One quarter left in the school year, Seniors! Time to buckle down make it through the final stretch. A long and well deserved sunny summer is awaiting your arrival.

Moises Favela feels that this school year went by very quickly. AP testing is already here, he can’t wait just to chill out, and is excited that the real world. Favela is a real jack of all trades.

He was in swim freshman year to sophomore year and reached the bracket of dolphin. At the same time he was in Marching Band as an alto saxophone and tenor saxophone player. During his sophomore to junior he joined water polo. And from junior to senior year he joined tennis where he played singles.

Favela is the co-vice president of MESA and Aca Deca. Some of the achievements Favela has racked up include Best Musician his freshman year, MVP for Swim and Water Polo, Most Improved for Tennis, and Academic Scholar award for all of them.

Outside of school Favela is in the Channel Islands Racket Club.

He plays guitar, the trumpet, and the piano. Music runs in this family. “The feeling you get, jamming out, I’ve always been musically inclined, you just can’t recreate the feeling,” Favela said.

After high school Favela is going to attend UC Irvine, majoring in Biological Neuron Science. His dream is to become an Astronaut with NASA or Space X.

Being a very successful student, he would like to acknowledge his family and friends for all the help and support.

Some friends and mentors stick out more than others, Wren Palmer, Michelle Carballo are his “day ones,” Mr. Lucas and Mr. Grennan being his favorite teachers, Coach Zielsdorf, Coach Atwater, Coach Jones being the best coaches he ever had. Favela not only got to where he is on having talent and a supporting community, but also on having great role models. His older sisters paved the way for him and taught him the importance of doing his best at school.

Favela has a message for his fellow students: “Remember your past, your roots, they are what has shaped you into the person you are; acknowledge the future, it’s important to keep looking ahead of the road, ready to cease whatever new opportunities and experiences may come; and most importantly, thrive in the present, a foolish person is one who spends too much time looking back at the ‘what ifs’ and worries too much about the future.”