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services at the Northeast Regional Library.
As for college, Brian says he already has a long list of acceptations
but likes the idea of letting college take him for a ride.
“Hopefully I’ll be in California next year,” Brain says, speaking of
Stanford University.
After that, Brian isn’t sure what life will throw his way. He’d rather
ride on the excitement of taking what comes.
Favorite class: History and psychology.
Favorite teacher: “I’ve had a lot of great teachers but if I had to
mention one, I guess it would be Holden and Martinez.”
Study style: “Honestly, I’m a crammer.”
Where I see myself in 15 years: “Enjoying life and just grabbing it
by the horns. I want to travel a lot.”
Extra credit: Chess Club, French Club, Science Olympiads, volunteer
at the Northeast Regional Library, National Honor Society,
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running.
Carolina Lara Corona
New Hanover High School
When Carolina Lara Corona was a kid, she kept a box of art
supplies under her bed. It was a segment on television
that aired between cartoons that first struck her chords
for art.
Back in Mexico, where she spent her first 10 years, Carolina
explains that the subject of art wasn’t offered in school. It wasn’t
until she moved to the U.S. in fifth grade that she took her first real
art class.
“I came from Mexico and actually had the chance for my love for art
to grow when I came to the U.S. and started taking classes,” she says.
When Carolina entered fifth grade, she knew no English. But, that
didn’t stop her from making straight As and pursuing her passion
for art.
“I like art because you can go anywhere…and you can never go
wrong with it,” says Carolina, whose stroke extends beyond her
own canvas.
When she babysits her two younger nephews, Carolina always
gives the boys drawing assignments hoping to enrich the lives of
others in the same way her life was made more colorful through art.
Upon graduation, Carolina hopes to attend a college where she
can study art education.
Carolina explains, “I want to be able to teach in Mexico for a
few years and then come back to the U.S. and teach Hispanics and
Americans, Chinese—all of it—and teach that art is really important
and that there is always going to be somebody there to help you
through your life.”
Favorite class: Art.
Favorite teacher: “That’s a hard question. I have three that I have
really gotten to know … my A.P. literature teacher, Ms. Edmonds;
Julio “JRod” Rodriguez, my Latin teacher—he’s really smart, he
knows like seven languages; and Ms. Jones, who is my art teacher.
She is more than a teacher. She is a friend to me.”
Study style: “I review a few times for the information to stick in my
head.”
Where I see myself in 15 years: “Teaching, definitely, and having
a house of my own, hopefully, and having my family close to my
mom.”
Extra credit: National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society,
babysitting.
kids
Deana Agil (pictured next page)
Isaac Bear Early College
Cough, wheeze, sneeze or approach Deana Agil with the symptoms
of an ailment that’s bothering you and she’ll attempt to come up
with a diagnosis.
“Since forever,” Deana says, she’s wanted to be a doctor. Although
she’s not quite sure yet what type of physician she wants to be, Deana
says she loves putting her beginner’s knowledge to practice, learned
from taking college classes at the University of North Carolina Wilmington
through Isaac Bear Early College.
Looking up to her pediatricians growing up, Deana put her trust
in them to treat her ear infections and runny noses, and thanks these
Wilmington practitioners not only for setting her up with a clean chart but
also for inspiring her to want to go on to do the same.
“I really want to help people get better and help them live a healthy