Sam Houston HIGH Salutatorian Nestor Mejia Lopez
It鈥檚 graduation season and we听are celebrating the Class of 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight 91制片厂 high schools. Meet Sam Houston High School鈥檚 salutatorian Nestor Mejia Lopez.
NAME:听Nestor Mejia Lopez
SCHOOL: Sam Houston High School
COLLEGE:听
INTENDED MAJOR:听Electrical and computer engineering
鈱猈hat is one piece of advice you would give an incoming freshman?
Try new things. Don鈥檛 be afraid to be a leader even if others will judge you. Just go out and join any clubs or organizations and become the leader, become the president. Do something outrageous, something spontaneous. 听
鈱狪f you were a superhero, which one would you be and why?
I鈥檇 be Batman because he鈥檚 a character who wants to make connections to solve crimes and solve problems on his own. He doesn鈥檛 like depending on individuals. He does things on his own and believes in himself.
鈱猈hat are you most excited about after graduation?
Obviously go to college and finally meet individuals who have the same goals as me, more people in the school of engineering in the school I鈥檓 going to at UT-Austin. Hopefully work on a project that will change the world while I use my skills from my degree.
鈱猈ho inspires you the most and why?
For me it would be Dr. (Robert) Oppenheimer. He was the leader of the Manhattan Project that made the atomic bomb. That鈥檚 something I want to do. I want to make something that will revolutionize the world by bringing together a lot of individuals who will work on a common goal. I want to change the world through technology.
鈱猈hat鈥檚 been your favorite high school memory?
When I went to go watch a soccer game where I saw all my old teammates and they won. It started raining, and that made it exciting. Afterwards we went to CiCi鈥檚 Pizza and we had a good time talking and catching up with each other.