Alumni: Bernadette Dubrovich Bray

Interviewer: Heather Oakes
Interviewee: Bernadette Dubrovich Bray

HO: Hello, I will be interviewing Bernadette Bray today. What year did you graduate?
BDB: 1975
HO: And what were some of your best experiences in high school?
BDB: Sports! I was most athletic. And probably the Cafeteria Lunch Time 'cause we used to have fun back there. I don't know, we used to have food fights.
HO: Oh wow!
BDB: Yea, we did!
HO: That was allowed?
BDB: Yea, I liked Spirit Week too, Spirit Week was always fun.

HO: Oh, okay. How would you characterize the South City community growing up?
BDB: The best. We didn't have to lock doors and when I grew up it seemed like every house had 5 or 6 kids in it, and so we had big giant neighborhoods and everybody was close.
HO: How do you think High School has changed since you were here?
BDB: Honestly, since meeting you guys at my reunion, I think you guys are smarter than we were.
HO: Oh! Why is that?
BDB: Probably because of computers. And the ratio of Whites and Filipinos and Blacks drastically changed. Like one Black guy in our class and ten Filipino people, that's it! The weird thing is back then, we didn't think of them that way. They were just one of us, so in that kind of way that changed too.

HO: How did your experience in high school impact your life?
BDB: I guess it's followed me, I'm here (at El Camino)! I mean it's followed me, I have a lot of rah-rah spirit still and I loved it. I like to stay in touch with my school, I really loved it.
HO: I can tell! And did high school help prepare you for the future?
BDB: Yes and no. 'Cause I was so involved with sports that I didn't really pay attention to what I was going to go down in college or anything. It was more for me just sports, sports, sports!

HO: Do you have any advice for students today?
BDB: Yes, follow your dreams and do it! Reach out into the community because nowadays you can go so much further than we did, so reach out and get involved in the community more.
HO: Thank you so much!

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