Stephanie Rodriguez has a passion for music.
“If I didn’t have music, I would go insane,” she said.
She plans to start her own music magazine after she graduates college. She said she couldn’t see herself working without music.
“I won’t work without it,” she said.
Rodriguez, 18, was born in Bakersfield. She moved to Germany when she was 1 and returned to the United States when she was 5. Her father, George, was in the Army.
She said her mother, Liza, listened to hair bands that had big hair and spandex pants.
“(My mom) introduced me to rock music,” she said.
She said she attened her first rock concert in Germany when she was 3 years old.
Rodriguez recently graduated from Liberty High School and will be attending Bakersfield College in the fall.