My name is Luz Lopez and i was born here in San Jose California. I have lived out of state only once in my entire life to visit my family in Mexico. Even though it was only for the summer, i loved the experience and hope to come visit them again. 

I don't think i have ever grown food before but i have seen some grow. I saw a small orange plant grow into a giant orange tree right in my back yard. It was sort of  struggle to keep the tree healthy and beautiful but it was worth it to have juicy oranges to eat through the year. Some members of my family know a lot about gardening but i know only one who knows more about it and that is my grandmother. When i went to go visit her in the summer, she showed me all of her flowers and plants that she grew and still takes care of. She planted tons of flowers. Not only flowers though, she planted vegetables too, to use them for her incredible cooking.