On August 27, 2021, Redwood ASB announced Taylor Langford, ’25 and Miranda Rojas, ’25 as this year’s Freshman President and Vice-President.
Langford, the Freshman President says, “I was very excited… there were so many emotions and I wanted to congratulate the people who ran because it takes a lot of hard work to run.”
Outside of ASB, Langford is a soccer player as well as a member of track. Not only is Langford a new member of ASB, but her older sister, Kiley Langford, ’21 is ASB’s Vice-President.
In regards to working with her sister, Langford says, “it’s actually really nice, she’s helped me so much.”
With campaigning, Langford did not have any social media to promote herself. Instead, Langford reached out to her friends. She says, “thankfully my friends were able to campaign for me, and my sister’s friends.”
“The best I can do is get help from others,” says Langford when asked about obstacles she’s overcome with ASB.
Langford’s main goal consists of “getting the freshmen involved… and doing whatever they can because they’re going to be here for a really long time.”
In addition, to getting freshmen involved, Langford is looking forward to “seeing how we [Redwood] adapt to COVID-19… and being a leader for Redwood.”
Rojas, the Freshman Vice-President says in regards to her thoughts when she won, “I felt really happy. Even though I was the only one running… I felt like I still had to try.”
Outside of ASB, Rojas runs cross country and likes doing retail.
Rojas “plans to mak[e] new ideas and [talk] it over,” when facing obstacles.
Rojas campaigned mostly with social media. She is “mostly excited about the school year.”
Her goals for the upcoming school year is to “make the freshman feel welcomed.”
Megan Yang
Megan Yang ('24) is in her 4th year of Journalism. She is a writer and editor for the News section and enjoys writing for the Redwood Gigantea.
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