Brian Perea

Brian Perea is one of the many heroes working to make our community a better place. He graduated from Kelvyn Park High School in 2008. Now he works for LSNA. He’s now in his second year of college. He works with a high school leadership program to help kids become leaders. He’s in his second year of college but he’s behind a little so the classes he’s taking are not second year classes, but he's catching up. The LSNA program helps him too.

                                                                                                                                 

Next we asked him about his challenges in high school. He said at first it was very distracting with all his friends. He also talked about where he lived, like the gangs and shootings.        He was falling behind in his classes so he had to make them up in night school and with the LSNA program, and they gave him extra credit so he can catch up and graduate on time. So he stopped getting in trouble he got a job with LSNA.          

                                                                                                             

Then we asked him what are his favorite things about his job. He said his favorite things about his job is helping high school students so they don't fall behind like he did. He also likes to help out his old communities or ones that need help. He also enjoys helping kids in high school.  The last thing we asked him was what does he think about the school closings. He thinks it’s not good because the kids have to move to a new environment and that could led to gang fights. He also said that a lot of kids are going to get off track when they move to a new school. The interview was mostly about his life and what he thinks about the communities and how we he help.

We also asked him things he likes to do on his free time. He like to help communities that need help not ones that he knows already, he goes with the LSNA program. He said that he like his job because he like the money they pay him and it keeps him motivated. He also enjoys seeing his family because he lives alone, so his job and school sometimes doesn't let him see them. So when he gets a chance they’re happy to see him and he is to.

What I learned from Brian was to stay in school no matter what. He messed up in high school and he fell behind a lot by hanging out with friends and sometimes skipping classes. Then he got his act together when LSNA helped him by giving him extra credit and gave him a job. So he told us to never give up because there's always still a chance to pass the classes that you're failing or need help in, like he did. Now he has his own job, he also lives in his own apartment and going to college.