\u201cI don’t really think about anything else besides playing the guitar in that moment\u2026 Like, there’s nothing really on my mind. It’s just kind of like when you reach flow state, that’s the best part,\u201d Berkeley High School Academic Choice (AC) senior Anthony Feely said. Feely finds that playing the guitar provides an escape for him and relieves stress, especially as he\u2019s involved in multiple BHS communities. These include serving as the co-president of the Puente \u2014 a program with the mission of helping first generation and underrepresented students attend college \u2014 Club, being a member of the Hispanic Engineers and Scientists Club, and participating in the BHS Biotechnology program, among other roles within the school.<\/p>\n
Throughout high school, Feely has made an effort to pursue his passions. He encourages underclassmen to prioritize enrolling in classes and putting energy into activities that they find genuine interest in. \u201cAt the end of the day, if you spend your time with extracurriculars that you actually focus on and what you’re interested in, rather than taking other AP classes just because you think they’ll look good \u2026 it’ll just be more beneficial,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
As for his legacy, Feely hopes he brought a little bit more optimism and energy to BHS. \u201cI’m just trying to be remembered for trying to bring the good vibes to school, even times when everyone was down. Just try to have fun, because at the end of the day, that’s all that matters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Feely will be attending the University of California, Davis in the fall where he plans to major in biotechnology, and is considering pursuing a minor in neurobiology. \u201cI’m just kind of excited to see where that ends up\u2026 I would probably try to work at a startup or in some lab around the Bay (Area),\u201d Feely said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Feely remains passionate about the things that matter most to him, including his family, friends, soccer, and self-improvement. He hopes to maintain the connections he\u2019s made and the open-minded approach to life he\u2019s developed at BHS into college and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI don’t really think about anything else besides playing the guitar in that moment\u2026 Like, there’s nothing really…\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-347898","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\/347898","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=347898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347898\/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=347898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}