EVERETT — Krystal Tucker, 18, is a senior at Sequoia High School, the alternative campus in Everett.
Question: How long have you been at Sequoia?
Answer: Since the middle of my freshman year. I’m definitely not a fan of huge schools. This small place has been a really good thing.
Q: What’s next after you graduate in June?
A: I got accepted to a few colleges. My top choices right now are Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Puget Sound.
Q: What do you plan to study?
A: I’m not entirely sure. I really like science. I’m just hoping to take my first year and figure it out.
Q: When did you realize you liked science?
A: Pretty much ever since I was really little. I’m taking anatomy right now and that seems pretty good.
Q: Are you doing any extracurricular activities?
A: Not really. I volunteer sometimes through Youth United (part of United Way.) It’s this volunteering program where people come help feed the homeless and they organize different events.
Q: What do you like to do for fun?
A: I go to a lot of concerts.
Q: Any particular genre?
A: Pretty much everything from One Direction to some rappers. I go with my friend who goes to Cascade (High School).
Q: Do you have an after-school job?
A: I did for awhile. I was working at the movie theater, but it was seasonal. I’m looking for more jobs now. They hired a ton of people for “Star Wars.”
Q: Do you have a favorite book or movie?
A: I’m the biggest Harry Potter nerd on the planet.
Q: If you could go back and give advice to yourself freshman year, what would you say?
A: I would tell myself to come to Sequoia from the start and not to worry about having all of my future planned out. There’s definitely more wiggle room for messing up than you would think going into high school. I didn’t even know I wanted to go to college until halfway through my junior year.
Q: Do you have any hobbies, like collecting something or making something?
A: I collect concert and movie tickets. It’s not so impressive, but I have a pretty decent-sized corkboard with all of them.
Q: What’s the coolest concert you’ve attended?
A: Probably a tie between One Direction, which had about 60,000 people, and a really small one, with about 500 people, with my favorite rapper Hoodie Allen.
Q: You changed your mind about college. Did that affect your approach to academics?
A: I was still on track. I was the person who did what was expected. I’m still pretty much that person. Now instead of sliding by, I like to try a little harder.
Q: Is there someone in your life who has made a difference for you?
A: Becky Kitzman at Sequoia. She was my adviser. She just always really supported me.
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.
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