow up to an adult, you- you see what you actually want, you get me?”
Ashley Ramirez
October 6, 2021
“When I first got infected, I didn’t really feel sick I just couldn’t taste or smell”
Marisol Palma
October 6, 2021
How were you able to succeed? I was able to succeed because of my family.
Hebert Ramirez
October 3, 2021
“We used to just chill just eat tacos, carne asada, chorizo, pollo, all that good stuff.”
Jason Reyes
October 2, 2021
“Decidí venirme para acá porque, por falta de dinero, porque era muy este… muy pobres”
David Armenta
October 1, 2021
“Lesson: Let’s see, probably never turn your back on family… family is everything, turning your back on them is not the right thing to do.”
Ivan Mendez
October 1, 2021
“I needed to push myself out there … I started joining things and showing up to meet people”
William Roque
September 30, 2021
“I get inspired by kids and some teachers.”
Keyla Francisco
September 30, 2021
“I felt like being stared at often”
Jose Rocha
September 30, 2021
[Video] While growing up the most proud thing that I did was I was able to turn around my life as a student
Jeremias Mateo
September 30, 2021
She influenced me by being a strong independent woman who has always been there for me and my brothers through good and tough times
Andie Mendez
September 30, 2021
“Like I didn’t think I was gonna be doing something like that. But I kinda fell into that…”
Natalia Rivera
September 30, 2021
I had two middle schools. So the first one I was getting used to it cause I had lots of friends around me. Changing on online school, it felt kind of weird because I didn’t recognize the school, the teachers, the classes.
Meleni Hernandez
September 30, 2021
“Well, we weren’t gonna kidnap you, we were gonna borrow you for a bit”
Libne Moran
September 28, 2021
“No, we’ll protect you. We know the law and everything.”
Arely Tapia
September 28, 2021
“-Thinking she [his grandma] was my real mom. So when I came here, to me they [his real parents] were strangers for me-“
Jacob Ayala
September 28, 2021
“If I didn’t join the Marine Corps I honestly don’t really know what I’d be doing with myself.”
Itzel Juarez
September 28, 2021
“But one of the most important things that I have learned is that wherever you are, even if it’s far, you always have to look for your family.”
Alison Oscal
September 28, 2021
“I wanted to give up plenty of times.”
Dayana Zenteno
September 28, 2021
“…My childhood- I mean it wasn’t- it wasn’t the best to be honest…”
Emma Barajas
September 28, 2021
“I did not have much because my parents were really poor and not did not have enough to give a lot but we were really happy on what we had.”
Jonathan Santiago
October 12, 2020
“What was it like when you went to boot camp?”
Luis Sis
October 6, 2020
¨Umm it got to this extreme and he instead of warning his citizens he decided to downplay the virus, which has lead to this several months of being in quarantine.”
Ederson Herrera
October 3, 2020
“Entonces usted si le gusto su infancia? Pues se pudiera decir que si.”
Wendy Campos
October 1, 2020
“Pues sí la vida es más diferente por eso uno sufre y a la vez unos no quieren que los hijos sufran, entonces uno trata de darle lo mejor que pueda uno a los hijos.”
Anyi Vargas
October 1, 2020
“You shouldn’t let others dictate what you can and can’t do. It’s your life and you should be able to create your own goals.”
Karen De Jesus
October 1, 2020
“Yo nací en México Distrito Federal.”
Keily Escamilla Galarza
October 1, 2020
“Covid-19 has affected me in many ways such as missing out on most of the senior year activities such as going to senior picnic which is when students go to the park and spend most of the day having a picnic and having a good time with friends.”
David Angeles
October 1, 2020
“It was fun to know her experience so I remember this when I go to college.”
Roberto Campos
October 1, 2020
“Something that is very important to me is probably family just because my mom always said that family will always stick around.”
Estrella Rosas
October 1, 2020
“I knew I couldn’t give up. I had four children that depended on me and looked up to me.”
Samantha Rodriguez
October 1, 2020
“I started to little by little, remember something, but it’s hard for me, but now its not as much as when I was in the hospital because I didn’t remember nothing.”
Stephanie Bravo
September 28, 2020
[Video] Child abuse: causes and effects
Kimberly Hernandez
,
Samantha Moran
, and
Aylin Gutierrez de la Luz
March 30, 2020
“As a kid, sometimes I had to take care of animals in the rain because they had to eat. I also had to ride horses that were barely growing.”
Michael Vargas
December 17, 2019
This is why I love my Mom
Karina Garduno
December 16, 2019
“When people make fun of them, I just think you guys do not know the struggles we have to go through with having special needs kids.”
Lesly Valerio
November 10, 2019
“That’s when his father started to noticed his son had a hard shot.”
Jesse Sandoval
November 9, 2019
”The happiest moment of my life would probably be when my son was born. It was something that I experienced that I hope I remember forever.”
Alexis Juan
October 23, 2019
[Video] “Once I was here everything was better than what I expected.”
Victor Sotelo
October 14, 2019
[Video] “[The thing] I’m proudest of is [my] family [and] that I have my kids.”
Victor Varela
October 14, 2019
“Decisidi de imigrar a este país donde hay más oportunidades.”
Josue Lopez
October 8, 2019
“At some point I didn’t think I could make it into college.”
Heney Suarez
October 7, 2019
“I talk about pretty frequently [about my 11th grade English teacher] because I I credit her with why I wanted to be a teacher.”
Ricardo Gonzalez
October 7, 2019
“I always liked to work, since I was little I learned to work.”
Frank Ulario
October 7, 2019
[Video] “What’s your favorite book?”
Brisa Martinez
September 30, 2019
“One of my favorite memories was when the whole family got to get together.”
Javier Castro
September 25, 2019
“Ceri que aquí iba ser una mejor vida como todos pensamos todos los mexicanos pensamos.”
Citlally Chacon-Vargas
September 25, 2019
“She was given many leaders to look up to and follow their lead and go to college.”
Emily Isabel Avila
September 25, 2019
[Video] “Keep the end in mind.”
Xitlaly Canela
September 25, 2019
[Video] “Tu no sentiste miedo?”
Jesus Betancourt
September 25, 2019
“He’s the best man in the whole world apart from my mom.”
Kimberly Rivera
September 25, 2019
[Video] “My worst memory is when my son got lost in the beach.”
Juan Martinez
September 25, 2019
[Video] “Even though I regained most of my strength back, I am still weaker than the other kids in high school.”
Yarelli Baez
September 25, 2019
“The first time that I was on campus I was a little scared and had a small panic attack because I didn’t know where my classes were.”
Joseph Alvarez
September 24, 2019
[Video] “I think you go into teaching hoping that you’re going to inspire your kids, and you go into teaching hoping that you’re going to push them to be better.”
Christian Ramirez
September 24, 2019
“Así fue como nos enamoramos y nos quisimos.”
Victoria Duenas
September 24, 2019
“There’s already people there that are dead and you see animals like snakes. You see everything and yeah it’s something ugly.”
Mariana Padilla
September 24, 2019
“I danced a lot and I did a dance with my mom, dad, and my stepdad, which came out really good.”
Yaretsy Noj
September 24, 2019
[Video] “Ellos siempre uh me dejaban hacer, si erra algo bueno que yo quería hacer siempre me apoyaban.”
Jonathan Jimenez
September 24, 2019
“I think I did pretty good for being a statistic kind of, of ‘Oh she’s a young mom so she’s gonna be screwed’ But I kind of went the other way.”
Alize Benavidez
September 24, 2019
“My first language was Spanish I guess that’s the only hard thing, learning English.”
Desteny Roque
September 24, 2019
[Video] “My professors are actually very great. They encourage me to do better in the morning, when you walk into class they – they have this energy that they are ready to go for class.”
Samantha Moran
September 24, 2019
[Video] “[The challenges in my life] made me stronger and [taught me to] value my life and family.”
Brayan Reyes
September 24, 2019
“The main reason I’m really actually going to college and like getting a career and doing this stuff is to make my parents happy…”
Stephanie Ramirez
September 23, 2019
[Video] “Now that I’m in my second year [of college] I know what I want to do.”
Elizabeth Flores Martinez
September 23, 2019
[Video] “Is there something you could not live without?”
Laura Estrada
September 23, 2019
[Video] ”If you don’t love yourself you can’t really love anyone else.”
Kimberly Hernandez-Arriaga
September 23, 2019
‘’Being the first person to go college felt great because I was going to a new life experience.’’
Andrew Diaz
September 23, 2019
“I had a pretty special relationship with my teachers when I was growing up.”
Arleth Santana
September 23, 2019
[Video] “Hay algo que tu nunca me dijiste pero ahora me quedes dice ahorita?”
Eddy Zarate
September 22, 2019
“I’ve always wanted to be a sworn police officer.”
Bethzy Gomez
September 20, 2019
“I regretted it the day everybody else graduated and I didn’t.”
Delailah Sigala
September 20, 2019
“I got sick of working at a bookstore in New York City so I decided to become a teacher and just kinda go all in on it.”
Melanie Martinez
September 19, 2019
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