To the staff of The Auroran, MHS senior Sascha Cacho is a beloved member of a tight-knit team, always brimming with new ideas and fresh, funny comments. However, other students attending MHS may not know her quite so personally.
Sascha is best known for her big personality and bold initiative, but there’s more to her than meets the eye. A self-described “tiramisu”, she has quite the layered personality. It might be a testament to her creativity that she’s created such a unique glimpse into her mind’s eye, but sometimes, it can be tough to wrangle. A constant stream of new concepts means not everything will fit into place.
“I feel like people think I’m creative, and it makes me feel bad a little bit, because I don’t always act on my ideas,” Sascha says. “I’m just like, idea, idea, and I don’t do anything about it.”
Despite these hurdles, Sascha has made sure to throw herself headfirst into supporting MHS’s community and helping it thrive.
As the conversation took a turn towards her interests, a question about her involvement with the school was met with a knowing smile. “Oh, my God. [I’m involved in] too much,” she said, laughing. “I’m in soccer. I’ve been in Symphony Orchestra since fifth grade.”
Alongside her athletic and musical endeavors, Sascha also does volunteer work through Tri-M, which she says is like “volunteering, but for all three fine arts programs.” Through this organization, she visits the elementary or middle schools, and notes one nearing event: “We have a super lesson coming up, and it’s all fifth graders coming to play their instruments. We’re helping with tuning, playing… you know, learning the ropes.”
Speaking of learning the ropes, Sasha says that “Sophomore year, I tried engineering because I’ve always said, ‘I’m going to be an engineer’… and I didn’t like it.” Her issue with the field was that she “thought it was going to be more hands-on problem solving”, but the course itself mostly consisted of making computer models.
“I wasn’t any good at it,” she said, sounding disappointed, “but junior year, I did newspaper, and I ended up really loving it. I’ve always been kind of into English more than math.” She expanded on the topic with her background in the field of English, highlighting her love of the subject.
“I’ve always taken English electives since freshman year,” Sascha said. “I took Journalism, definitely. Then in sophomore year, I took Women in Literature, which was reading books about women. I usually take an English elective every year of high school.”
Even outside of the walls of MHS, Sascha knows what it’s like to be new to something. When she was younger, Sascha was thrown into the world of motherhood after adopting a rabbit named Marley. In a story referencing her daughter – who has since passed – Sascha writes, “[Raising Marley] was hard to deal with, but I’m glad Marley and I got through it together. Motherhood means growing together.” Sascha feels she is deeply grateful for the opportunity to have experienced such character development, to put it simply, through raising Marley and learning what motherhood is truly like.
Sascha has absolutely lived up to her title as a tiramisu – she’s so much more than just the “ideas girl” of The Auroran. With a strong connection to both a school and outside life, she’s well-prepared to bring something new to the table, be it that of The Auroran or something else entirely. Larger than life, Sascha also describes herself as being similar to a Nerds Gummy Cluster: you can’t see all her colors at once, but Sascha is raring to go, a buzz of action and a fierce creativity. This author, for sure, would highly recommend getting to know her – and as a new writer, I look forward to learning more about this stand-out senior as she makes her way through her last year of high school.