Hey everyone! My name is Lucia Rodriguez and I’m from Decatur, Georgia. I’m currently 16 years old and still don’t have my license. I have an older sister named Andrea who goes to UGA and majors in international relations and both my parents work at CNN. We have two cats named Moony (Harry Potter reference) and Lumi (short for lumiere, the candelabra in “Beauty and the Beast”) which we adopted only two years ago. I attend Druid Hills High School and am about to enter my senior year which is crazy to think about. I spend my summer lifeguarding, hanging out with my friends and family, shopping (mostly window) and tanning.
Apart from my life in Atlanta, I have a life in Mexico. Both of my parents grew up in Mexico City and our entire family resides there. As a result of this, I’ve been traveling to Mexico ever since I was 6 months old to visit family. Spanish is my first language but I am fluent in English as well and I am eternally grateful for the opportunities that knowing a second language can provide. I would spend every summer growing up in Mexico, traveling across the country and learning so many valuable life lessons. I’d never had to deal with backlash for being Mexican until high school, but it ended up only making me prouder of being a Mexican-American.
Something that I think adds to who I am as a person is my love for literature. I always grew up reading books, from Geronimo Stilton to the Magic Treehouse but it wasn’t until quarantine that I became a true book worm. I read a total of 74 books in 2021, ranging from fantasy to biographies. I have also always been very into movies & TV which I believe veered me into finding a creative writing driven path in school. When my freshman year literature teacher asked me to join the newspaper, I said yes without hesitation.
I am now about to embark on my third year writing for the school newspaper, The Spotlight and I have been promoted to editor-in-chief. I’ve written features, sports, news, opinions and reviews but I enjoy writing features, news and opinions the most. Last year I had the opportunity to interview Katie Rinderle, the first teacher in Georgia to get fired under the pretense of banned books, and wrote a news piece on that issue. As of now, I plan on applying to college with a major in journalism but am unsure if that is what I really want to do.
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