Twin triumph inspired by young writers, fresh perspectives
Imperial Valley Press reporter Karina Lopez knows what it’s like to live with twins.
Some of us in the newsroom get a good giggle in when she regales us with stories of her not-so-little brothers, Mickey and Alex Lopez, calling in to ask her important life questions, like how to properly microwave a burrito.
As tuned in as she might be with her own personal Double-Mint Duo, I think even Karina was stupefied and exasperated to find out Mickey and Alex were among five sets of twins graduating from Imperial High tonight, and that they were one in 20 sets of twins who attended Imperial this past school year.
It’s an amazing story, and the kind of fun head-scratcher and pleasant surprise that would not have been made possible without us first seeing it written on a smaller scale by an Imperial High School student earlier in the year on our IVHigh web site.
Imperial High student Arlene...