Getting to know...

TERESITA CLAMOR CASTANEDA aka TERRY
Vitals: Met our junior or senior year in high school. Terry (and her twin sis Chary) were friends with one of my classmates and then we were roommates for 3 years at UCI ~ 9 years and counting
Role In My Life: Model of Independence and Devotion – I’ve always been amazed at Terry’s will when it comes to her family, her career and her friends. I used to worry about her when something in her life wasn’t the way she wanted it to be. But I learned quickly that I had nothing to be concerned about because Terry knew how to deal with issues, learn from them and move on from there. She hardly has to depend on anyone’s help and she doesn’t complain about it either. And in the midst of her busy life, she still finds time to call me when she’s driving to catch up. Everyone should know someone like Ter.
Good Times: When Terry was pledging for her sorority, Kappa Zeta Phi, she was occupied practically everyday and every night with meetings and events. On Thursdays, she was usually at an event that involved some serious partying and she came home giggly and faded. It just so happened that during the quarter she pledged, I only had classes and work from Monday through Thursday. This was a blessing in disguise. One Friday morning, Terry had a really bad hangover and I woke up cuz she needed me to call in sick for her. After I called her work, I helped walk her to the bathroom to pay homage to the porcelain god. After a few minutes of not hearing anything, I knocked, “Terry are you okay?” She practically crawled out of the bathroom and just sat there on the floor (our sink is separate from the toilet and shower). She was like, “Anna can you just get my pillow so I can lie down here?” I was like, “No Ter, you have to get to bed. Here I’ll help you.” But she insisted so I grabbed her pillow, gave it to her and she fell asleep there on the floor by the bathroom. Oh Ter, I miss nursing your hangovers!
In her own words: “It’s because they think we have boyfriends already and that’s why guys don’t approach us.” Terry’s philosophy of why we didn’t have boyfriends (This was during our junior year at UCI)