Students and teachers at Redwood share the hobbies that bring them joy beyond the classroom — from gaming and baking to hiking, music, and community service, proving that passions off campus help shape who we are on it.
By Edward Gonzales
Hobbies like music, DIY, and sports connect students and teachers, enriching their lives.
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Jayro Vargas, ’26, says, “I like writing and video games,”
When Vargas gets asked what games he plays, he says, “I bought a lot of fighting games and mostly like Mortal Kombat and smash bros.” he also says, “I’m going to start playing Hollow Knight, which is like a Merovingian.”
Vargas said video games are his favorite because, “it’s relaxing to just play games and then especially if its a skill cap to be good”
Vargas says “in school (for eSports) we’re starting out first competitive match”
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Samuel Reyes, ’26, says “one of my hobbies are starting conversations and discussions in Instagram reel comment sections. I enjoy golfing on weekends with my grandparents, and I follow and watch Formula One.”
When asked about his favorite, Reyes said, “I love to golf (because) it brings me peace in mind and I’m out there by myself and enjoy hitting a little ball.”
Reyes says ” this weekend is the Ryder Cup and I really hope we can show who’s boss.”
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Robin Bron, ’28, gets asked what her hobbies are, and she replied with “I like doing my makeup, I like DIY, I like exploring, and I like sewing.”
Bron says that DIY is her favorite by saying, “because I get to make my own stuff.”
Brin says she got into DIY, she said, “It’s honestly better in my opinion than buying from the store, and you can make your own, and it’s fun.”
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When Samantha Guerra, ’28, is asked about her hobbies, she said “I do drama and Interact,” and out of those, she said interactive is her favorite
Guerra explains why Interact is her favorite by saying that she likes community service, and she did a lot of organizing and getting people out there, and helping others out
The reason why Guerra commits to this hobby is that she likes helping people out
Teachers now talk about their interests and hobbies that they partake in their own free time
When Mrs Feehan is asked what her hobbies are, she said, “I do like to read and I like to bake and cook.”
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When asked which hobby Feehan liked more, she said, “I really do enjoy baking, and it’s kind of my me time in where I can be creative in the kitchen and try new recipes.”
Feehan details why she likes baking by saying that she’s never been super artistic when it came to drawing, but she felt more creative when it came to baking and decorating sweet treats
Feehan says that she usually bakes “once every week or two if I’m lucky”
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When Higareda is asked what his hobbies are, he said, “I play guitar and I play bass guitar and I play disc golf, this is a newish kind of hobby for me, and I go to the gym.”
Higareda said that playing guitar is his way to “relax at the end of the day, just to play some music,” saying he plays guitar almost every single day
Higareda explains how he got into the guitar by saying that when he was in high school, he wanted to be a rock star, but it never kicked off, so it’s just a hobby now
Higareda says “maybe one day I’ll be playing locally for a gig.”
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Teafatiller is asked about what she does in her free time, and she said, “I like to go hiking, I like to work out, I like to go water skiing.”
Teafatiller says she likes hiking more because of the “outdoors” and “pretty good views.”
Teafatiller explains how she got into hiking by saying that when she was little, she climbed a mountain in her backyard, saying that it was fun
When asked if Teafatiller wanted to try anything new, she said, “So in the next couple years, I would plan on doing a five-day hike somewhere outside the United States.”
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Woodbury is asked what his hobbies are, and he said, “I love gaming, I guess going to the gym and exercising, and I love sleeping. Procrastinating is a good hobby of mine. I’ve been known to dabble on that every now and then.”
Mr Woodbury says that he played WOW (World of Warcraft a massively multiplayer online role-playing game) a lot last year
Woodbury talks about WoW (World of Warcraft) by saying, “I played that for a year and a half, and (in the span of that time, he had 60 days played) so if you do the math, it comes out to about 2.7 hours a day,” he says, “like sweat was wet and the grass untouched.”
Woodbury said he got into the hobby when he was young and got into World of Warcraft in junior high in high school.
Woodbury talks about how he had a guild in World of Warcraft, and every week he would go on in-game raids with 10-20 people, and it was really fun. Woodbury said it feels like a breakup because they’re all going onto do separate things, but will get back together when there’s a new update on the game
Woodbury mentions he got a ROM hack on his phone, and he’s been playing Pokémon Red, and it took 30 hours for him to beat it, with the game being a little harder and making it more of a challenge.
Woodbury leaves off this story with “Don’t let anyone make fun of you for your hobbies. If they do, they’re just really insecure about what they do as well. Everyone has a hobby they’re a nerd about, but even if you have the nerdiest or lamest hobby, anyone who makes fun of you is kind of dumb.”
With that, those are Ranger’s Hobbies showing an inside on some of the students’ and teachers’ free time hobbies.
Edward Gonzales
I work for the Redwood Gigantea and I work on stories for Arts and Entertainment. I graduate in 2026. I want to leave my mark on Redwood by using the Gigantea to leave a little piece of me on Redwood.
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