![“I think getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose [is exciting]. I think without a certain amount of drive, life is kind of obsolete and mundane, and I think having that every single day is what makes each day unique and kind of makes life exciting,” Neymika Jain (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-4.54.16-PM.png)
Humans of Harker: Neymika Jain finds balance in life
by Anvi Banga, Reporter
• June 6, 2017
![“A lot of the time, when I’m out at nail salons, nailers ask me if I‘m Vietnamese. I say yes, but they say that I don’t speak the language and have never been back to Vietnamese, so am I really? I always felt disconnected, like I would be Vietnamese-American but never Vietnamese. When I went to Vietnam for the first time, it brought me closer to my culture. I realized I shouldn’t view myself as a different. I have to see Vietnamese-American and Vietnamese as one and the same, Haley Tran (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-02-at-10.50.39-AM.png)
Humans of Harker: Haley Tran values her cultural identity
by Vijay Bharadwaj, Opinion Editor
• June 2, 2017
![“One time, I was hiking up this giant off-trail path, and this is going to make me sound like a complete hippy, but what I was thinking at the moment was that every single tree out there must have had some sort of backstory. Even when I was walking to Shah, there was this tree right next to the building, and I was like, ‘Maybe this tree had a lot of other tree friends, but then this building came up and they had to get cut down.’ That made me pretty sad. So, when I was coming up with backstories for trees, it reminded me of my childlike innocence of playing pretend or playing with my stuffed animals because I thought my imagination would never run as wild as it once did. But, this experience made me feel happy because it’s something that I’ve lost, and I feel like I gained some of it back, Aashish Jain (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-01-at-11.35.08-AM.png)
Humans of Harker: Aashish Jain finds inspiration in painting through watching Bob Ross videos
by Alex Youn, TALON Editor-in-Chief
• June 1, 2017
![“For me, robotics has always been a great way to learn about how to build things and how things work. Honestly, that is the reason why I love robotics. When you see everything working, you look at it and say I helped make this happen, which is really really gratifying, Andrew Tierno (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-31-at-9.55.31-AM.png)
Humans of Harker: Andrew Tierno reflects on his passion for robotics
by Eric Fang, Reporter
• May 31, 2017
![“A lot of being a choreographer is about digging deep, understanding, and finding out which event leads to the next, which is basically what science is. You would take a circuit and break it apart to understand each of the components, and you would do that to a song,” Sneha Bhetanabhotla (‘17) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-1.41.31-PM.png)
Humans of Harker: Sneha Bhetanabhotla learns to connect robotics and dance
by Anika Rajamani, Reporter
• May 30, 2017
![“Corrie ten Boom once said, ‘When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away your ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.’ When I feel like life’s got me backed up against a wall, I do get stressed out. But, the basis of my eventual recover is that I know God loves me. I know his plan may have a lot of detours, but I know he has one for me and everyone else. I believe in Catholicism, but no matter what you believe it, if you believe in something, don’t be afraid to practice that belief. Don’t be afraid to tell people about your beliefs and passions because why not express to someone else what is most important to you?” Alex Youn (’17) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-29-at-10.04.46-AM.png)
Humans of Harker: Alex Youn is passionate about his faith
by Rashmi Iyer, Reporter
• May 29, 2017
![“If I were to become a politician, I wouldn’t want to be someone who bowed under the pressure of the president or someone who is above me, I would want to be someone who stood up for what I thought was right and what I thought was constitutional, even if it got me fired or it caused me to lose power or money, Molly Wancewicz (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-25-at-10.46.59-AM.png)
Humans of Harker: Molly Wancewicz speaks out through debate
by Ashley Jiang, Photo Editor
• May 25, 2017
![“[Photography] opened my eyes to things that don’t exist except for in that one-second exposure that your eyes can’t capture, writing can’t capture and even video can’t capture. I think it’s an obsession with the world. I’d look outside, and think, ‘These colors are beautiful,’ even though I really like working in black and white. It’s this overall obsession but the way I learn about myself. The camera, when it’s in my hand, teaches me about who I am, and the things that I don’t really know. It’s really taught me how to love, not just the people I’m with, but the overall world, Alex Mo (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-24-at-6.16.20-PM.png)
Humans of Harker: Alex Mo uses photography to inform his worldly and personal perspectives
by Alex Youn, TALON Editor-in-Chief
• May 24, 2017
![“[I care about] diversity of opinion. Some people think you have to care about one thing only, and you cant care about other things, but I just like Harker because everyone has different perspectives and different ideas. If everyone cared about for example saving the environment or being really good at one sport, then the world wouldnt function, Colt McNealy (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-13-at-8.55.53-AM.png)
Humans of Harker: Colt McNealy finds a passion for golf
by Maya Kumar, Winged Post Features Editor
• May 13, 2017
![“What motivates me? Wanting to become a better person and a better individual as a whole, because at the end of the day, anything you do, youre doing it for yourself, and I feel that if it’s not making you better, then it’s kind of like moot at that point, Varun Haltore (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-12-at-7.37.52-PM.png)
Humans of Harker: Varun Haltore finds new passions in high school
by Anya Weaver, Reporter
• May 12, 2017
![“On my wrists, I have sayings on it, Ill have my favorite quote, which is actually my senior quote on it, and on the left wrist, Ill have [the names of] everyone whos injured on my team, their numbers on my wrists, so in a way, Im playing for them, Saketh Gurram (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-24-at-7.47.55-AM-900x598.png)
Humans of Harker: Saketh Gurram develops a passion for football
by Zachary Hoffman, Multimedia Editor
• May 10, 2017
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