Maria Grigoreva // :)

Goes by: Masha, Masha Kasha, Mashulya
Is: a Turkman princess
Age: 17 years young
Wants to be: a professional actress when she grows up. But first, Masha says she wants to "get a college degree first." Then she might "do acting part time, if [she] really loves her job."

Five random memories with Masha:
1. I first met Masha upstairs in Dobbins. This was when I had a humongous crush on ____ and he was downstairs with the twins. For some reason, Masha was upstairs talking online to ____ and to be honest, I was insanely jealous! But she was not interested and for that, I was thankful.
2. Last year during dance production, we went to Taco Bell between shows. Masha REALLY needed some Advil and other various things from the drugstore so we drove to Long's Drugs and she ran inside. After yelling insanely loud for what she needed for she was in great pain, she rushed to the bathroom and then sprinted back and slammed her opened products on the conveyor belt. Masha sure knows how to get what she wants! :)
3. We spent her seventeenth birthday at Pasta Pomodoro in Santana Row and wandered around SR late at night talking about random things. We all looked like bums except Masha in her pretty coat and curled hair. We feared leaving her to wait for her mother in case she would be harassed by the perverts in front of Valencia.
4. Track season.
5. All this year in yearbook! She is always willing to help, even if it's not yearbook related such as cleaning our ridiculous shelf and buying me food. She's also one of the best designers and a very very good artist! :) I am thankful for her.

Finally, a word from Masha about her experience at Harker high. Thinking for a bit, Masha concludes that she doesn't regret coming to Harker at all. However, she laughs, "Don't get the idea that I like Harker." She decided that our school "shields us from the real world" and we're also too "clap-happy." Agreed. All of this aside, she feels as though Harker has really "prepared [her] for college."
What she loves about Harker is the fact that she "can be friends with such different groups of people and eat lunch with different people every day and it's not weird, I love my friends."

So, be like Masha and eat with different people everyday! :)