Diego Padilla, Campus News Reporter
"There's a point at 7,000 RPM... where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. Just Disappears." Matt Damon (as Carroll Shelby) Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Diego Padilla is a senior at John Marshall High School in the SAS program. Having grown up in Frogtown, also known as Elysian Valley, as a son of two Mexican immigrants, his experience showed him to be humble and respect others because one never knows where someone is coming from. According to the people he has encountered, he can be considered a beam of light who carries a good mood with him and can take charge when needed. Diego has a burning passion for cars and their modifications to represent the different cultures from around the world. Some time in his future, Diego hopes to become an Automotive Engineer and work with the top brands to help design the next revolutionary generation of cars.