Kevin O.

Kevin Ortiz was born on the night of Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 to the biggest of families. He already had his step-brother, two big brothers, and a sister. He also had his two great parents, who both migrated from Mexico, yet he was born in Houston, Texas. His step-brother had already moved out, but his other siblings all went to Cloverleaf Elementary School.

Even though many people would have loved being the youngest, Kevin did not like it. He would be getting everything ugly, smelly, or just broken. Anyways, fast-forward to his first day of school. Kevin  went to Cloverleaf elementary, just like all his brothers. He stayed there only to Kindergarden. 4 months later he moved to Woodland Acres Elementary School with his brother, Jorge. This was a major change in his life. He would have to find new friends and adjust to the different types of stuff they did there than in Cloverleaf. Later, he skipped 2nd grade. On the 5th grade he joined the after school program, ACE. He stayed there for a few months, which was fun, until the school year ended, and he went onto middle school.

Kevin did not feel like a middle schooler. He was too small and everyone there, even other 6th graders, seemed big to him. He had the option to choose two out of many electives. He ended up choosing Band and P.E. In the school band and played the clarinet. Although he wanted a saxophone, he stayed with the clarinet just so he could be in band. Later on he got a saxophone to practice at home. After a few months he joined the basketball team, Galena Park Athletes. Kevin stayed in GPA for most of the time, but he left about 2 months before it ended. Now he is in seventh grade.

In seventh grade, he now had space for 3 electives. Kevin was hoping to get into the school’s top band, Wind Ensemble, like his brother. But instead he got placed into Symphonic Band, the second band. Now he wouldn't even be able to try for region band. His brother was the only one from his school to get into region band in maybe 16 years. For his other two electives, he chose Jazz Band, which anyone from any band can get into. And he also chose Spanish I, because he really needs those credits.

Kevin is the type of person that believes “If you expect disappointment, you will never really get disappointed.” Maybe this is the reason why he has many accomplishments already. And by the way, his lucky number is clearly two: he plays two instruments; he’s been in 2 groups that help for high school, which are encounters and Honor Society; he knows two languages; he skipped second grade; and he’s in the second top band.

Kevin is still in the process of what he wants to do with his life. He knows he would like to become an architect. He wants to get a starter job as soon as he can to get money. He needs that money to get his own house and pay for a good university later on. But a job isn’t just for the money, though. A job can give him experience to become an architect. Kevin found out that he would like being an architect, because they design all the cool buildings and houses he would see in pictures. Kevin currently has many great ideas stored up in his head already.

All in all, Kevin is an energetic, ambitious and smart person with a bright future ahead of him.