Cozbi Ramirez

What is the hardest thing you had to experience?

"It was coming back from Mexico this summer."

Why was this hard?

"I left my Grandma alone, & she's getting older & can't do things on her own. Also coming back without her, traveling completely by myself, it was a weird sensation of being alone for the first time. I cried a lot. I went from trying to be tough, to crying, to sobbing."

What did you learn from this experience?

"I learned that I want to be able to help her more, even if there is a distance."

Shakira Reyes

• What is your least favorite word?
1. Bae is my least favorite word. It's childish, It's such an ugly word. It reminds me of my time at middle school. It makes something feel unofficial. Just say the whole word. 
• What sound or noise do you love?
1. I love rain sounds or waterfall. It soothes me, it makes me go to sleep. When I have a problem to deal with, it calms me down and it helps me forget. 

Gabriel Zamora

What is the secret to a happy life?

"I think the secret to a happy life is first, you have to get the people who you're close with, you make sure you trust them. The people you're close with, those are the people that can help you when times get rough so for example, I have a really good friend who really helps me go through tough times so I think the secret is people in your life. Objects can maybe produce a little bit of happiness but it really comes to others being there for you."

Elaine Loya

"What is the most difficult choice you had to make to fulfill your destiny?"

"The most difficult choice I had to make to fulfill my destiny was that I had to make a decision to where I was going to move because of my moms death. It was hard because my sisters were to young and my uncles did not want to take care of me. The reason for this was because they were too young, they were all in their early to late 20s. My dad and I never had a connection like he did with my sisters. Ever since my mom passed away I have been moving around so many times it's been really hard. Now I am living here in Wisconsin and I feel like I have made a good decision to move here, because I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, with my mom being here in the city, it makes me feel like im home. For me i feel like this was the hardest decision I had to make to fulfill my destiny."