Arath Valdez

My name is Arath Valdez Lopez, I am currently in my Junior year of HighSchool. I come from Denver, Colorado However, I attend schools in Lakewood. I’ve developed a love of music and art due to the intuitive programs for students like me. In my pursuit of the arts, I have gravitated to spending more of my time in comfortable solitude, therefore I have grown to be a bit reserved and not very talkative. To overcome this, I have spent my time volunteering and assuming more positions of leadership within my respective groups in order to communicate much more effectively and with purpose. Over the years, I have grown a strong sense of self direction truly showing this year when I decided to stay in the state of Colorado when my familial situation became rather complicated. I collected myself and found that the best option for me would be to continue school here and use the opportunities of school programs to help better myself and secure my future.