Nafisa Yusuf  is currently a senior at Herbert Hoover High School. She first went to Crawford but is now a Cardinal. She is African American and Somali, and also Muslim.  She turned 17-years-old in August. She likes watching shows, playing soccer, and wearing black. She wants to attend a university or college in San Diego,...

Fidel Cabrera is currently a 17 year old senior in Hoover High school, and part of the AHHC academy. He was born in San Diego California but his parents are from a small town in Durango, Mexico, which he visits regularly. His favorite color is blue. His hobbies outside of school are going out with his friends and reading....

Malachi Torres is a senior at Hoover High School and is part of the class of 2025. Malachi is a very social and friendly person who will talk to anyone. He is an only child and it is only his mother and him at home. Living alone with his mom isn’t really a bother to him at all because he loves being with his mom. It’s...

Ceramics are a way of expressing one’s creative mind. When I was seven, I would always watch videos of people doing small clay sculptures. I remember clearly being super interested in the videos and would beg my family to buy me clay.  As I was slowly starting to grow older, the interest in clay would slowly vanish. By...

Sylvia Rivera was known for gay liberation, transgender activist, and an advocate for the homeless. Rivera was a tireless advocate to those silenced and disregarded in the larger movements. She spent her life fighting against the exclusion of transgender people, especially transgender people of color, and from the larger...

My favorite musician is Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago, or professionally known as Anuel AA from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Anuel was born on November 26, 1992 and is now famously known as a Puerto Rican rapper and singer. He started creating music when he was very young at the age of 14 but officially uploaded it four years later...

A father is someone who nurtures and works hard to provide for their children. He is someone who you're supposed to turn to when you need help both physically and mentally. Your father gives you advice and teaches you about life, both the negative and positive side. He teaches you ethics and the quality of yourself. My father...

George Lopez is an influential Latino figure and actor in the entertainment industry. He has used his platform to challenge stereotypes and advocate for greater diversity in Hollywood through his long career in comedy, television, and film.  He has inspired positive change by bringing Latino culture and struggles into the...

Singer and songwriter, Giveon Dezmann Evan, simply known as GIVEON, is my favorite artist not only for his vocal talent but for the way he balances complex emotions and reflects life within his work. It’s truly something you’ll never see done so well in others’ work, and he manages to do it even at the dawn of his career. Giveon’s...

The biggest support to a human’s mental health, emotional support, and companionship is to have dogs. Roy and Luna are my favorite creatures alive today because they provide a lot of support just by being cute and existing. I have two dogs, Roy and Luna. Roy is the oldest, a male, and a Belgian Malinois who has the most...

Acclaimed Mexican actor, comedian, and director, Eugenio Derbez, has achieved great success in the entertainment industry and has left a lasting impact on society. Derbez was born and raised in Mexico City. In 2014, He immigrated to the US, because he wanted to benefit from the greater market for English-language media as...

Ms. Carillo Ms. Carillo, as she prefers to be called, always wanted to be an actor or a lawyer but she became a teacher by accident. She never wanted to be a teacher because she was scared that karma was going to get her and it did. Everything she gave to her teachers, she got double of it. What motivated her  to keep...

Ms. Munoz Ms. Andrea Munoz is currently the Academy of Health and Healthy Communities counselor and head counselor of Hoover High School. She originally started school with the intention of becoming a lawyer. However, after getting involved in community service at a middle school, she discovered a passion for volunteering...

Ms. Westfall Ms. Jane Westfall is the director of the Academy of Health and Healthy Communities (AHHC), and has been teaching at Hoover for eight years. Ms. Westfall was born and raised in Ocean Beach, here in San Diego. When she was younger, she wanted to be a scientist out in the environment and she did that for a...