Adrianna Hernandez: 'Take It Like A Man'

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Adrianna Hernandez is a kind, hilarious sophomore at Chino Hills High School. She is known to many as a loveable goofball. Adrianna hopes to pass that persona on to her two younger sisters who are seven years old and one year old, or at least the ability to not care what other people think and to be their true selves. Adrianna has been finding out who her true self is during her time in high school. A big part of that has been discovering and continuing to participate in the Theatre program at CHHS. Last year, she took Intro Theatre because there weren't any other elective options left. Back then, she never would have chosen it because she was very shy in middle school. However, her mom told her that she should circle it just to see whether it’s something she would like because she had always been such a character. She came to love the class and the friends she had made. …show more content…
There was two moments that made her realize she was destined to become a theatre kid, when she did a lip sync to the song "Take It Like a Man" from Legally Blonde with her friend Kade, and when she performed an original monologue, she wrote entitled "The Anatomy of a Mind" and everyone praised her for how phenomenal it

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