Team Fresh Faces – David Brinkman

Meet the team! Members of the 2008-09 Unleashed crew are charged with serving as the eyes and ears of their campuses, communities and generation. Their job is to document issues and ideas, events, people, places and things that are important to today’s young people, particularly the young people in Central Washington. This group — the 10th since Unleashed started in 1999 — has been writing, photographing and creating illustrations since May. Their stories, columns, reviews, photographs and works of art appear in the pages of the Yakima Herald-Republic as well as on the Unleashed blog at unleashed.yakimablogs.com. Here’s a chance to get to know them a little better.

David Brinkman
Eisenhower, 17, senior
Favorite subject: Math.
Favorite activities: Music, producing graphics and music, hanging out with friends.
Favorite food: Quesadillas.
Favorite music: Rap, hip-hop, DJ Khaled, Will Smith, Chamillionaire.
Favorite films: “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Superbad” and others, especially comedies.
Favorite books: I don’t read books as much as I read online material.
Three words to describe yourself: Fun, nice, entrepreneur.
Greatest achievement: Working with 211’s manager on an album cover. 211 is one of Young Jeezy’s signed rappers. I made the connection on MySpace. In the end, it didn’t go through, but I felt it was a great achievement because it really got my name out there.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? New York City.
What would you do with $1 million? Make sure my family is well off.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Will Smith. I love everything he has produced — from movies to music.
Who is your hero? Will Smith. He is a very successful and respectable man.
Biggest fear: Failure.
Greatest wish: Be successful in my passion, graphic design.
When and where were you the happiest? At home, in front of my computer. I love being productive, promoting musicians, creating graphics, producing music.
Most treasured possession: My family and friends. They are my inspiration for wanting to be successful.
Favorite place in your hometown: Best Buy, because of all the technology.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Being well off as a result of creating computer-aided graphics and producing music.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I love being in group-related activities. I also would love the experience gained from being on Unleashed.