Jessica Carreon

Jessica Carreon

Jessica just graduated from Charter Oak High School and will be attending Citrus College in the fall. She loves music, photography, going to concerts and reading. She's spending her summer interning at the L.A Times (H.S Insider).
It takes one

It takes one

Nathan Crair, the top executive of Merrill Lynch, recruited several hundred people to volunteer for the Special Olympics World Games. Starting Dec. 2014, there was a large call for employee volunteers and Crair jumped at the chance to help. Despite the innovation and...

Money is money, but it’s gold when you love your job

Money is money, but it’s gold when you love your job

Growing up, I was always told that if I wanted anything in life I had to work for it. Coming from a poor family, that sentence mainly meant “to get through college, you have to get a job and work to the bone to help pay for it.” That also went along with “money is...

Charter Oak’s Rocky

Charter Oak’s Rocky

Jajaira Gonzalez was just eight years old when her father, Jose, who is also her coach, required that she learn self-defense. Being forced into something is hard enough, but when you are born into a family of boxers, the pressure is on. Yet Jajaira has no problem...

Charter Oak’s Rocky

Charter Oak’s Rocky

Jajaira Gonzalez was just eight years old when her father, Jose, who is also her coach, required that she learn self-defense. Being forced into something is hard enough, but when you are born into a family of boxers, the pressure is on. Yet Jajaira has no problem...