WSSD Senior Projects Showcase

In a time where there is so much conflicting information on diet and wellness, this project aims to focus on one aspect of it. The purpose here is to turn information into a tool that gives people confidence over their own health and body. Given the chance to live a long, happy, purposeful life, would you take it? My project explores longevity and the nutrition that supports it. An important part of this nutrition is eating alkaline foods that help our body with its natural processes and cell health. What we eat is something we can control, so, why not learn to?

My senior project puts a magnifying glass to the physical; emotional; discriminatory; and nutritional challenges, expectations, and stories within infant feeding, while zooming out to show their connections to personal, governmental, and societal movements.

Through my project I’ve had the privilege of interviewing mothers, doulas, lactation consultants, public health workers, nurses, and feeding specialists, and from each story I have been given images regarding infant feeding that need more visibility. From these images I am working to create a calendar because the narratives, advertisements, and stigmatizations within infant feeding have been supported by imagery for so long.

A very interesting presentation about the process behind musical production. A deep dive into the experience, ideas and challenges found while creating music. The focus is to prioritize the action of showing who you are in music and what you can accomplish.

In our sophomore year of high school, we launched Ultra Detailing, an auto detailing business driven by a passion for cars and entrepreneurship. Over the past three years, we have grown from a small side hustle into a somewhat-established but far from perfect operation, refining our services, marketing strategies, and customer relationships. Our business provided us with hands-on experience in managing finances as well as our problem solving and people skills. This senior project highlights our journey, the challenges we overcame, and the key lessons we’ve learned in running a successful business while balancing school and other commitments.

For my senior project, I wanted to raise awareness of the homelessness crisis in San Diego by painting portraits of some of the folks who live in my neighborhood. Through a local food pantry, I met and had conversations with many unhoused men and women and photographed those who were interested in being involved in my project. From there, I created portraits from the photos, which I hope to exhibit to the public. I hope that my project will foster compassion and encourage people to have conversations about housing challenges in our own backyard and grapple with our tendency to look away.

My senior project is about the study of holistic approaches to injuries within the mind and body. I shadowed a personal trainer who was focused on restoring movement and confidence to athletes through individualized programs, and various types of holistic healing. I interviewed professionals in physical therapy, massage therapy, and integrative medicine, learning about connection between mind, body, and emotional health within each field. I have deepened my understanding of alternative medicine, patient care, and the importance of combining traditional and holistic practices for an innovative approach to healing.

While staying at my grandma’s farm over past summers the main work for every day was picking off Colorado Potato Beetle larvae from every potato plant in the field. For my senior project I designed an autonomous and eco-friendly pest-control system for Colorado Potato Beetles so that my grandma may finally bring peace to her potato field without the need to fight every day.

For my senior project, I will be presenting on the internship I completed at a mental health academy. I’ll be sharing my experiences and providing an overview of the internship. Additionally, I’ll showcase pictures and activities I was involved in during my time there. This internship has helped me realize the numerous career opportunities that lie ahead.