Alumni: Bobby Roxas

Interviewer: Mia Alabado
Interviewee: Bobby Roxas
MA: Hi, my name is Mia I am a Junior at El Camino High
BR: Hi, I am Bobby Roxas. I am an El Camino Alumnus.

MA: Alright, what year did you start and end high school?
BR: I started high school in 1992 and I went all 4 years in El Camino graduating in 1996.

MA: What was your first impression of El Camino?
BR: My first impression was everyone was bigger— bigger than me and they all had facial hair.

MA: What is one word to describe your high school experience at El Camino and why?
BR: Um, it's kind of a negative word, but it was that it was easy. I felt that easy is not necessarily a good thing because I should've challenged myself more, participating in more extracurricular activities. Not just getting good grades, but also getting to know people out of your comfort circle and also doing things such as more volunteering and participating in more sports.

MA: How do you think you were involved in the school community? Did you do sports or clubs?
BR: I was on the track team and played football for one year.
MA: Were you able to balance your sports and academics?
BR: Yes. Again, it wasn't too much of a challenge because some of the classes I took were on the easier side and I was able to complete that quickly.

MA: What was your favorite subject when you were in high school?
BR: My favorite subject was Spanish and it was because as I learned Spanish and having an after school job, I was able to apply the language right away and practice it and so I became somewhat decent at Spanish.

MA: What did you like about the school community and what did you dislike about it?
BR: The community culture is that El Camino is certainly a 'Melting Pot'. It's not one culture there's much diversity there. Whether you're Black, White, Filipino, Chinese, from the Middle-East, everyone is there and everyone is friendly with each other, so I love that about our high school. 
MA: What did you dislike about it?
BR: I think, at least when I was going to high school, maybe more opportunities on the extra-curricular side such as how to code or some human resource education.

MA: And finally, what advice do you have for the students at El Camino?
BR: To participate in everything and make sure to challenge yourself. So if you do find that high school is coming easy to you, join another club or participate in another sport or take another class. Basically, take full advantage of these years in high school.
MA: Yeah, definitely. Thank you.
BR: Alright!

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