Nicholas Wei, HoH Managing Editor
Nicholas Wei (11) is the managing editor of Humans of Harker. During his third year on staff, Nicholas looks forward to bonding and working with the cubs and reporters as well as the journalism community as a whole, and he hopes to celebrate the Class of 2022 in all its talent and diversity. In his free time, he loves exploring the classics, documenting the native flora of California (especially terrestrial orchids) and spending time with friends and family.
![“It's important to keep sight during that period of learning [of] why you decided to pick up the instrument in the first place ... If you're able to recognize that 'Hey, I'm doing this to build my technique, to play pieces that I want to play, to express myself emotionally however I want to,' you'll find that after a while, your instrument will stop fighting you,](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wilsonzhang_michaeleng_hoh-675x900.jpeg)
![“One of the most important things that one can do is using what you have to do real good,” Deven said. “In helping [someone] or in achieving X, Y and Z, it's not about, ‘It's going to make me more famous or it's going to make me more money.’ It's more, ‘Is this going to actually make a difference?’” Deven Parikh (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DevenParikh_NicholasWei_HoHPhoto-675x900.jpg)
![“I got to a certain place where … you start to really feel empathy with [tabla], and you just enjoy playing and enjoy the speed. I felt like [the instrument] was trapped in this box of classical Indian music … But listening to the songs I listen to every day, I would start drumming in my lap, and at that point, I thought, ‘This isn’t out of place,’” Nicky Kriplani (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AniketKriplani_NicholasWei_HoHPhoto-900x675.jpg)
