Counting sheep to fall asleep is a tried and true life hack. For most people, mindless counting is enough to lull someone into a peaceful slumber. For most people, you start at one sheep and count numerically. Most people don’t turn sheep into an integral to measure the amount of sheep that exit the pasture after 40 minutes given that they are leaving at a rate of f(x) = 10ln(4x)+200 should there be 200 sheep at time 0. But most people aren’t Fernando Rimoli, whose insomnia is so bad and his math knowledge so vast that he does exactly that.

Fernando can do insomniac sheep math in more than one language. Learning another language can be obscenely difficult. CHS requires students to take at least two years of a world language, so that the student body is familiar with the struggles that languages present (extra credit por favor/bitte/s’il vous plait?). For most people, learning a second language is difficult. Most people would struggle if they had to move to a foreign country and learn a new language at the ripe age of twelve. But most people aren’t Fernando Rimoli, who moved here from Brazil and learned not just English but Spanish, making him trilingual and a much hated curve breaker (you should ask Ms. Viera about that one.)

Many CHS students decide to remain in-state for college for a multitude of reasons. California is home to some S-tier colleges and scenery for sure. But those who choose to spread their wings and explore other areas of the country may find themselves in the rugged Pacific Northwest, or an East Coast metropolis, or in some quaint Midwestern burg. The really adventurous travel abroad. Most people wouldn’t venture outside the United States for their college experience, but most people aren’t Fernando Rimoli. His Italian citizenship prompted him to apply to universities across the Atlantic. This Fall he will walk onto some beautiful European campus and begin a long journey of the study of physics, computer science, and all things math-adjacent.

Most people couldn’t (and probably shouldn’t) eat an entire family-sized bag of Queso-flavored Ruffles Chips. Most teenage people don’t already have a head of graying hair. Most people who are lactose intolerant don’t indulge in dairy products to the point of ill-fated late night bathroom visits. Most people aren’t astoundingly funny. Most people don’t wear two pairs of pajama pants, one atop the other, or over a pair of shorts. Most people aren’t ranked Immortal 1 in Valorant. Most people don’t have a dear friend named Oscar. Most people don’t light up a room when they step inside. But then again, most people aren’t Fernando Rimoli.