Me

Hi, my name is Iris. I am a sophomore at Whitney Young. I graduated eighth grade from Lincoln Elementary school and before that, I went to Inter American Magnet School. I currently live in Logan Square with my mom, my younger brother, and soon, my stepfather.

I am on the cross country and track teams. I have a love hate relationship with running but I clearly like it enough to go to practice every day. When I have free time, I like to hang out with friends or relax. I have always loved reading and some of my favorite books include A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and Harry Potter, but really there are so many that they would be impossible to name. I also love listening to music and going to concerts. Some of my favorite artists are Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Vampire Weekend, Tune-Yards and Bob Dylan but there are so many more. One of my favorite things is being able to see a band or musician that I love live.

For the past six years, I have gone to summer camp at a co-op in Delton, Michigan called Circle Pines Center. All year long, I look forward to the three weeks that I will spend there and I believe that without the things I have learned there, I would not be the same person. In the future I hope to be able to travel more. I would love to visit Spain to see the culture and also greatly improve my Spanish but I would be open to traveling almost anywhere.