SPEAK OUT

What are you most nervous and most excited about regarding this coming school year?

Leah Tafoya, St. Michael’s High School

“I am excited for all the exciting electives I have signed up for, including guitar. I’m nervous to try new things but mostly excited.”

Catherine Rowland, St. Michael’s High School

“I feel like this school year is rather exciting. … Although it is my last year in high school, I’m excited to see the impact that I’m going to be able to make on both my school and my classmates before I go off to college. ”

Shondalee Perez, New Mexico School for the Arts

“I’m most nervous about this school year because I know the workload will be more than what I am used to, but also because college is getting closer and closer. Regardless I’m excited to learn and grow in the new year.”

Noah Montaño, St. Michael’s High School

“I’m feeling equally scared but excited to start my senior year of high school, because I get to be done with high school and all of the stresses that associate with it, but I do sadly have to leave the place that’s shaped me into the person I am today.”

Wren Martin, Media Arts Collaborative Charter School

“I am most nervous for the new students I will be meeting. There are many interesting and outgoing students I have not met yet and I am nervous to get to know them and hoping they will like me. …”

Cassius Money, University of New Mexico

“I’m excited to get back to a routine schedule. I’m extremely nervous to be starting my school year after coming out as a transmasculine person. I hope that I can stay positive and patient through the times I get misgendered. …”