Sonia Vasquez

Sonia Vasquez

Currently a senior at Los Angeles River High School, Sonia spends her high school days attending to leadership responsibilities and reading at any moment . With college on her mind, she focuses on what needs to be done and what can be done. She knows that once she graduates high school, the world will open up and her life will consists of more responsibilities. Not that she really minds it. As Sonia advances through the year, she strives for success and nothing less.
Op-Ed: Paying dues

Op-Ed: Paying dues

The season of filing taxes has come and gone, taking with it a fresh new taxpayer. For me especially it was the first time I filed my taxes using a W-2 form, which is a form given to employees from employers. For many young working adults, who worked in the previous...

Immigration & rolling with the punches

Immigration & rolling with the punches

Thailand, 2010—Living in his home country since the day he was born, Peeranat Suratphirom is a young boy who lives his day by what comes trough. After a long day of playing with his older brother Purinat in the hot sun, Peeranat receives a call from his grandmother...

Movie preview: The long-awaited end of ‘Resident Evil’

Movie preview: The long-awaited end of ‘Resident Evil’

The long-awaited zombie thriller comes to theaters this Friday. After waiting four years since “Retribution,” Milla Jovovich is back with her character, Alice, in what is the last stand of humanity and Alice’s fight for revenge in "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter."...

Movie preview: The long-awaited end of ‘Resident Evil’

Better change

A concrete step to better myself is to prepare for the coming future. The step I take is being an active person for my education; to work hard and become knowledgeable in the coming political runnings and world decisions. A concrete step toward my community would be...