2023-24 Senior Wills

May 30, 2024

Senior Section

Last names A-C

Sarah Banh

I, Sarah Banh, leave Kianna Thai and Gwen Chu my amazing driving skills (pls don’t hit anyone again). To Hannah Lee and Sophia Cao, I leave my ability to be a hater 24/7. Don’t let other people walk over you 🙂 To Dylan Luong, I leave Hannah Lee (pls take care of my baby). To Sebastian Jimenez, I leave my academic skills and I hope you get all As next year (get your license). To Landen Nguyen, Trevsu Marvel, and Drew Ludington, I leave my ability to eat food. To the girls basketball team, Mia, Paris, and I leave our 46 league game win streak (pls don’t break it). To the girls swim team, I leave my ability to do well at meets without going to practice. To Audrey Ko, I leave my love for volleyball and I hope you continue to do well these next two years, my long mama. To Katelyn Chung, I leave my love for basketball and I hope you step up and lead them to victory. To Faith Shimazala, I hope you have fun at Maranatha but RIP Katelyn cause she’s all alone now.

Chloe Chong

I, Chloe Chong, leave to Richard Hy my friend who works at Jollibee for your big back activities. To Nick D. Tang, I leave you my awesome parking and navigation skills. To Danny Chieng, I leave you my lack of cramps during comps. To Brandon Phran, I give you my muscles ’cause you’re in dire need of them. To David Chau, I leave you my Peppa Pig legacy. To Tim Li, I leave you the flag. To Katie Ho, I leave you phone storage for cat photos. To Jeannie Vuong, I leave you toilet paper duty. To Andrew Lai, I leave you some girl power. To Katelyn Ha, Caitlin Wong, and Ngami Ly, I leave you my after-school and competition snacks. To Peonie and Persephane Hoang, I leave you my collection of 0.5 and sleeping photos. To Ray Deng, I leave you my spare change to fund your Arizona. To Xi Deng, I leave you my maxed out characters on HSR. To all my XC/track girlies, I give you my hair supplies. To Oralee Tran, I leave you some of my sanity. And to Natalie Chea, I leave you with gacha luck.

Last names D-H

Nicole Diep

I, NICOLE DIEP, leave to JASLIN SITU and ZACHARY TANG my passion for coaching and performing in duo, along with all of the blood sweat and tears I have put into my speech career as a whole. I’d leave you guys my blocking skill but I’m not worried about that. To HODRAIN LIU, JORDAN LUU, and LUKE CHRISTENSEN, I leave my big back tendencies, conversations full of laughter, and a lifetime of tea parties and Maccy D’s. When I come back to visit I better see you guys carrying out my yapper legacy. To my speech kids and best friends KATELYN TAN, BARIKA CHAN, YULIA WONG, VICTORIA SUN, CODY MO, JOSHUA FRANCISCO, KEILANI LEE, TIM LI, ELYSE LUO, PEONIE HOANG, and PERSEPHANE HOANG, I leave my undying commitment and ability to have fun while performing. Your voices can move mountains, and I would never doubt that. To my duo partner OLIVER LI, I leave every ounce of maturity and social adeptness I have. I hope that they will help you throughout your high school years. To my partner in crime AARON HAU, I leave a lifetime of anime cosplay and weird poses/voices. I’m not sure that you need it though leafu.pk. To CHENLU YANG I leave infinite hugs and kisses. To FIONA TSE I leave all of my firey passion and skill for professional public speaking, as well as all of the love I have for business. To AUDREY TJOA I leave the right to literally walk over to my house and visit and my love for your dog that hates me.

Ava Doron

I, Ava Doron, leave to Aidan Doron the Doron reputation. And my good grades, cause you’re gonna need them. To Shawn Cheng, I leave the ability to ace any English paper or socratic discussion. To Kara Mak, Catherine Lin, and Dylan Mercado, confidence in the college apps process. To Audrey Ouyang, I leave my ability to be loud despite wanting to be quiet. To Owen Dowell, faith that everything will turn out the way it is supposed to be. To Julie Bauzon and Nox Leunberger, the ability to infinitely inspire. To Emily Mai, a reflection of your potential. Use it! To Silver De Leon, the ability to shine in any situation. To Odin Liu, a friend. To Original Oratory, I leave the power of photosynthesis, to grow. And to Expos, the knowledge you belong here.

Sherelene Guo

I, Sherelene Guo, leave to Kelly Chung and Samantha Ng, leave my loyalty, secrets, and my bank account for when I’m rich. To Kristy Peng, I leave to you my sisterhood and ability to seek out community when needed. To Jeannie Vong and Emily Tu, I leave behind my “dance” lessons and boldness. To Nick D Tang and David Chau, I leave to you my silliness. To Brandon Vuong, I leave the ability to destress while being on the grind. To Justin Wong and Kaden Tan, I leave behind my smack-talking and sillies to you. To my Cross Country/Track & Field underclassmen, I leave to you my ability to persevere through injury, despite it all. To my Choir underclassmen, I leave my love for music and performance to you. To my other underclassmen, I leave my ability to get things done right before deadlines to you.

Kate Hamamoto

I, Kate Hamamoto, leave to Jocelyn my super sneaky setter dumps. Audrey, my 2 foot vertical. To Victoria, the most aggro person I know, my icebreaker making skills and ability to pass my driver’s test on the first try. To Kelsey and Ceddy, my patience to string boards and swag stage presence. To the triple threat Kara Mak, my ability to cut straight and time manage. Julie, I leave you my confidence and grit to get you through tough games. To Chelsea, I give you my perseverance and courage for whenever you need it. Justin Liu, you get my welch’s fruit snacks and Caprisuns. Ryan, you get my ability to memorize a speech in one day. Jennifer, you fortunately get my abhorrence for toes to remedy your love for feet. And to my three baby freshies Trenton, Barika, and Angelina my eternal gratitude and love for Expos. To Speedy, I leave you my insane passion and love for volleyball. And finally, I give to Justin Chia, my ability to be good at everything I do (and no. that was not toxic).

Alex Hoe

I, Alex Hoe, leave to Eisen Hy my ability to be on Swanson’s good side. To Nicholas Demarco I leave my ability to powerdrift through the fairways of sgcc. To ethan kwan a coupon for a free ride to the mall, to Aidan B my gratefulness for such a chill golf partner, To Zach E my ability to evade being caught parking in gabs lot by campus security, to Ethan Tang my desperate prayers to stay out the rough, and to matthew wu my confidence that you’ll join me at ucla. To Jaden Chang, I leave my undying hunger for popeyes, and trev my ability to grab buckets at LA Hoops tourneys. To Delton Louie my luck for a project to fail in front of McClure, to Rishabh Ranjit my mountain of gold coins in brawlstars, and to Jesus Gonzalez my (nonexistent) dance moves. Finally, to nat nat the stinky my faith that youll go crazy at gab even without your super cool older brother, keep dropping buckets, keep them grades up and uh yeah dont sell. That’s a wrap from me, good luck to all you guys, ill miss yall a ton

Mitch Hua

I, Michelle (Mitch) Hua, leave my Peer Helping underclassmen Natalie Chea, Oralee Tran, and Akuji Orozco my empathy and my ability to speak for long periods of time. Thank you for sticking with me through my weird and long rants. To the entirety of the OUAM cast, I leave my 2-in-1 zipper short pants and my broken (not crusty) headphones. To those in the club, I leave you my unbelievable aim and my bakery. To the PI Parker cast, I leave the classroom chair (Johnathan) and my weird coffee cups to Peter, an unlimited amount of pudding cups and my childhood love of martial arts/action movies to Andy, my love for the arts and Cantonese knowledge to Dr. Olsen, my ability to read a lot in one sitting and my working ability to see without glasses and to focus to Parker, my love for dance and bread to Miss Holly, my smittenness for two long gone presidents to 1/2th of the duet, and finally, my love for jazz and my shoelaces WITH AGLETS for the Director. It was never a musical!

Last names J-L

Keen Lai

I, Keen Lai leave to Sofia Villagra, Kara Mak, and Marco- Cisneros Farber Skibbidi Toilet Rizzmaxxing syndrome. To JAM (Janenenene, Angelina, MADDIE LAU) I leave Mr. Mcclure’s classroom, and one free year of editing software. To Oliver Li, I leave my Drake Scorpion CD. To Mai-Linh, Amanda, and Jaslin Situ I leave my unfinished mandarin homework and one bill from a chinese restuarant. To Victoria Sun, I leave the bike that never gets taken home at the bike racks. To Nicholas Demarco, I leave a 32 gigabyte flash drive, which is just enough to fit all of your good photos (wink wink). To all the football underclassmen, I leave soap, deodarant, one gallon of Febreze, and the film from all of last year’s games. Please actually study it this time, and maybe we might win. To the (girl’s) volleyball underclassmen, I leave yelling, crying, and screaming on the bus. To the (girl’s) basketball underclassmen, I also leave crying on the bus. To boy’s basketball underclassmen, I leave an Aimee Cartie CD. I hope you find the time to listen when I am two days into college and three lectures behind. To boy’s volleyball, I leave my “Motivational Speaking for Dummies” book, and 11 plane tickets to go to Brazil and get height enhancing surgery. To my drama underclassmen and incoming underclassmen, I leave one first aid kit, two crutches perfectly sized for someone around 4’9, and a 5 gallon bucket of Dayquil. To the speech underclassmen, I leave [REDACTED]. To Stanley Ho, I leave my entire savings account, and the bathroom pass from the speech room. To Gwen and friends, I leave memories of Athletic conditioning, and W rizz. To all Gabrielino scholars, I leave hope, for prosperity. To ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness not just within yourselves, but also between each other. Thank you, and you’re welcome.

Anson Law

I, Anson Law, leave Isaac Chan my random occasional tendency to watch a weird anime. Ong, we didn’t get that expos but hey, we tried. To Matthew Tafoya, I leave my childhood. Mans reminds me of watching minecraft videos as a kid but we all grow up together sadly. Rest here, your nostalgia journey has yet to end. To Marco Cisneros-Farber, I may not leave anything but I just want to say thank you for being a great partner and a good friend in S&D. I will remember all the great times we had fighting in the middle of rounds. To Joaquin Vivar, I leave my undying sense of humor in the most random moments. Thanks for growing up with me from elementary until now. Though not a student, and probably unable to view this, to EChen thank you for watching me grow as a freshman in Extemp to a full-fledged adult, I will never forget both the dedication and support you have given. To my uncle Andrew Lai, I leave my humourous characters in OPP. And to Owen Dowell, I leave nothing but the privilege to spam “First Order of Business” to all the OPPers. To Joaquin Paulson-Moore, I hope you enjoy your new family. You remind me so much of DMV and I know you will go far.

Mitsuayem Lazo

I, MITSUAYEM LAZO, leave to MITSUWEH LAZO the other half of my wings to think about what you need to have to do to pass all of her classes. I’d leave you my Kindness, Socialization, and Studying skills. To MANDY RONG, I leave you my self-confidence to face everything you attempt to do, even if it’s hard, do not stop. To VANESSA VUONG, I leave you my knowledge of how you understand everything the question easily and keep pushing more to find your answer. To JANNA ALESSIA CONCEPCION, I leave my ability to speak more with other people. To SARA ESTRADA, I leave my exuberance to you for the next school year. To GABBY NAVARRO, I leave my patience to get the grades you want, like when you used to wait for me after the class in Period 1″.

Thao Le

I, THAO LE, am passing down my infinite smiles and cat loving personality to CHENLU YANG, my free spirit and endless energy to my first children, JASLIN SITU and ZACHARY TANG, and my golden retriever personality and the ability to light up any room to GWENDOLYN CHU. To Boston Tea Party, LUKE CHRISTENSEN, HODRAIN LIU, and JORDAN LUU, I am passing down my many tea spilling sessions, and my ability to persevere through any hardship that will come throughout high school. For YULIA WONG and KATELYN TAN, my INSANE patience for the many obstacles in life. And to AARON HAU and JOSHUA FRANCISCO, I leave behind my ironic cringe brainrot that may drive some people insane. To the rest of my duo family, I am passing down all my passion, confidence, and energy that I’ve put in each and every one of my speeches. I know you all will do great things after I’m gone, and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for all of you. Thank you for being such a big part of such a short, yet unforgettable chapter of my life. To my girlies, best friends, and forever soulmates, MELINDA DO, LINDSAY WONG, and NICOLE DIEP, thank you so much for making high school as memorable as it was. You guys are my everything, and I’m so ready to step into this next chapter with you guys.

Last names M-S

Emi Naito

I, Emi Naito, leave my devotion to advocacy to Silver De Leon. To Chelsea Wu, my wit and collection of funky beads. You two always find ways to keep me on my toes. To Val, Odin, MattWu, ChayseHoang, Ximena, Cedric, JChia, AllyKim, ChaseOng, Luke, Nox, JoLi, Quinoa, and Peyton, I leave my weird jokes, charisma, and PHILOSOPHICAL BARS!!! The conversations I have with you guys always make my day. You all have bright futures. To Veena and Jojo, my love for performing (+ literally anything else they want). To OwenDowell, my gum stash and parenting skills. To KaraMak, my dedication to leadership and the TOE REVOLUTION. To OO, OPP, and OI, I leave my gratitude for making me a better person. To Liliana (Lily) Sage Salmon Sachiko Simpson Castaneda, my ability to infinitely inspire and confidence to try new things. I love you, Lily. To the kids I work with in beginning speech, I leave my constant drive for growth, diaphragm strength, and passion to entertain and educate. Y’all are #AWESOME, and have left me endlessly proud. To the Screamin’ Eagles, I leave my love. It’s been an honor to lead you all, thank you for everything.

Zoe Nimpoeno

I, Zoe Nimpoeno, leave: Evanna Wong my ability to count laps and calculate time standards during practice. Nicole Otoguro my cheers and pep talks to people behind the blocks. The freshmen swim girls my dedication to come to practice (almost) everyday (make the relay happen!!!) Jaslin Situ, Zachary Tang, Rachel Yip, and Katelyn Tan my seat in speech so you guys don’t have to fight over the same 3 seats everyday. Owen Dowell my ability to draw/pack 10 goodie bags the night before a tournament and still have energy to be hyped the next day. OPP, my creativity, characters, dedication to speech, and the ability to fight through the mid-year writers block. Linh Do my ability to fight through senioritis. And to my little sister Sofie Nimpoeno, I leave all of the fun that I’ve had in highschool.

Alexa Pedroza

I, Alexa Pedroza, leave to Andrew Lai my humor. A friend that I can consider a younger brother. To Owen Dowell I leave my confidence to try new things, to Stanley Ho to not follow my example and to make good choices, to Jolie Wang and Cathryn Abrishami for my immaculate charm and corny jokes. To Silver De Leon and Nox Leuenberger my amazing potential in Duo, to Luke Christensen, my break of shyness and fear. To Hodrain Liu I leave the 11 inches of nonexsiting height. To my incoming drama teammates I leave my potential, to Original Prose and Poetry I leave the LBS. I leave my overdramatic personality to Kailey Thai, and leave my anger issues to Xiemma Marcado. To the mother of Drama Josephine Scannell, I leave my passion for speech to you.

Sophia Pu

I, Sophia Pu, leave my ability to learn TikTok dances and MAINTAIN A GOOD SLEEP SCHEDULE to Sage Lily. To Natalia, I leave the knowledge that your emotions make you strong, so much stronger and more gifted than you think. To Jojo and Veena, I leave my ability to plan group functions, keep the gang in check, and be kind to myself and others, even when it’s hard. To Marco, I leave my debate-vision, energy, and comfort after a tough round. To Aaron and Sofia, I leave my ability to girlboss and keep debate silly. To all my debaters, I leave my ability to stop doomscrolling through evidence and remember that debate is just a game of persuasion. And my ability to finish my work on time (I’m looking at you, Abrishamis and Isaac). To the boys in OA, I leave my emotions and diaphragm. To Mark and Isaac, I leave my confidence and ability to be a benevolent ruler (shape, but do not determine, others’ voices). And to all of you, I leave the knowledge that everyone grows in different ways; set the bar high, but meet people where they’re at, not where you think they should be. As always, lead with love! <3

Bryanna Quach

I Bryanna Quach, leave to Zachary Tang and Jaslin Situ my insane duo abilities, to Persephane and Peonie Hoang my love for performing, to Oliver Li my compassion, to Elyse Luo my ambition, to Valerie Leung by persistence, to Gwendolyn Chu my determination, to Ximena Mercado my anger issues, to Chenlu Yang my strength, to my DI beginning speech kids: Amy Liang, Chelsea Wu, Katie Robinson, Karina Guerrero, and Yulia Wong my resilience; no matter where they go. To Veena Sundaramoorthy my passion to advocate; I hope she always remembers the power of her voice. To Jojo Scannell, my undying passion for being the voice for others; I hope she shares every story with humility and intent. To Kayley Thai my unwavering love for drama and my determination for greatness; I hope that her dreams are forever big and her worries- small. Each of us are merely specks in this vast universe, all destined for change. We are all temporary, small parts of each other’s lives- I am eternally grateful that you guys became a big part of mine.

Sherry Shi

I, Sherry Shi, leave my zro, Sofia Villagra, and my vro, Veena Sundaramoorthy, my F1 level driving skills, 5 Lamborghinis, and 8 Bugattis. To my zro and vro, I also leave my authenticity and drive. To Ximena Mercado, I leave my Instagram reels feed and the means to go band for band. To Cedric Hua, I leave my ambition and ability to inspire the future generation of OI. To Kayley Thai and Emily Mai, I leave my capacity to lock in while still having fun. To Natalia San Lucas, I give my strong willpower to always find a way to get things done. To the big and greedy, Hodrain Liu and Joshua Francisco, I leave a 4×4 with a side of fries. To Rishabh Ranjit, I leave 3 milligrams of copium and the strength to persist through burnout. To Isaac Chan, my realness; Jojo Scannell, my blocking skills; Valerie Leung, $6 for Philz Coffee; Aaron Situ, my awkwardness; Marco Cisneros-Farber, 2 racks for Prada; and to Liliana Simpson-Castaneda, my sanity. And to my OI family, Shawn Cheng, Nathan Li, Chayse Hoang, Trenton Nam, and Jessica Gu, I leave my passion for the event. Thank you for forever changing my life. Keep on dreaming and living big. I love you all endlessly.

Last names T-V

Christopher Torres

I, Christopher Torres, leave to the 23-24 Home Ec Officer Team, Aaron Situ, Julissa Pena, Caitlin Lau, Chase Ong, and Mr. Salcedo my patience and horrible cooking skills. I leave to Marco Cisneros-Farber, my Kim K BBL and Sofia Villagra, my among us drawings. To BigMak (Kara Mak) and Natalia San Lucas, a big juicy burger. To Ximena Mercado and Liliana Simpson-Casenada, my Trish of the Day and ability to brighten up a room. I leave to Hodrain, my height, to Jaslin Situ, Zachary Tang, Persephone, Peonie, Penelope and Duo kids, my ability to put up with each other. I leave to Jojo Scanell my tech cleanliness, to Veena Sundaramorthy my weaponry of characters, to Chenlu Yang my power walk and compassion for others, to Oliver Li my fire and humility, to Rachel Yip and Amy my perseverance, and to all of POI my love of performance. Lastly, I leave to my cousin, Marifer, my ability to get last minute A’s, I am always a phone call away.

Kailey Trinh

I, Kailey Trinh, leave the future of HI to Veena Sundaramoorthy. Keeping HI on task can be challenging but I know you have the leadership skills to handle it as well as build HI into a stronger family. I leave my passion, dedication, and humor fundamentals to Kyle, Chase, Rachel, Andrew, both Nathans, Odin, Shawn, Joaquin, Jessica, Keilani, Hodrain, Tim, Matt, Matthew, the swim boys, and the rest of HI. Never lose that HI spirit! HI will only grow stronger with all of you in it. I leave the power I put into my OA delivery to Natalia San Lucas. The sky’s the limit once you build more confidence in yourself. I also leave my healthy immune system to you because your health needs all the help it can get. I leave SWE to Natalia and Jasmine Hua. I have confidence in both of you to expand the club even more.

Last names W-Y

Canice Wong

I, Canice Wong, leave to Delton Louie my level 10 gyatt so you can go even faster in 100 fly swim. To Thomas Watts, I leave my muscles so you can become the most jacked person on swim. To Miguel Yao, I leave my brain rot humor because I low-key think you are hilarious. To Justin Chia, I leave my breaststroke. You need to make varsity next year because I forbid you from being TA. To Nathan Li, I leave you with my vertical leap so you can dunk on Thomas everyday. To Tyler Phan, I leave you my infinite rizz. Go pull a baddie! To Kevin Liu and Colin Lam, you two can have my freestyle swim. I think you two have so much untapped potential. To Khant Zaya, I leave you my lungs. You know you can breathe during fly swim right? Jk jk. To Samuel Ho I leave you my spine. To my sister Caitlin Wong, I leave you my confidence because you gotta work on that lil bro. I’ll always be with you guys, REMEMBER ME!

Teresa Wong

I, Teresa Wong, leave my forever love of performance to the GHS drama and JMS choir kids — Gabby, Sophia, BOTH EMILYS, Kevin, Juliette, Amy, Dan, Leah, Jacklyn, Ellis, Alex, Brandon, Jayden, Kelly, Cathryn, everyone — you guys are the absolute sweetest. Also giving my entire diaphragm to Shawn Cheng, my terrible prescription to add to Kyle Tang’s to invent -10.00 supervision, my lunch (and rice noodles) to Oralee Tran, and what remains of my writing prowess to Mark Chammas. To Isaac Chan, I leave my trust in whichever path he chooses; life is so much more than a piece of paper and a PIQ. To Joaquin Vivar, I part with knowing I’ll never achieve such flawless hair; to Luoxi Peng, the Ocean Spray Craisins I stole from you; and to Jaden Farmer, my resilience. To Hodrain Liu, I dedicate -11 inches off your height; to Benjamin Le, a gazillion “HELLO!!”s in the hallways; to Audrey Ouyang, my ability to sorta-draw gacha game thirst traps; to Jordan Luu, my prayers that one day you can finally eat lunch undisturbed; to Isabella Ortiz, my love for vintage and granny fits; to Jeannie Vong, my granny legs; to Samantha Haas, Chelsea Wu, and Victoria Sun, my mental fortitude; to Humor, my unmistakable, unhinged laugh; to Conversation Partners’ future officers, my exuberance; to my teachers, fervent apologies for near-constant tardiness; and to Jacob Park, my hope.

Furthermore, I gift Julissa Nouk, Helen Huang, and An Chung my uncanny “Chinese opera” Mandarin pronunciation; to Peyton Ong, all of my strength; to Chase Ong, the ability to look within (and the knowledge that I’d happily devour your monkey bread in 2 sittings); and to Ryan Leung, prospects in swim (I can’t swim). Lastly, I bestow all of my gratitude to Stanley Ho; thank you for letting me into your world.

And to all of the underclassmen, I leave my faith in humanity. You guys are so young, yet have endured so much. There’s all this pressure as 2nd-gen to grind, graduate, and provide — and maybe I’m infinitely foolish for saying this — but live in the moment. Live for yourself for once, even if it’s for a fleeting, blinking moment. This is YOUR high school experience — not anyone else’s. Seize that pen. Write your story.

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