Fresh Faces: Ilse Montes de Oca

Name: Ilse Montes de Oca
School/year in school/age: Davis, senior, 17.
Birthdate: 04-25-91
Activities/hobbies/clubs: Interact Club, MEChA, FCCLA, Link Crew, tennis, Relay for Life, volleyball, Children’s Village mentor.
Favorite food: Chinese.
Favorite movies: Comedy or action.
Favorite books: The Lemony Snicket series.
Favorite music, musicians or bands: All kinds.
What is your most treasured possession? My parents.
What’s your favorite place to go in your hometown? TJ Maxx.
Which person do you most admire and why? My mom, we’ve lived through some really hard experiences.
What would you do with $1 million? Lots of things.
Three words to describe yourself: Spiritual, caring, strong.
What is your greatest achievement? Loving life with all its ups and downs.
Worst fear: Losing my family.
Greatest wish: Making all my dreams come true.
When and where were you the happiest? Anywhere as long as my family is happy.
Where and how do you see yourself in 10 years? Hopefully, in medical school and married.
— Jessica Serrano, La Salle High School