JEEVITH CHANVEER

Sophomore

“I'm actually part of this nonprofit called VSNA, and we just celebrate Indian national holidays, kind of a simple thing [where] we create our own parties when there wasn't COVID, in person, and we just have fun celebrating Diwali and Holi and holidays like that. And then, since we have so many funds that we didn't use for parties this year we had saved up because of COVID, we decided to help run a donation drive to help support people in need. And we donated to Second Harvest Food Bank, and I think since I helped really run that drive, it really showed me how inspirational you can be to other people, just by helping out your community, even if it's just a little bit.

One thing that I'm proud of that I really don't tell other people is my [basketball] trick shots. I really think that that's my way of expressing myself, because that's mainly for my own enjoyment. I just post them [on Instagram] because some of my friends have told me that they really enjoy me doing the sport that I like because due to medical conditions I can't play on the [basketball] team for MVHS, or even a team outside. So they really like me actually finding my own path in basketball, and not just joining a team just to play, [but] having my own way of doing it.”