Noah Perez Patrick Henry High SchoolClass of 2023 Hello, my name is Noah Perez. I am seventeen years old and I am a Junior at Patrick Henry High School. I live with my mom, dad, younger sister, and roommate. My dad owns his own window washing business, where he alone washes highrises and such in Coronado. My mom is a pharmacist assistant at Kaiser Permanente, someone who orders medicine for all the departments in her building and delivers it. When the pharmacy is short on workers my mom assists the patients by giving them their … [Read more...]
The Gift of Giving – Ananely Alonso and her Mother’s Story of Hope and Support
"I wanted the sponsorship. I needed the sponsorship. During November of 2019, my brain came to the realization that I needed to pay off 4 AP exams ($63 each). I did not know how I was going to do it. My school set a deadline for students to decide whether they would take the exams or not. I knew I wanted to take my exams, but the problem was paying for them. I come from a low-income family who lives paycheck to paycheck. Everything counts. I went to my counselor and asked if my school offered some type of scholarship and she said no, but that … [Read more...]