{"id":1878,"date":"2023-09-13T10:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/alumni-page\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T01:46:46","slug":"the-zion-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/alumni-page\/2023\/09\/13\/the-zion-king\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zion King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.3&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><dropcap>Z<\/dropcap>ion Ota\u00f1o (&#8217;18) was recently honored at Harvard-Westlake&#8217;s &#8220;Senior Ceremony,&#8221; a long-standing tradition described on HW&#8217;s website as &#8220;the formal recognition of the seniors as the leaders of the school and their acceptance of the responsibility that comes with being the oldest on campus.&#8221; It&#8217;s a long way from kindergarten, for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Funnily enough, a look at his earliest yearbook page shows that his interests haven&#8217;t changed much since 2012 when he described his dream job as &#8220;pizza maker&#8221; (see photo on sidebar).\u00a0 Over the past two summers, he has landed jobs as an assistant chef instructor at the Hospitality Training Academy and as a culinary intern at Spago. After working in the real-world food industry, however, Zion has concluded that he no longer wants to make the pizza&#8230; he wants to be a restauranteur!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, it&#8217;s shaping up to be a busy senior year for him. Zion will be serving as a peer counselor, captain of the varsity dive team, and the school&#8217;s yearbook editor-in-chief. 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