Fidel Cabrera is an 18 year-old senior who attends Hoover High School and hopes to attend nursing school right after at City College then transfer to a four year university.

Fidel has attended all four years at Hoover and will be the first of five in his family to graduate from Hoover and attend college. His role models are his parents who have made a lot of sacrifices to bring him where he is now. He hopes to become a psychiatric nurse because of his passion for mental health and the functions of the brain.  He has developed this passion from his AP Psychology course and his Developing Future Mental and Behavioral Health course, as well as his time spent interning at Rady’s Children’s Hospital where he experienced all the behavior units in the hospital along with meet a variety of psychology nurses which only encouraged his interest for psychology even further. Along with his career choice he wants to build awareness for mental health awareness in Latino families/households due to the high stigma that follows it. Fidel believes that this stigma following mental health is absurd and people should be educated on its effects to truly destigmatize it.

His favorite foods are acai bowls, which he regularly gets at Better Buzz Coffee, with lots of honey. He is constantly listening to music and some of his favorite artists at the moment are Frank Ocean, Hope Sandoval, Amy Winehouse, and Los Panchos. For his year goals he hopes to save up enough money to buy a car and get a license as well as gain more experience with his profession and build up enough knowledge to only further motivate his decisions. In the spring, he will graduate and hopes that him and his classmates will find peace and comfort reaching their goals.