Full name: Xayara Nadeli Flores
Grade: 12
Plans after high school: I’m going to get a bachelor’s in criminal justice with a business minor, go to law school, and become a business lawyer. I’m going to write on the side and do a lot of animal and women’s rights activism.
Where I get my news: CNN
On my ipod: Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, NBHD, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Haim, Atmosphere, Nirvana, Best Coast
Favorite books: That was then, This is now, The Catcher in the Rye, The Lord of the Flies, It by Alexa Chung, Love Poems by Pablo Neruda
Favorite movies: Steel Magnolias, The Notebook, Dear John
Activities: water polo, swim, science club
Hobbies/interests: writing poetry and short stories, reading
What most people don’t know about me: I have a huge collection of piggy banks.
Words to live by: "Carpe Diem," "That was then, this is now," “Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t ‘should’ve’ done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day.”
