The 26 with ’26 series is a continuation of a Chronicle tradition. This year, we’re asking 26 questions to a member of the class of 2026. Between now and May, we will aim to shine a spotlight on each member of this year’s graduating class across all ACC programs. Just add your responses to the following questions and select a photo that you want published! One of our reporters may be in touch with you with some follow-up questions.

1. How does it feel to be a senior in high school?  
   • Preliminary. Almost at college and being able to really study what is intresting, now it is just a waiting game
2. What has been your favorite moment at ACC?
   • If I had to pick one it would have to be getting a 100 on my ladner midterm. 
3. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve received?.
   • Everything educational you do no matter how insignificant or irelevent it feels makes you a smater more well rounded person.
4. Who’s your greatest influence?
   • Michael (robotics mentor)
5. What is/was your favorite elective and why?
   • Digital electronics. Showed me that I want to work in some capacity with hardware.
6. What was your favorite project?
   • Making a Pocket Watch for digital electronics. The freedom given during that assignment gave me the leeway to explore so many things that are intresting to me and really grow my skills.
7. Who’s been your favorite teacher at ACC?.
   • I’m not answering this question. 
8. What’s your favorite extracurricular activity?
   • Robotics. I think for the most part the community of it, while it is not always the best I think that the positives massively outweigh the downs
9. If you could redo any grade, which one, and what would you change?
   • 11th. So many more things I wish I could or should have done.
10. If you could meet any person, alive or dead, who would it be?
    • Frances Perkins. Unsung American Hero
11. What do you plan on doing after high school?
    • College
12. What’s your ideal field or career?
    • Hardware design. 
13.  What’s a good study habit you’d like to share?
    • Remind yourself why you are studying. It’s a good way to motivate you to do something. Under no circumstances should you try to argue with yourself on why it does not need to happen now that’s a good way to procrastinate.
14. If a genie gave you three wishes, what would you wish for?
    • Benevolent world leaders, 
15. What’s something you want to do before you graduate? 
    • Finish my Tetris Project.
16.  What is something you can’t live without? 
    • Food, water, sleep, etc.
17. Where’s your favorite place to hang out outside of school? 
    • Used to be DC before the dark times. Now probably Ballston.
18. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
    • ISS. I wrote a college essay on this question
19. Who’s your favorite musical artist? 
    • Chopin
20. What’s a song that you have on repeat? 
    • Don’t really
21. What’s your favorite movie or TV show?
    • La La Land
22. What motivates you? 
    • Fear of being unemployed, commitments to other people, and a love of what I do.
23. What’s the most challenging thing you’ve ever done?
    • Junior year. ‘Nuf said
24. What’s your greatest achievement so far?
    • Having the most college credits out of anyone who graduated or is expected to graduate so far. Source (Magro))
25. How would you change the Career Center for the better?
    • Make it harder, If I don’t feel like I have to study for 4 hours a Day to keep up something is not right. (Not including weekends))
26. What final words do you want to share with ACC?
    •  Thanks for the opportunities, I’ll visit when the new building is constructed.