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Nelson: What’s your name?

Elvin: My name is Elvin Gonzalez and I am 27 years old. I study Journalism here in Csun. I will be graduating this coming fall.

Nelson: What made you decide to go to college?

Elvin: Honestly, man, when I graduated Los Angeles Valley College man, I was thinking valley college made sense for me man. Because CSUN was kind of an afterthought cause, you know, I didn’t really picture myself being here right now, man. I told myself, “I have some days off in between.” So I applied for CSUN on December of 2020. In the middle of the pandemic, man. I talked to a counselor here. I talked to Virginia Avila. I talked to her like. We went through the courses Imma be taking at CSUN, and I called her up again in a few weeks. I told her, I’m pretty scared of making this leap because going to college, especially a University like this man it can be really life-changing and scary at the same time.

Nelson: Did you find anything positive from studying through COVID?

Elvin: Yeah, studying, man. Cause I get bored really quickly. I know when I usually get home from school, I like to do this and that, but I had to focus on my studying because I got bored with everything else. Then I remembered I got homework to do. I was getting better in tutoring myself. How to write and you know, better sentences, grammar structure, and stuff like that. 

Nelson: So would you say that due to the pandemic, you fell into your studies more ‘cause there was more time for them?

Elvin: Yeah, exactly. Like, we had no excuses whatsoever. Many other students that were unemployed, and you know. I guess that their focus was their homework, and yeah. There’s no excuses. You can’t half-assing it. You have no reason to be half-assing it in anything. Unless you had crappy internet. That’s a whole different thing, but yeah. 

Nelson: Why did you pick CSUN? You talk about you coming out of junior college and not knowing what’s next, what made you decide that CSUN was next for you?

Elvin: I picked this school because it’s really close to my house, and a lot of my friends went to this school, and they graduated, and they’re doing really pretty well right now in life, and yeah. They have careers, and they’re maintaining a steady life. 

Nelson: It was a pleasure. I appreciate it, and have a good day, man.

Elvis: Alright, for sure.

Elvin Gonzalez Interview

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