Valentina Interview

By: Tanesha Bravo & Emily Song

OK. OK. OK, let's start. Hi. What was your most memorable high school experience? My most memorable high school experience was honestly just simple, like eating lunch with friends and just being able to just relax and chill and spend time with people that I really vibe well with.

 Yup, that 's real. Do you not get to chill in college?

 I do, but it's the fact that everyone's a lot more dispersed.Campus is huge. High school, you're all on the same campus. You know everyone's always there. And then you get to eat lunch, and it's like a sanctuary kind of time, versus college where everyone's so busy doing their own thing. You really have to schedule lunch so I think it's kind of special in high school.

Yeah, so it's kind of like being an adult, right?

Because when they say, when you're an adult, it's harder to find friends.

Exactly, yeah!

So how have you dealt with that change? Oh. I've dealt with that change by being intentional. So I really had to do a lot of reflection because as an extrovert, I feel like I make a lot of friends really fast everywhere I go. And so I really have to think about prioritizing friendships, which kind of hurts at the end of the day because you're like, so who's important to me at the end of the day? But then you can only spread yourself out so thin so seeing who really is a friend and is feeding my soul that I want to prioritize and then I make sure to reach out and be intentional, but the main part is prioritizing those certain people.

Yes I love that!

Overall my journey has just been such a character development moment! 

Wow, that would be all, I really appreciate you and your time Valentina, thank you so much!