Cross Campus showcases stories written both by The Phillipian and journalism students at Lawrence High School. This week features profiles of writers from both schools.
| **Peyton Alie, 16**
Birthplace: Sudbury, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: Trying new things and becoming involved with activities I’m interested in while at Andover.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Staying close to and involved with my family while at Andover.
Where I’d like to be in three years: Somewhere that allows me to understand other cultures, including their history, languages and impact on current events.
| **Steven Almanzar, 18**
Birthplace: Boston, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: Getting my driver’s license before turning 18 and buying a car with my own money at age 18.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Trying to find out which college I would like to go to and figure out what I want to study in college.
Where I’d like to be in three years: Living in my own apartment.
| **Nikki Alvarez, 17**
Birthplace: Lawrence, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: Getting my first job at Toys R US.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Trying to keep my grades very high so I can get into a good college.
Where I’d like to be in three years: Going to NYU or University of Denver taking journalism as my major, or maybe studying to be an astrophysicist.
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| **Kimberly Jean- Charles, 17**
Birthplace: New York, NY
Greatest accomplishment: Getting my first job.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Trusting people
Where I’d like to be in three years: College (Clark Atlanta University).
| **Jamie Chen, 17**
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Greatest accomplishment: Surviving local school in China.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Surviving tomorrow.
Where I’d like to be in three years: I want to practice yoga every day, master the art of cooking and know what I want to do for the rest of my life.
| **LizMarie Ferreira, 18**
Birthplace: Guayama, Puerto Rico
Greatest Accomplishments: Painting the murals for my city.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Trying to keep myself together under so much stress.
Where I’d like to be in three years: Studying abroad somewhere in Europe.
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| **Yeisme Gomez, 17**
Birthplace: Jacksonville, FL
Greatest Accomplishments: Getting student of the year in 3rd grade.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Trying not to get shot.
Where I’d like to be in three years: College, a rapper, composer or music producer.
|  **Rani Iyer, 16**
Birthplace: West Lafayette, IN
Greatest accomplishment: The first time I published the print copy of something I created.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Several of my technological devices have broken, so I struggle to balance calls to the Apple store with homework and extracurriculars.
Where I’d like to be in three years: I hope I’ll be in my sophomore year at college, but who knows if any of them will take me.
|  **Madeleine Mayhew, 16**
Birthplace: New York, NY
Greatest accomplishment: The opportunity to be a prefect at Andover.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Balancing all my commitments at school, while still having time for myself.
Where I’d like to be in three years: I want to be at a place where I am happy and can continue to do the all things I love!
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| **Edward Quezada, 16**
Birthplace: Methuen, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: My accomplishments made on the track.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Growing up in biased media.
Where I’d like to be in three years: college.
| **Diandra Sepulveda, 16**
Birthplace: Lowell, Mass.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Dealing with my mother’s terminal cancer and what’s going to happen.
Where I’d like to be in three years: In college, hopefully Boston University making it somewhere far in life.
| **Alvin Soto, 17**
Birthplace: Lawrence, Mass.
Biggest challenge I face right now: High school.
Where I’d like to be in three years: Third year of college.
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| **Ryan Brigden, 16**
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Greatest accomplishment: I don’t really believe in having a single greatest accomplishment. I think that every positive thing I do, be it helping another person out or working to expand my own understanding, will both help the community I live in and further my own personal growth; all contributing to greater personal accomplishment.
Biggest challenge: Trying to balance my academic work with all of my other extracurricular interests.
|  **Eliezer Calzada Jr., 17**
Birthplace: Lawrence, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: Becoming track captain.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Balancing work school and social life.
Where I’d like to be in three years: College in grad school making or setting up for my career either in education of T.V. and communication.
|  **Phoebe Gould, 17**
Birthplace: New York, NY
Greatest accomplishment: Becoming more independent and having the chance to meet and connect with really interesting people.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Balancing my life, so that extracurriculars, sleep, work, friends and family all play a part.
Where I’d like to be in three years: At college with a rough idea of what I’d like to do with the rest of my life after I graduate. I’d also like to be taller.
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|  **Meera Sonia Patel, 16**
Birthplace: Andover, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: the month I spent in Guatemala this summer, as I administered vaccinations to countless children who were often impoverished or malnourished.
The biggest challenge I face right now: a recent health concern of mine. Along with dealing with these health concerns, I have had to work extra hard in school to make up for the classes I have missed because of them.
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 **Brenda Prado, 15**
Birthplace: Miami, FL
Greatest accomplishment: good grades.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Writing.
Where I’d like to be in three years: College.
|  **Idalys Montero, 16**
Birthplace: Lawrence, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: Sticking through the whole soccer season.
Biggest challenge I face right now: My biggest challenge is being shy, so it doesn’t help me with jobs, which I need.
Where I’d like to be in three years: I’d like to be in either Merrimack College or UMass Lowell studying to become a pediatrician.
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| **Jason Baez, 16**
Birthplace: Lawrence, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: Maintaining good grades and getting advanced in my English and Math MCAS.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Trying to find a job.
Where I’d like to be in three years: In college studying economics or accounting.
|  **Ellie Blum, 16**
Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland
Greatest accomplishment: My greatest accomplishment has easily been becoming an Andover student.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Being so far away from home for most of the year, I worry a lot about losing touch with my younger siblings. I see them every couple of months, and am always astounded at how much they change while I am at Andover.
Where I’d like to be in three years: In three years I hope to be enjoying life as a college student. |
 **Justine Wang, 16**
Birthplace: West Lafayette, IN
Greatest accomplishment: Creating a non-profit organization that focuses on community development in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Biggest challenge I face right now: Dressing for the wide range of temperatures throughout the day.
Where I’d like to be in three years: Working at the United Nations Development Programme and being a contributing writer for Vogue.
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| **Kailash Sundaram, 16**
Birthplace: Naperville, IL
Greatest accomplishment: Beating an Exeter Kid in the last 200 meters of an XC race; watch me next weekend when I beat an Exeter kid and I’ll dedicate the win to you.
Biggest challenge I face right now: How many slices of Paresky Commons Pizza can I eat?
Where I’d like to be in three years: Community Organizer
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**Lily Anna Grossbard, 16**
Birthplace: Technically Newton, Mass., but New York City is really where I consider home.
Greatest Accomplishment: Getting out of bed in the morning.
Biggest Challenge: Realizing that it’s OK to fail sometimes, and that life probably isn’t about being the best anyway. Also everything to do with trigonometry.
Where I’d Like to be in three years: Either studying at a top college, or climbing Mount Everest.
| **Dale Moquette, 16**
Birthplace: Springfield, Mass.
Greatest accomplishment: Going to Japan and becoming social.
Biggest challenge I face right now: school and distractions.
Where I’d like to be in three years: Traveling all around the world.
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