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optimistic, since she was in 3rd grade at environment that is suitable for running or when beautiful art isn’t around, she goes to Irving Farine elementary, helped Contreas stay stress her phone to relieve stress. Being on her How Erica goes through and free and focus on important subjects not anything relieves her stress phone relieves her from any frustrations. else. “Being on my phone also helps me with When the sophomore gets stressed, she tends relieving my heavy levels amount of stress to not be phased by it; she handles stress very well. “...I and also with my frustrations” Contreas do get stressed out, but at the end of the day I end up said. doing well because my hobbies help relieve my stress” The main cause of Erica's stress is school Contreas said. work. The amount of homework from 8 classes overwhelms her. The main core class Erika have many different hobbies; Her main that stresses her out the most is Algebra 2; hobby is running. Running helps Contreas out during a any class that is dealing with math isn’t great stressed environment. “When I get stressed out, I for her. “Algebra 2 is a very challenging usually run to help decrease my level of amounts of course to take. The tests are really hard. stress” Contreas said. Learning something new and having to The sophomore is also passionate about the remember formulas for the hard test is hard. depiction of art, that also helps Erika relieve her stress. When doing homework for Algebra 2 at “I also like art... the pictures sooths me which leads home and I get stressed I usually run or get me to become stress free” Contreas said. on my phone to relieve the stress” Contreas What makes Erika continues these hobbies is said. that she is always motivating herself to do Although Algebra 2 is difficult for better and to be better; If It weren’t for the sophomore the sophomore she is great in English. mindset of motivation, she’d be knee deep in stress. English has been easy for her since Middle What Contreas say to herself to stay motivated is “No School. English isn’t as pressuring and matter how big the situation, I know I can get challenging as Algebra 2 which makes her through it” like English even more. “I am really good at reading because it is easy to me. The work we do int class isn’t very pressuring” Contreas said.