This project was short yet sweet in the sense that I was able to in the small amount of time we had for this project able to learn so much about issues that affect San Diego county in a really big way and need more awareness to it! We then went to Chicano Park to present about our issues in Spanish then walk around the park to take in the beautiful work! Here are some pictures with some of my peers at Las Cautros Miltas and a mural at Chicano Park! Here is some info about our issue: What does water pollution in San Diego look like? As you can see in the higher regions of southern California or more widely know as San Diego, that the water quality is “good” and the majority is “fair” or “marginal” which with a population of 1.42 million people could be much better. According to a beach pollution report done by Heal the Bay’s 28th annual Beach Report Card, “released a "Beach Bummer List" that gave La Jolla Cove a "D" grade. It was the fifth most polluted beach in California. They rate beaches based on their water quality.” The number one from this report was “ Poche Beach at ocean outlet, San Clemente This O.C. site is the single most polluted beach in the state, according to the report. It’s a “point zero” site, meaning weekly samples are taken directly where a stream, creek or storm drain discharges to the sea. Elevated pollution from Poche Creek is no doubt leading to bacterial exceedances.” When San Diego people tallied up how much trash they collected from beaches in San Diego in 2014, they found, a lot of plastic. In fact, volunteers removed 23,477 pieces of plastic and 17,438 pieces of plastic foam. Yet that pollution was nothing compared to by the 75,069 cigarette butts on our beaches, according to a report released Monday by San Diego Coastkeeper and the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. Tragically, in 2014, more than 7,000 volunteers picked up “207,804 pieces of trash weighing total of 10,455 pounds.” Conversation Piece That I presented at Chicano Park: "Después de leer su historia sobre sus luchas con las críticas de otras personas y no tener éxito en la línea de arte, me inspiró a querer crear algo en su honor para demostrar que su trabajo me inspiró. Sus luchas fueron algo con lo que también luché en el voleibol cuando empecé. Cuando empecé, no era muy bueno y cuando decidí que quería jugar en la universidad, el nivel de competencia aumentó enormemente y en un momento fue muy intimidante para mí. Sin embargo, no permití que eso me detuviera de un sueño que tenía y elegí comenzar poco a poco y trabajar con lo básico mientras mejoraba mental y físicamente." This translates to English as: "After reading his story about his struggles with criticism from other people and not really succeeding in the line of art it inspired me to want to create something in his honor to show inspired his work made me. His struggles were something I also struggled with in volleyball when I first started. When I first started I wasn't very good and when I decided I wanted to play in college the level of competition rose greatly and at one point was very intimidating to me. Yet, I didn't let that stop me from a dream that I have and I chose to start small and work with the basics while gradually getting better mentally and physically."
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