Luis Alcala's student profile

Luis Alcala

St. Edward's University Class of 2013

AUSTIN, TX

I sing a couple of different parts in our church youth choir, namely bass or tenor.

I have helped clean and repair Shady Acres Baptist Church's campgrounds on which they hold summer camps for inner-city children from Houston. I raked, dug holes for posts, put up sheetrock, etc.

This is a student-run research team for the Methuselah foundation. I joined this group at Austin Community College. We will review scientific literature and do experiments concerning aging in humans.

National Society of High School Scholars nominee; Honor Roll all four years of high school (all A's in four main subjects each semester);

I would say that I am pretty good at playing classical guitar; I am probably at the advanced intermediate level. I am a decent soccer player as well.

Background

Movies:
I think Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are pretty awesome. I don't watch many movies otherwise.
TV Shows:
George Lopez...Wipeout...American Idol (the auditions are my favorite)...House, M.D....CSI Miami.
Music:
Classical Guitar...Flamenco...christian...Ranchera...
Websites:
youtube...facebook...Masteringbiology.com
Quotes:
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

Creativity is simply knowing how to hide your sources.
Books:
Darwin's Black Box by Micheal Behe; Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Demon in the Freezer, The Hot Zone, and The Cobra Event, all by Richard Preston.