Irais Velazquez
Matriculated from: Ygnacio Valley Elementary, Cambridge Elementary, Oak Grove Middle School
Future Path Plans: Warner Pacific College, St John's University, or DVC/UCLA
Most Challenging Class this Year: AP Literature
Career Goals: Social Worker, then branch out to be a human rights lawyer
What she likes most about being a Warrior: I love how we are all interconnected and open-minded. You're always seeing acts of kindness here.
Favorite Place to Eat: Any place that sells french fries
Best Concert/play/Special Event she has Attended: Jonas Brothers and One Direction
Favorite Sport: I enjoy basically all sports
Favorite Place to Vacation: Pismo Beach and the Oceano Dunes
Best Show on TV right Now: Road to Recovery
Favorite Way to get Exercise: Hiking
One thing she is really great at: Connecting with people
One thing she wishes she were better at: Time management
Inspirational Figure in Her Life: My grandma and mom
Best tip for success to Underclassmen: Believe in yourself, you are capable of anything you set your mind to. Also, it's okay to not have everything in your life figured out; everything will fall into place.
Her Top 5 Contributions to the School and Community:
- ASB Leadership- Night Time Commissioner
- Link Crew Leader
- Camp Counselor for the Mosaic Project
- Rally Commissioner 2015
- Special Events coordinator for Puente
What she feels makes a great leader: "A great leader is someone who is genuine, caring, and maintains a positive attitude regardless of the outcomes. A leader gives guidance."
An example of a great leader that she knows: "Mother Teresa and Ghandi because they both contributed so much to humanity. I aspire to their goals of helping others and fighting for a cause in peace. They were the voice for the unspoken."
Something that YVHS does really well: "YV is great at creating a welcoming environment and community among not only the students but teachers and staff as well. There's at least one teacher/staff member that every students can go to for help in anything."
Two ideas to improve things here at YVHS: Make YV a cleaner campus and create more events/activities so every single student has something they can get involved with.
Something she would like to improve about herself: I would like to build up my confidence and not always second guess myself in every decision.
Quote of the Moment: "I hope you live a life you are proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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