I am a high school graduate from Walnut high school California. I am a 4 year varsity football letter and a 2 year varsity starter. I am a 3 year varsity track runner. I ran track at Diamond ranch high school from my freshman sophmore year then transferred to play football at Walnut high school I was a 2 year varsity letter at Diamond Ranch high school and a two year variety letter and starter at Walnut high school. My junior year i helped lead my football team to the division 13 CIF championship sadly we lost and became finalist. It was my transfer year i had to sit out a couple of games due to the CIF transfer rules but when i was able to play i had a great season it could've been better if i had a better connection with my QB but i still got some catches and yards. Prior to my transfer season i played two years of varsity and jv football at Diamond ranch high school. I made varsity as a freshman as a receiver and Db. I was a third string receiver my freshman year and a 2nd string receiver my sophmore year. I worked really hard to become a starter my sophmore year extra workouts and practices long hours of studying my playbook but was overlooked and because of my height and size and even though outworked the starter above me it still wasn't appreciated. The end of my sophmore season i was recruited by the Walnut high school Db coach and defensive coordinator. They recruited me to play defense but i quickly shown them i was a double threat and i earned my starting spot through scout team and once i was able to play became a two way starter helping us all the way to the CIF championship. My senior year we didn't do as well we weren't all connected and never really worked as a team we had a lot of younger guys starting for the first time and all they were worried about was themselves so we ending up having a record of 4-6 and i had a alright season with 1 touchdown and about 252 yards. I ran track and field all 4 years of high school I did the 100m, 200m , long jump and triple jump. I ran a 11.9 in the 100m and i jumped 40 ft in the triple jump. My sports experience was amazing i loved running track but football was my first love and i plan to continue football in college and experience football at the next level.

My Latino side of me is so important because growing up I lived in two different households one was a Mexican household and the other was a Black household. That experience really shaped who I am today. There were a lot of differences between the two, and seeing those differences made me realize how much I connected with my Latino side. For example, the food we ate was different. In the Mexican household, we had tamales, tacos, arroz con pollo, and all these dishes that were full of flavor. In the Black household, the food was also good, like fried chicken, collard greens, and mac and cheese, but it just felt different to me. Even the way the houses were set up was different. In the Mexican house, there was always a painting of the Virgin Mary with candles next to it, while in the other house, there was a cross hanging on the wall. I also went to two different churches growing up Catholic church with my Mexican side and Christian church with my Black side. Everything was different. As I got older, I started to fall more in love with my Latino side. I felt more comfortable there. I felt like I fit in. I liked how everything was so colorful and so vibrant. I loved how people dressed, how they talked, and how close everyone was with each other. It felt like a big family, and I loved being a part of that. Growing up more in tune with the Latino side of me was one of the best experiences ever. I was able to meet new people who understood where I came from. I was able to connect with people who went through the same things I did, and that made me feel seen. It’s a great feeling when someone just gets you without you having to explain yourself. So yeah, my Latino side is a big part of who I am. It’s where I feel the most at home. It’s where I feel proud of my roots and culture, and I wouldn’t change that for anything. I'm passionate about this side of me because it's really second nature to me and even though i dont show it I know a lot more than what people think I do. Its passionate to me because i remember the stories of my mom and grandparents coming here from Mexico and me asking then why did they leave because to me there life in Mexico was amazing it was everything i had dreamed and i even thought that i wanted to live there and i still do but I'm passionate about my Latino side because i can be myself.

My name is Jaynon Reed and I’m 17 I play football Im a 4 year varsity play 2 year starter football has really helped me rig my my mental health issues that my parents believe I do for attention but it’s not. In 2018 I lost my grandmother who was the person who was closest to me and who always had my back and understood me the most. Losing her made me depressed and it made me not want to be alive anymore because I felt I lost the one person who genuinely cared for my happiness and what I wanted to pursue instead of forcing something on me and using things to control me and control what I do. I fell into a deep depression for over a year I stayed quiet and didn’t really speak I didn’t eat ask much and I didn’t really talk to anyone I just let myself suffer alone in my thoughts and in my head. It was hard dealing with the loss because she was the only person I could actually be comfortable with and at this time me and my dad who I lived with were having some issues we didn’t have the best relationship but we were working on it and now my relationship is better not the best but better. I have learned a lot about how to control my thought and my feeling through football. Football taught me a lot about how to control my feelings and how to problem solve quickly and how to keep my emotions and my thoughts under control so I don’t sike myself out and to not make myself have a breakdown. Football has really been a big part of my success with being better with my mental health and no longer having those thoughts of not wanting to be alive football kept me focused and kept me relaxed and on a straight path because of practice and games and fundraisers. While all these things were happening I was happy I wasn’t having a problem with my mental health and now that football is over I still don’t have any problems most of the time I’m still very happy with my success and I took all that I learned when I was playing football to apply it when I’m not playing football. Most of my success was because of my parents and there sacrifices but a lot because of football if I didn’t find football I don’t know what I would be doing I don’t think I would be doing good but I’m glad I found football and I found the happiness in football and all the lessons.

Some of my personal goals I want to be successful and the best version of my self I want to learn and build a great knowledge to have as years to come I want to one day own my own Jdm (Japanese domestic market) garage to build all drift cars and stylish cars I want to one day have my own business and be my own boss under my control and i really want to learn all the mathematics of being and engineer my career in manufacturing i want to work for these big companies that will teach me the things i want to learn. I want to have the home I want the cars I want and a beautiful family.