Ean Somoza (Ice Hockey, Minnesota State University, Mankato) grew up in Simi Valley. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Ean Somoza’s, in full.
The question
If someone had never been to your hometown, how would you describe its character and reputation? What makes it unique, memorable, or influential?
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Ean Somoza’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
If someone had never been to your hometown, how would you describe its character and reputation? What makes it unique, memorable, or influential? If somebody had never been to Simi Valley, I think the best way I could describe it would probably be a tight-knit community. It's kind of, everybody knows everybody around here. One place that really sticks out in my head is Isoplex in Simi Valley. I've been going there and I grew up there as a kid, really, and it's the ice rink in Simi Valley. And it's so, everybody knows everybody there. It's so family-oriented. Everybody's so friendly. It's super inclusive. I've just made so many memories there throughout the years, and it's an unbelievable vibe. The people are great, and it kind of just forms who you are. A huge piece of me is Simi Valley. All my traits and what made me comes from Simi Valley. And like I said, the big part of that is Isoplex and Simi Valley.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
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