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Meet the Panthers: 2/10-14

Alan Carballo
Alan Carballo
  • Grade: 12
  • School Activities: Band & choir
  • Hobbies: Drawing, working out, drumming, and playing piano 

How would people describe you as a person? 

Funny, weird, out of pocket, talented. 

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why?

I go on long walks and find new things to explore or see every time. 

What Career would you like to pursue? 

Why? I’d like to pursue real estate because it’s a good way to make decent money while also having time for my drumming career. 

When people get to know you, what are they most surprised to learn about you? 

That I’m 19.

What’s on your phone background? Tell us why you chose that.  

a picture of my friend Noe because he looks funny on it. 

Tell us the story about what you are most proud of yourself for.  

When I got first chair at the jazz region contest because it made me feel like I wasn’t a loser. 

Who is someone you are thankful for and why? 

I’m thankful for my mom cause she’s always been there for me even when I didn’t deserve it, she’s been through the lows and highs and is the only person that truly loves me unconditionally. 

What advice would you give to others? 

Sometimes things happen for a reason and you just gotta take the loss.

What do you hope to be remembered for? 

Someone funny who likes to hit things with sticks.

What’s on your bucket list? 

Play drums for a famous Artist like Bruno Mars. 

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Alan Carballo (Photo: Jorge Ventura)
Mateo Lopez
  • Grade: 10
  • School Activities: Band and powerlifting
  • Hobbies: Playing video games and fishing

How would people describe you as a person?

Most of my friends describe me as funny and unserious.

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why?

Fishing and playing my games usually.

Who is someone you are thankful for and why? 

My parents because you know they treat me right and they provide for me.

What advice would you give to others? 

Never give up, even though sometimes you think you can’t do it at all. You never know if you never try.

What do you hope to be remembered for? 

I hope to  be remembered for something good, like achieving something.

What’s on your bucket list? 

I hope to go on a cruise or something like that. Get rich, you know.

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Paola Maldonado
Paola Maldonado
  • Grade: 12
  • School Activities: Band, HOSA, NHS, & Tri-M
  • Hobbies: Crocheting and running

How would people describe you as a person?

I think people think I’m nice, quiet, and to myself. Because that’s usually how I am. 

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why?

I like to go shopping a lot, and hang out with friend, and boyfriend. I like to go out a lot and go to different places.

What Career would you like to pursue? Why?

Either a physical therapist or a teacher. I like the subject a lot, and I strive for when we have to take when we have to learn about kinesiology and stuff like that, and health science, and then being a teacher, I just like, I’ve always wanted to be a teacher.

What’s on your phone background? Tell us why you chose that

Me and my boyfriend. It’s a cute picture. It was on one of our dates to a museum.

Tell us the story about what you are most proud of yourself for. 

I mean, probably just knowing that I can go to a university that’s probably proud because nobody in my family has ever gone to a university, and being the first to do that.

Who is someone you are thankful for and why? 

My mom, because she’s always supported me on everything, and she always cares about my grades and like how I’m doing, and she always congratulates me on little things academically and socially.

What advice would you give to others? 

Get out of your comfort zone. Try to be friends with multiple people. Don’t be so involved in school and don’t be so like, like, don’t be so involved academically. Also have time outside of your life, devoted to other things other than school.

What do you hope to be remembered for? 

I mean, I just, I like knowing that people think I’m nice.

What’s on your bucket list? 

Go to college, and go to a different state and have that simple college life.

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Paola Maldonado (Photo: Bryant Benitez)
Giovanni Padron
Giovanni Padron
  • Grade: 11 
  • School Activities: Art 
  • Hobbies: Playing Minecraft, Fortnite, painting, collecting Pokemon cards
  • Job: Pizza Hut

How would people describe you as a person?

I feel like some people would describe me as nice. Some people would describe me as mean. Some people would think I’m loud, and people think I’m quiet. I don’t know . I feel like I show everybody different, like levels of my personality. So depending on how much I show them, is how they judge me. I think so I feel like most people would just say, like I’m quiet because I don’t talk to that many people, but when I do talk to somebody, I just get to yapping. I feel like my best friends would think I’m, like, goofy and like, kind of crazy, but also funny.

What do you do outside of school for fun? Why?

I like to play Minecraft, play with my dog, cut grass, and make money. Money’s fun. I also like to go places like urban air. I like downtown Conroe, I like the boutique shops that they have. I like the antique shops I went to. I like German festivals. It’s lit going to a German festival. I like listening to music. So when I say music, I don’t mean just one genre. I like listening to all genres, but I also like painting while listening to music. I like playing the game while I listen to music. I like showering while I listen to music because Music breaks the silence. Quote me on that.

What Career would you like to pursue? Why?

I would like to become a chef or be a producer for people, and if not that, I’d like to be a DJ in the underground raves. I like to make beats..

What’s on your phone background? Tell us why you chose that

I got young lean on my background, I love yung lean and me and my girlfriend broke up, so I can’t have her on my background any more.

Tell us the story about what you are most proud of yourself for. 

I’m most proud of myself for teaching myself how to cook. I’m also proud of myself for being a strong individual and I’m very proud of the friends I made along my life. 

Who is someone you are thankful for and why? 

I’m really thankful for my best friend, Noah, and I’m also really thankful for my grandparents and my mom, and it’s because they all do so much for me, emotionally and in this world, they’re there for me.

What advice would you give to others? 

 Try not to worry about, like, what people think of you, and just live your life and, like, not everything is as big of a deal as you think it is. Like, no one’s gonna notice the little details that are wrong with you. So don’t worry about them, and don’t focus on them or hyper fixate on them too much, because you’re gonna get lost in all the negatives, if you just like, pay attention to them more than what is positive about you that will bring you happiness.

What do you hope to be remembered for? 

I hope people remember me as funny and a good memory, not sad or with the cloud around me or anything. I hope people just see me as happy.

What’s on your bucket list? 

I want to go to a different country, preferably Japan, but also to get a restaurant, but an exotic restaurant, by exotic restaurant, serving very, very good foods that are very different from most things people will put on their palate.

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Giovanni Padron (Photo: Vanessa Rodarte)
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