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 Diego García
Diego García’s quiet maturity is grounded in a depth of emotional intelligence not often found in a 17-year-old. Warm and soft-spoken, he discusses his life with eloquence and candor.
“I used to hang around with the wrong crowd,” he states. “I grew up in an environment of violence, drugs, the typical stuff a Latino male teenager is exposed to (in my community). My friends used to steal cars and we would ride around. But I did realize that I didn’t want to be in that company for the rest of my life.”<read more>
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 Adia Harrison
Adia’s smile is nervous at first, but soon warms to a friendly, welcoming grin. She’s a drummer in a band called BFC that also features her twin sister, Earnestine. The band “plays the songs of artists [they] like, such as Korn and Papa Roach, just for fun,” explains Adia, declining to indicate what, exactly, BFC stands for. “It was something very cheesy so we abbreviated it to an acronym,” she says mischievously. <read more>
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