\n Eva Morris is a Berkeley High School sophomore who is most inspired by her vocal coach. Her coach has been a second mother to her, helping her through physical and mental struggles to keep working and improving Morris\u2019 singing. \u201c(She\u2019s) always been there when I needed somebody, always there to motivate me when I wasn\u2019t feeling like I wanted to do anything with my life, and she\u2019s just such a strong, powerful woman, and I find that really aspirational,\u201d Morris said. During Morris\u2019 first singing competition at the age of 12 she had a big case of stage fright, but her vocal coach found her having a mental breakdown and built Morris back up. Morris\u2019s vocal coach has been one of the most supportive people in her life.\n <\/p>\n
\n For BHS sophomore Natalie Jones, an inspiring woman in her life is her older cousin Joey. Joey inspires Jones to be creative through her artwork and sports, motivating Jones to be her uninhibited self through Joey\u2019s confidence and strength. \u201cShe is a really good artist and she just loves to do the things she enjoys and she\u2019s such a hard worker,\u201d Jones said. A big point of influence that Joey had for Jones was that her older cousin had joined a D1 crew team without any prior crew knowledge. \u201cShe\u2019s just so brave \u2026 she\u2019d never done crew before in her life and just hopped on and joined them,\u201d said Jones. She pushes Jones to take risks, stay committed to the things she feels passionate about and always try new things.\n <\/p>\n
\n BHS senior Camila Reyes Mendez is inspired by her close friend BHS senior Azucena Levy. \u201cShe is just, honestly, such a strong, independent woman who does what she says she does,\u201d Mendez said, emphasizing that Levy\u2019s will and confidence has built and supported Mendez herself. Levy is a model and motivation for\u00a0 Mendez in the way that she never hesitates to give a helping hand and build and encourage others around her. \u201cShe uplifts other women and I think that that\u2019s something that I can really look up to,\u201d Mendez said, adding that Levy has an inherent desire to help people and strengthen others to their fullest potential. Mendez concluded by saying it\u2019s inspiring how Levy is \u201calways willing to help.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n An inspiring woman in BHS freshman Amar Kaku\u2019s life is theater director, choreographer, teacher, and family friend Erika Chong Shuch. Known for her work in a variety of performances around the bay and all over the world, Shuch\u2019s work has seen the stage in many theaters. Kaku got the chance to intern on one of Shuch\u2019s productions, experiencing firsthand Shuch\u2019s art in the making. \u201cI\u2019m a theater person and to watch this beautiful Asian woman work and create this piece of art was just so inspiring,\u201d Kaku said. Not only has witnessing Shuch\u2019s career been a catalyst for Kaku\u2019s own ambitions but it has also introduced them to a caring role model. \u201cShe is such a loving person, even if she just met you,\u201d Kaku said.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eva Morris is a Berkeley High School sophomore who is most inspired by her vocal coach. Her coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-240066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}