“I don’t have a favorite color because I feel like all the colors would be sad if I picked one.
“I’m a homebody. I like to stay at home a lot—but I do want to travel. Even though I like to hang out with my friends and family, I also like to have alone time, where I can just be with myself. I like to listen to music. I love to read, maybe watch TV. I’m a cat person, not a dog person, but I still love dogs. I’ve had a lot of pets, but now I only have one dog left….This is sad.
“We used to have two cats, another dog, and a rabbit. We also had a turtle. My parents said he ran away.
“Now I’m just left with the craziest dog in existence, who we thought was normal when we got him, and is not. How is he not normal? He’s afraid of other dogs. But instead of running away, he decides to go crazy, barking and screaming. This made our walks very interesting. And, when he doesn’t get a haircut for a minute, he starts to look like a pom pom—a really dirty pom pom.
“I live in the area, but I started at Northwood my junior year of high school because I was a competitive figure skater up to that point, and I mainly trained down in Jersey. I ended up leaving competitive figure skating and started training down in Boston. I moved clubs and moved coaching teams, and I started training up here and doing FaceTime with my coach. I wanted to return to in-person school for my junior year, especially leading up to college, and I tried to form genuine connections and friendships with people outside my sport.
“From my time at Northwood, last year really stuck with me, especially the trip to Japan. That was insane. I got closer with a lot of people that winter, through skiing and that LEAP trip to Japan. I felt like I formed connections with people on a way deeper level than I would have normally, especially since we were practically living together and seeing each other all the time on that trip. Up to that point, I had felt that gap because I wasn’t a boarder, but now I see myself getting closer with and getting to know people even more than I thought I ever would. My highlight of Northwood is the friendships I made. And I still keep in touch with everyone who graduated or transferred schools, and I see them whenever I can.
“Something a lot of people don’t know about me is that I have a two-year-old sister who I love so, so much. I love to talk about her when she’s brought up. I’m also Bulgarian—both my parents are from Bulgaria, and most of my family is still there.
“I also love traveling. I’ve been to numerous countries, but among them, Italy and Japan are my favorites. I really want to go to Egypt, and I also want to go to China, which I’m planning to do this summer. I really want to go to Egypt to see the new museum they opened. It’s so cool. I also really want to ride a camel and snowboard down the dunes. I also really want to try surfing. That was on my 2025 bucket list, but it didn’t happen, so I’m hoping it happens in 2026.
“I’ve always been into RnB, so that’s mainly the type of music I’ve listened to. I went through a classical music phase where I would bring around a boombox to the rink and blast classical music in other people’s faces, telling them how fire it was. They would tell me that I’m crazy.
“Also, I don’t understand sarcasm. So whenever anyone’s sarcastic, I fully believe them, and it’s very embarrassing, because I’ll be gaslit, and I would never know. So don’t take advantage of me. That’s the end of that.”
As told to Sasha Luhur ’27. Photo by Mr. Michael Aldridge.
