#Vanessa Rivas

Vanessa Rivas is an eighteen year-old native to Los Angeles. She is quite an impressive athlete who ran two sub-3-hour marathons before she was even out of high school. For those of you non-runners, that is even an impressive time for a grown man to achieve. Aside from running, Vanessa participated in basketball, volleyball, and …

Los Angeles may always carry for me the aura that was presented in the RHCP video for “Under the Bridge”. At times, it can be a frustrating place. Traffic, noise, pollution–they often break most people within a few years. But what has always fascinated me about LA is the diversity. It seems you can always …