Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Acevedo
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November 20, 2024
About the Contributors
Sandra Echavarria, Photographer
As a first year photographer for The Downey Legend, Sandra Echavarria, 12, wants to expand her expertise and passion for photography. While Echavarria excels in photography, she wants to major in accounting with a minor of photography at one of the worlds most prestigious ivy league schools, Harvard. Other than being an overachiever scholar, Echavarria spends her time reading romance novels and going to work at an event center. She is very quiet, but very friendly at the same time if you take the time to get to know her. Echavarria will never fail to make you smile and will always make you feel welcomed and important.
“At first I was obsessed with capturing life in the moment,” Echavarria stated. “And I think overtime it became an outlet for me and that's why I pursued photography.”
Sarah Pastora, Videographer
Sarah Pastora is a first-year senior videographer who is a kind and witty person. She joined the Downey Legend to create content and in hopes of becoming a journalist in the future. After high school, Pastora’s goal is to go to UC Irvine because of its strong writing programs, which is another one of Pastora’s hobbies. Pastora has won the Spooky Story writing contest twice consecutively: a second and first-place win. Other than writing, Pastora likes to sew and has even solved the Rubix cube. She is also a writing center tutor and enjoys helping fellow students improve their writing.“I like writing because I think it’s so fun and beautiful to put words together to create a painting of images to tell a story and help others envision things they haven’t seen before,” Pastora stated. Writing is what makes Pastora’s vision in videography impactful.