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Hi everyone, my name is Reyna and I am 20 years old. Something I really enjoy doing is going to shows and concerts to see my friends play their music and discover new artists. I usually bring my camera to take photos at these events so they can use them for promotion to do more events. On the side I run a small business where I make and sell jewelry that I make along with accessories for your phone, backpack and lanyard. This is my side hustle and I also make merch for bands as another side project to add on to the business.  This can include necklaces, bracelets, lanyards, phone charms and whatever else I am requested for.

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One of the many photos I took for my Final Directed Photography Project.

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Hi everyone,
My name is Andres Mundo. I'm 18 years old and this is my first year at Southwestern Community College, and I’m currently majoring in Sociology. One thing I enjoy doing outside of school would be photography. It’s something I’ve been doing for a while now but it’s until recently that I started to get back into it. I’ll usually take a friend along with me and we just take the bus and just see where we end up and start taking photos wherever we are. The image I put up is a photo I had taken on Third Ave in Chula Vista with a friend for a project I was working on at the time. One thing you probably wouldn’t know about me is that I absolutely love listening to music. For my Spotify Wrapped, I was in the top .05% of listeners for my #1 artist. My favorite music artists would be Lana Del Rey, Slowdive, and The Garden.

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Hello to everyone. My name is Alice, and I am 18 years old. One of the things that I love to do outside of college is garden; I love nature. I have many plants, flowers, and trees all over my garden that no longer fit. I also enjoy playing tennis with my friends and making origami a lot. I learned it because I have many nephews and enjoy spending time with them. I am constantly asked to make swords, crowns, animals, paper airplanes, etc., and I especially enjoy driving on tourist routes.

Something you probably don't know about me is that I'm a belly dancer. Among other things, I enjoy Arabic, Polynesian, and Tahitian dances. I only do it for fun. And giving it my all on stage brings me a lot of joy.

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Hi everybody, my name is Alyssa Nunez and I am 24 years old. I recently changed majors so now I am going for my Photography degree. One thing I enjoy doing away from school is taking pictures. I do a lot of concert photography. I have taken photos for Kings of Leon, Young the Giant, Echosmith, Mod Sun and many more. It is something I am truly passionate about. I also play guitar and piano on my free time besides working.

One thing you don't know about me is that I love reading novels. Mystery and Romance novels are my favorite.

I am glad to have you all as my classmates and look forward to this semester with you all.

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Hey! My name is Nancy Joseph and I’m a mechanical/electric engineer major. My favorite things (because I can’t pick only one) outside school are racing cars/boxing/drifting. I have always enjoyed doing these and it always made me feel good and relaxed after, which is why I’m taking a boxing class at college now. Something that people get so surprised when they know about me that the class would most likely not know about me is that I’m very interested in investigation and solving cases. I was a lot of documentaries about cases that were solved or not yet. I’m also part of the Loss Prevention (investigation team) at my job. I had a photography job before and I have always enjoyed traveling and taking pictures which is why I’m excited to learn more about photography in this class.

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Hey! My name is Nancy Joseph and I’m a mechanical/electric engineer major. My favorite things (because I can’t pick only one) outside school are racing cars/boxing/drifting. I have always enjoyed doing these and it always made me feel good and relaxed after, which is why I’m taking a boxing class at college now. Something that people get so surprised when they know about me that the class would most likely not know about me is that I’m very interested in investigation and solving cases. I was a lot of documentaries about cases that were solved or not yet. I’m also part of the Loss Prevention (investigation team) at my job. I had a photography job before and I have always enjoyed traveling and taking pictures which is why I’m excited to learn more about photography in this class.

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Hey everyone! My name is Darren Dimalanta and I am a second year student here at Southwestern College. Outside of class my main, and favorite, hobby would be just reading. I try to read on almost a daily basis and with a variety of genres; no definitive favorite honestly. I'm currently majoring in English to hopefully become a teacher in that subject, and I thought this class would be a fun elective to add to my schedule this semester. One thing you probably wouldn't have known about me is that I'm a die hard Arby's fan and its easily my favorite fast food restaurant to eat at.

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Hello everyone, my name is Lila Gomez, I am 18 years old and my major is politics sciences. One thing I enjoy doing away from college is spending time with my friends and family specially my sister, and reading. One thing you may not know about me is that I like to watch Formula 1, I’m a big fan of the F1 and just few people knows. I’m excited to learn new thing about art.

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Hello everyone, My name is Ashley Mendoza and l'm 19 years old, My major is photography and this is my fourth semester in SWC. In my free time I like to go out with my boyfriend and friends, go to a coffee shop, watch movies, draw and also a I like to see videos about fashion and psychology because I always like to learn new things about it and if I wasn't study photography probably one of my majors would be psychologhy or design. I also work three days in the week. I like to spend time with my family and visit new places with them. I'm so excited about this class, photography is one of my biggest passion and learn new things makes me really happy since knowing more things expands my knowlege to create new things.

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Hello everyone! My name is Chloe Park. I am 22 years old and this is my second year at Southwestern. Something I like doing outside of college is listen to music and play my instruments. I play the guitar, ukulele, and piano. Something you wouldn't know about me from attending this class would be that I love animals. I would love to one day have a sanctuary for animals that are in need loving homes. Right now my family has a cat, Carbon and I have a bearded dragon, Bianca. We have had Carbon for a little over 2 years and Bianca for 3. They are very entertaining and have huge personalities. They also enjoy people watching and watching tv, especially anime and telenovelas/anything with drama.  I am looking forward to what we will learn in this class!

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Hello class,
My name is Bianca Garcia and I am 33 years old. I am Mexican and I have two children. I am a calm person, I like to meet with the family and have a good time. I like pets, currently I have two cats. I enjoy drinking coffee, cooking and definitely eating. In my free time I like to go out with my children and discover new places, restaurants or simply walk through a new area and eat an ice cream. I lived in San Francisco Ca for two years and worked in a coffee shop where I started to love coffee. I like to be learning new things about everything that makes me curious.

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Jaynalyn Tayson (just Jay or Jayna is okay too :-) )

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Jaynalyn Tayson (just Jay or Jayna is okay too :-) )

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Hello everyone, my name is Jaynalyn Tayson and I am excited to be learning with you all this semester! Outside of being a full time student, I work full time at a small Japanese restaurant (an izakaya) as well as a mochi place right next to it. I am very grateful for my job because through it, I met some of the most amazing people and made connections that I never expected. It is also what allowed me to be in a place to purchase Shunji (the pink car in the background there) I truly feel that I have found another home and family. That's something most people dream of when they land their job/career.

Outside of school and work, I love doing things to my car (NA Mazda Miata) little by little. I am a little obsessed with the color pink. I can longboard and roller skate. I'm pretty sure I can still stand up on a surfboard, though it's been awhile. I also just picked up snowboarding. I just finished building my board and I am so ready to keep taking advantage of my season pass. Anything outdoors/adventurous, I probably love it or am willing to try it.

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Hello fellow classmates and professor Truitt. My name is Catherine (Katie), something I love to do outside of school is to swim. I love the water and find so much joy and peace in that space. One thing you would not likely know about me from school is, I used to be a phlebotomist and find needles fascinating.

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Hello everyone! Something I enjoy doing away from college is going out with my family, boyfriend and going out for coffee with my friends. I also love doing puzzles and watching Friends. I just really enjoy being with the people I love no matter what we're doing, just spending time with them is what I love the most. One thing you don't know about me is I'm 19 years old, I work at a crocs store and I actually enjoy my job but what I'm currently working towards is my biggest life goal which is becoming a detective, my current major is Administration of Justice. I look forward to this class!

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Hello everyone! My name is Caleb I am 25 years old. I took some time off from school due to unfortunate events but Im starting again and Im very excited. I am majoring in psychology and Im lucky to already have a job in the field. In my free time I love to take my dog on walks, play guitar and record music. I am the youngest of 7 siblings, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. I was originally born in Nigeria and came to America later in life. The move her was a huge cultural shock. Nothing was how I imagined it to be in the best and worst way possible.

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Hi everyone! My name is Jeannie Zapata. I am currently a first year college student and the first in my family to go to college. Somethings about me is that I have 3 siblings, I had a cat named kitty, and I would like to transfer to a CSU after 2 years. One thing I like to do away from college is definitely make drinks/ boba tea, I currently work at a boba shop but I love entertain myself by making drinks at home as well. I also love to play games like Valorant. Something you wouldn't know about me is I am a shy person, especially when it comes to talking to strangers. I went to a performing arts school in high school and I was able to major in photography for 4 years, I'm excited for this class!

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Hello class! Nice to meet you! My name is Nashla Pérez, I am 18 years old. This is my second semester at SWC and my major is criminology. One thing I enjoy away from college is spending time with family and friends since I live alone during the week but I go back home for the weekend. I also like to binge-watch tv shows/movies and karaoke night with my friends! One thing you may not know about me is that I am a film nerd, I love 80s/90s rock music and I love the rain! I’m so excited to take this class and to be working with all of you!

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Hi everyone! My name is Jessica Romero and I'm 19 years old. This is my second semester at Southwestern. I am majoring in accounting and I am planning to transfer to a UC school in the fall of 2024. I am not really sure which school I want to transfer to yet since I want to be really sure which option is the best fit for me. One thing that I enjoy doing away from college is hanging out with family and friends. I really enjoy spending quality time with them and just making more fun memories with them especially since I might move once I transfer. One thing that you may not know about me is that I like the moon a lot. Yes, I am that person that just stops to take pictures of it. I always point it out if I am ever out with my friends at night.

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Hi guys! My name is Liz and it's a pleasure to join you all this semester. I have lived in beautiful San Diego most of my life and I am originally from Durango, Mexico. I've always enjoyed photography and am excited to learn about it formally as its always been a hobby. I currently work in the field taking pictures of tourists and visitors on a retired navy ship. One thing people don't know about me is I spend most weekends watching very intense nail-biter soccer games (my son's.) I enjoy all sorts of outdoor activities especially hiking and going to the beach. I look forward to learning with you all and wish everyone a happy spring semester.

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Hello everyone! My name is Mahlia and I'm 25 years old. I'm majoring in Social Work and want to work towards becoming an academic counselor. I really enjoy traveling when I'm not at school. This past fall, I visited Chiapas, Mexico and it was absolutely amazing. It's always nice to visit a new place and I was especially excited about visiting the mayan pyramids that cover the surrounding areas. Something you might not know about me is that I love video games as well. It's always been a fun hobby of mine since I was a kid. I'm looking forward to working with you all this semester!

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Hi everyone!! My name is Stephanie Espinoza, I'm 19 years old. This is my second semester here at Southwestern and my major is criminology. One thing I enjoy away from college is spending time with my friends, we like to drive around while blasting music and getting something to eat. One thing that you may not know about is that I am a barista, it can be stressful at times, but it can also be fun.

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Hi class my name is Alex Villamar and I am 20 years old. This is my third year at SWC and my major is graphic design. When I'm not in school I love to just be out and about wether it be by myself or with friends. One thing that you may not know about me is that I'm a huge soccer and car nerd. So whenever I'm feeling bored I go to a local park and kick the ball around or I go to a car meet. I just love being active and seeing new things everyday.

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Hello, my name is Natalia, I am 21 years old and I am from Mexico City. I moved to SD 8 years ago. This is the second time I take this class. Something I love to do away from college is photoshoots, I also love traveling and going to concerts.
One thing that you are not likely to know about me from being a student is that I am either working or planning a trip.

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Hello everyone!! My name is Kaylie Del Rosario and I am 18 years old. This is my second semester here at Southwestern College and I am majoring in Nursing. One thing I love to do away from college is spending time with friends and family! We usually stay home and watch movies or go out to eat. One thing you guys most likely don't know about me is that I LOVE playing fps video games and listening to Kpop along with learning different choreos!

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Hello everyone! My name is Aaliyah, i'm 18 yrs old. This is my second semester here. One thing I love to do outside of class is take photos! I also love spending time with my family. One thing you won't know about me for being in class together is that I am a big marvel and Disney nerd! My family and I love going to Disneyland when ever we get a chance.

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Hi!! My name is Reanne and I am 18 yrs old. One thing I love to do away from college is spend time with family and friends. Something that I enjoy doing with friends is eating and dancing, we like to eat together at places we love or at new places we want to try and for dancing we love to learn choreographies to certain songs. One thing you most likely don’t know about me is I love clothes, putting outfits together and accessorizing.

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Hello everyone, I’m 20 years old and my major is child development and I'm planning on transferring to a four year university. I enjoy spending time with my family, pets, going to the gym, coloring and drawing. Something interesting about me is that I'm the youngest of five siblings, I'm bilingual and I'm an air sign.

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Things I love to do away from class is to do yoga, and also teach my girls yoga alongside with me. Often you will find me at the yoga studio or doing peloton yoga classes with my girls, we also like to hang out in our backyard. We love to go to Disney in our free time as well. One thing you wont know about me from being in class together is I am a Veteran of 6 years in the Navy.

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Hello everyone, my name is Valeria, I am 20 years old and this is my third year at this school. My major is dental hygiene which is why I am excited to get into the program. Something that can identify me is that I am a very cheerful and friendly person. What I like to do outside of school is take courses that I find interesting and I love learning new things. For example, something that I have learned is to apply makeup, apply eyelash extensions and I also like to exercise. Every day I go to the gym. I'm starting to do yoga and meditate. I also enjoy spending time with my friends and pampering myself by going to places I like or just a relaxing day at a spa.
Something I don't like is that there are times when I don't have the time to do everything but I always try to do my best.

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Hello everyone,

One thing that I love to do away from college is to spend time with family and friends. We love to hang out, dance and eat great food!
One thing that you may not know about me is that I will be 50 this year. My husband and I have an 18 year old son in college and a 16 year old daughter in high school. I am an elementary school teacher and this year I am teaching Media Art hence taking this class as a requirement by state and my district to stay employed.

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Hi Everyone,
My name is jacob I am 19 and this is my second and last year here at southwestern college. My major is economics but i chose this class because it sounded interesting. One thing I like outside of college is to play and watch sports because I like everything about it. I One thing you may not know about me is that I like to read... sometimes, I also run a reselling buisness/hobby. I am looking forward to this class.

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Hi i hope everyone is doing well! My name is Paola. One thing I love doing away from college is hanging out with my dog and taking her to new places. Another thing i love doing away from college is spending time with my friends and family. A few things that you don't know about me is that I have a few hobbies which consist of things I enjoy doing on my free time such as baking, hiking, reading, exploring new places, and listening to music.

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Hi everyone my name is Jesus. One thing that I like to do when I am away from college is either play games or study computer science. One thing you guys are not likely to know about me from being a student and attending classes is that I do know how to box.
That is mostly it and I am excited to learn a lot in this class

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Hello, my name is Nathaniel Aviles and I'm 19 years old. What I like to do outside of class is hang out with my friends, chill at home, play video games, go on walks, take apart electronics to clean and repair them, and occasionally draw. This is my second semester of college and I'm currently taking Beginning Photography alongside this class. One thing you may not know about me is that although I may be very quiet, there are times where I tend to talk quite a bit. I hope this class as well as my other photography class will motivate me to travel the world and take pictures of it has to offer.

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Hello everyone, my name is Aida.
One thing i love to do is going to Disneyland with my friends. Although there are so many fun things to do there, for me, additionally to enjoy what the park offer, spending time with my friends, talking, looking around, taking selfies and pictures, the day is excitement.What you do know about me from being student is that I live with four dogs in my  apartment, Scooby, Petunia, Nana and Alfie, except Petunia, everyone else got their name because the movies, Scooby-Doo, The Rascals, and Peter Pan.
I am taking this class because I am interested in learning about the history of Photography because I want to acquire the appreciation to the technique and composition within history.  I completed Studio Art and Graphic Design associate's at Southwestern last year. I am currently working in a FTMA associate,  the photographs, and taking them tare an important role in production and editing, as well as the picture itself is art too.
This selfie was taken in Portland, it is a public building close to the Portland Art Museum.  I enjoy very much taking pictures, although they are just with my phone.

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Hello everyone, my name is Victor. One thing that I love to do away from college is watch a Netlix series, especially in cold rainy weather. One thing that you do not know about me from being a student is that I am married and have two beautiful children, ages 6 (boy) and 3 (girl).

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Hello everyone my name is Reina. One thing I like to do away from college is ride horses. I’ve been riding horses for about 6 years now. Recently I’ve had to take a step down from riding because I moved and don’t have much time. One thing you don’t know about me is I’m a barista. It can be stressful at times but at the end of the day I do love my job.

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Hello everyone, my name is Jasmine. It is nice to meet you this spring semester! So one thing that loves to do away from college would be drawing, such as sketching or coloring because it takes my made at ease while doing that I like to listen to a podcast or music my favorite podcast would be rotten mango(Stephanie Soo) she does crime and mystery I really enjoy her content. I really like to watch unsolved crime/mystery videos on YouTube. I think they are really interesting to watch. One thing you don't know about me is that I have a ten-year age gap with my little sister. She is 10 and I am 20 years old. Something I think is not a lot but the course of ten years does change. What shows she watched were totally different from what I watched in my time, also what games she played like Roblox.

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Greetings, I love to do things that help me clear my mind from school, work, and motherhood. From time to time we need a little break. Love social dancing; bachata and salsa.  Enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, running around San Diego Harbor watching sunrise and sunsets. As well as weight training and boxing, puts my mind at I can do it all attitude. And lastly, from time to time, I love to rent racing cars in Anaheim, CA.
One thing class does not know about me is, I performed bachata dance professionally in Reno Nevada in front of thousands of people.

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Hi my name is Denise. One thing I like to do when I'm not at school is watch movies while I'm knitting. I enjoy all type of movies, but I would have to say my favorite is horror. During this time, I also do my kiting. It keeps my hands busy, but does not require a lot of attention. One thing that you don't know about me work for a non profit. I love my working there. I really give me a chance to give back to my community. I also gives me the chance to learn a lot of my community. I also love to volunteer at good drives and animal shelters.

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Hi,
My name is Saul Bojorquez, one thing that I like to do away from college is play soccer. I've been playing soccer my whole life an although is increasingly less competitive I love every minute of it. One thing that you don't know about me is that I am colorblind. Its really not as bad as it sounds, I see darker shades of colors than most people but it doesn't affect you much unless you wanna be a pilot. It's a pleasure to join everyone int this class, good luck!

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Hi, my name is Kenzie Uyesugi. I am a junior at Coronado High School and this is my first SWC class! One thing I like to do away from school is work! I am a dental assistant at an orthodontics office and I love my job, working on patients, and learning new things everyday! Outside of school I also participate in competitive dance, aerial acrobatics, student council, and volunteer with American Red Cross and Scripps hospital. One thing you are not likely to know about me from being a student and attending classes is that I love to e-foil and grew up in Hawaii, which is forever my home state! I love to travel, hike, and am down for any adventure. Look forward to connecting with everyone! :)

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Hi! …
My name is Daniela Moreno.
One thing l love to do away from the College.
Spend time with my Family & go for a walk with my camera, specially around the beach when is cloudy, I love Cloudy days.
One thing that you don’t likely know about me.
I’m 42 years old, married, I have a son 16 years old, a daughter  1 year/10months old & a 2 years pug.
Since I was 7 years old I started feeling interest in the photography, my Biggest dream always is becoming a real photographer but for some reason life pushed me to the legal area, not photography. So here I’m trying to find the way to do both.

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Minolta Hi-matic E, Superia 400. this was my test roll of film. I don't take photos of myself at all unless it is like this.

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Hi class my name is Armando and I am 19 years old. I have always had an interest in photography but never got into until recently with film. I have an older coworker who gifted me a Kodak point and shoot from 1986 that he found for $5 but he did not know if it worked so he let me find out if it did or not. It ended up working and that camera just turned into a $80 camera. (I still have it to this day and it is my favorite point and shoot out of the five I own)  With that camera I gained a new hobby and now anytime I am away from school, I am outside in the city or with nature taking walks just to find things to take photos of. One thing you may not know about me is that I am into cars but more specifically 90s and early 2000s Japanese and Europeans. I own an Infiniti g35 and a Honda accord that are both modified. I also work at a junkyard so I am always around some pretty cool cars.

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My name is Lidia Tapia. One thing that I like to do away from college is watch movies with my family and spend time with my 4-year-old German Shepard (Bowie) and 4-year-old short black coat cat (Gatita). One thing that you do not know about me is that I have been a stay-at-home mom for over 23 years (which I love) and my oldest child is 23 years old graduating from UCSD this year and my youngest child is 19 years old and graduating from SWC this year. Now that my children are grown, I decided to full fill my dream of graduating college. The picture I am attaching is a drawing my daughter made in fifth grade. I am a collector of my children's artwork which I treasure.

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Hello, my name is Ariyana. One thing I love doing away from college is spending time with my older sister and learning how to crochet from her. It is difficult but following patterns help a lot. My favorite type of crocheting is Amigurumi which is basically making plushie-type toys. Lastly, one thing that you would likely not know about me is that I have a White Husky/German shepherd dog named Roman. He just turned four years old and it's crazy to think how much time has passed since I’ve had him.

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My name is Jacqueline Garcia, or Jacky for short! One thing I love to do outside of college is roller skating. I am definitely not a professional, but I find it very fun. I try to go with my family as much as possible because it is an entertaining and fun activity. One thing you most likely not know about me is that I have lots of pets. 3 dogs and a cat to be specific.

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Hello everyone! My name is Marcus. I am currently a first year here at swc and this is my first photography art class. One thing I love to do away from college is photography. I just recently got into photography this past summer and I have been loving it ever since! That is one of the reasons why I decided to take this class as well. Although I know this is a history of photography class, I am excited because I want to expand my knowledge more on photography in any way I can! Moving on, one thing that you would likely not know about me is that I used to be in the navy. The job that I was training for was called rescue swimmer and it was pretty intense.

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Well, one thing that I love to do is anything outdoors in the mountains such as climbing, mountaineering, skiing, canyoneering, and caving. One thing that you wouldn't know about me from this class is that I do volunteer Search And Rescue. That is me on a training day helping other volunteers place snow anchors and work on rope travel skills.