Hazael

"You moved here from California. How has that changed you or how did that change affect you?"

"I decided to change as a person and keep everything about my old self and change the things I didn’t like. I knew that I wanted to be a new better person."

"How do you feel about the change? Are you happy?"

"The change is different. I don't like it because it isn’t my home. I didn’t grow up here and I’m not used to the different culture. I’m happy, but I will never be as happy as living back home."

Octavio

"If you could be one superhero who would you be?"

"Spiderman"

"Why?"

"It might help me get rid of my fear of spiders...I love Spiderman but I hate spiders.

I have Arachnophobia."

Fatima

If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

Dubai.  Because everything is really nice and seems so futuristic-like and gorgeous.

Marlen

"What is the toughest moment you’ve been through?"

"The toughest thing I have been through is when my mom lost her dad. It was the toughest because I had never seen my mom go through something like that, and also because she couldn’t go to Mexico and see him, and the very next day was my brother's wedding.

She is one of the strongest persons I know."

Melanie

¨What is the toughest decision you had to make in the last few months?¨

¨It would have to be when my mom told me and my sister that we had to go live with my dad. It´s not that I didn't want to, it's that I didn't feel comfortable. My sister didn't want to go either.¨

¨Why didn't you want to go?"

¨Because we have never had a good relationship with him.

So, I didn't really see the point of going.¨

¨Did you move yet?¨

¨No¨

¨How does moving make you feel?¨

¨Like I would be fine with it, but it will not be the same as living with my mom.¨ ​

Jordan

Where do you find peace?

I find peace in sports. When I play it is just like nothing else matters. It just feels natural, I don’t have to force myself to do anything and I can just focus on winning. I just get into a zone where I do not have to worry about anything else, it's peaceful.

Zac

Have you had a traumatic experience? If so how has that changed you or made the way you view things differently.

I have a sister that has down syndrome, so I think her life has had a traumatic impact. She had a hole in her heart so she went through a lot when I was 9. We found her under the stair well, she had eat a thumbtack. Our parents were not home so we called the ambulance and another time when my parents weren't home, I found her passed out and again this time her breathing was very different, it wasn't fast, it was slow, and stopped for a moment,

so again we had to call the ambulance.

In high school when I was junior she had to have a fake heart put in and it was a dramatic event because it was a tough year. I had to balance all my school work, my teachers didn't really take my situation into consideration but it helped me see that no matter what happens in your life, people don't care, you still have to live your life and get things done. I've seen that even though my sister was having a rough time she still kept going. For example, when she had gotten her fake heart put in she threw peas at my brother who hated them.

It showed me that she was a strong person.