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Thanks to Selamawit Mersha for taking the photos .

 

Molly

 

 Molly grew up in Richmond, California. She loves a long nap, writing letters, fresh flowers, and making dinner with friends. She plans to one day attend a four-year college, but is considering taking a year off after graduating. Molly's memoir is a bit disorderly, but she hopes that you can at least get to the end of it, and maybe even enjoy it a little as well.
 

Christina

 Although born in San Francisco, Christina was raised in Berkeley where she continues to reside.  The youngest of three children, she is a senior at Berkeley High School on tract for college. As she prepares to partake upon this chapter of her life, Christina hopes to gain new experiences while using this time to truly define who she is.
 

Silken

 		Silken lives in California and he has for most of his life. He's been in private schools and his first time in  public school was only in BHS when he got there he finally found what he was interested it. Writing, Drawing,and Badminton have totally been his "thing". Writing this memoir just brought back memories of his time here: good and bad. He hopes everyone likes his memoir; he's sure almost everyone remembers when this event happened.
 

Phuong

 Phuong is a student from Vietnam. She lives in Berkeley. Her dream is get into a good college. She hopes you will enjoy her memoir with some her own experience about her hometown. You will find interesting things about her hometown.

Sara

   Sara has lived in Oakland her whole life,but always gone to school in Berkeley. Her heritage is mainly in South America. Her mother is from Chile while her father is from Peru, but she was born in the U.S. Her story is based on how from one day to another you can reflect on a passed life even though you haven't really passed. She plans to go to Berkeley Community College and transfer after 2 years. Life brings you vast spaces and huge walls, but there's always a way to get over or around them.
 

I.C.

 Iris has lived in the Bay Area all her life. She comes from a Mexican family. She believes writing is a good way to express herself though she doesn't exactly enjoy doing so. Her teacher thinks she rocks at it though.
 

Jeff

 Born in New York, Jeff spent most of his life in Forsyth, Illinois before moving to Berkeley this summer. His parents are scientists and his sister is a college student. Jeff hopes his memoir doesn't seem like too much of a bummer, because he's happy where he is now. Jeff wants to go to college for audio engineering.
 

Jake

 Jake has lived in Berkeley all of his life. Jake has been a jock ever since he can remember and plays a lot of sports with his family. Hopefully his memoir does not make you want to get a new brother like the one he has got. Jakes currently does not have a writing philosophy, but hopes to talk to many philosophers in his dreams, to find that perfect philosophy. Jake hopes to work on his art in college.
 

Samantha

 Samantha was born in Oakland but soon moved to Berkeley. Her mother and father are divorced, her brother attends UC Davis, and her cat recently passed away. Anna does not enjoy any of her work but hopes that you might. She believes in hard work and hopes to attend a college where she is happy.
 

 

Eli

 Eli was born into a very loud family on a cold morning in January. She grew up in that big house on the corner of Shattuck and Marin and when her parents got divorced, her dad moved across the street to a very ugly salmon pink house but her parents stayed very close friends. She occasionally has dinner with them both now, and although she finds this dynamic strange, she wouldn't have it any other way. Currently, she hopes to stay sane long enough to actually apply to college. The getting in part would also be nice...
 

Sofia

 Sofia Christensen was born in San Francisco, raised in Berkeley. She has a great love for singing, scary movies, and pasta. These things, however, take no part in her memoir. She hopes that after reading her memoir, you do not think she is linguistically challenged (even though its content may lead you to believe otherwise).
 

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Susannah

 Susannah was born and raised in Berkeley, but often feels like she lives at Jack London Aquatic Center. Crew has been a huge part of her families life for seven years and she hopes her memoir reflects that. Although she doesn't know exactly what she wants to do next year she knows it will involve catching up on a lot of lost sleep.
 

Madeleine

 Maddy was born in Berkeley, California. She has two parents and one sister, slightly older. They have lived in Albany, Richmond and Berkeley. Variously experiences have led her to believe that one ought not take things too seriously. She does not discuss future plans in case she jinxes them.
 

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Josh

 Josh has lived in Berkeley all his life. His mother and father are both musicians, so naturally Josh has been an athlete since he could walk. His memoir, on the other hand, is not about sports, but rather a particular experience that changed his life. Josh is a firm believer in mind over body, and believes that there is no such thing as "I can't". He hopes to study physiology at UC Davis, and hopefully get a job as a personal trainer.
 

Alex S.

 Alex is a small town man, with big time ambitions. He enjoys long bike rides on the beach, and philosophical discourse concerning the effects of the previously warned about Military Industrial Complex.
 

Mako

 Makoto Yuan is a Japanese American who was born and raised in the United States of America. He hopes that you enjoy his memoir, if you don't he doesn't really care. Makoto originally wanted to become a game designer, but has decided to sacrifice his life-long childhood dream to advance mankind by pursuing science.
 

Cody

 Cody was born in China and had only benn to US for almost 4 years. He was planning to go to UCB, but it seems like it's impossible for him to get in there now. He dose not believe in any philosophy about life or writing, maybe he just haven't found one to believe in.
 

Tenzin

 I was born and raise in a small village in south India. I moved to America four years and now i live in Berkeley. my memoir is about this two crazy day I had when i was in India and about how my life was in the village and how I as a new generation young Tibetan sees and think about Tibet. My future plan is to go to college, get a good job and then make my parents dream come true.