“I lived overseas for five years in China. It kind of  changed my opinion on people and the whole world. It was weird to move from Hong Kong to a small town, but we were in a pretty isolated western and European community. In general though, Hong Kong is one of the most diverse places to live. It was owned by Britain until around 1999, so it has a strong European influence. Walking around, you see old British/Victorian and Chinese architecture built together. It was really cool to live somewhere with so many different cultures.” 

— Brenden Selch, class of 2023