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A sunset/evening photo of my street back home. There are almost no cars except for a white car somewhat far away. Traffic cones sit near the curb to save parking. There are trees in the background as the street comes to a dead end.

Hello everyone! My name is Maximiliano Beas, and I am a '28 from Oakland, California. I am the son of Mexican immigrants from Jalisco, and I have a younger sister who is a junior in high school.

My tabby cat named Flor sits on the dining table next to a vase of tulips as she stares into the distance.
Fun fact: Flor is my first pet ever!

I am the proud cat dad of my two-year-old cat, Flor. Even though she is named after a flower and is as cute as one, I assure you her demeanor is more like a Venus flytrap.

If you were to ask me the worst part of leaving home, I'd say leaving my family was the hardest… along with leaving behind the amazing food in the Bay Area.

On the left is a picture of a carne asada taco on a yellow corn tortilla with nopal (cactus), avocado, and salsa roja (red salsa). On the right is a picture of my dad's amazing quesabirrias, birria tacos with melted cheese. It's topped with cilantro, onio
The taco on the left is possibly one of the best tacos I've ever had in my life. I could talk about it for 15 minutes. On the right are my dad's quesabirrias, the best I've ever had.

I love the outdoors, and I am excited to join the Dartmouth Outing Club, the oldest and largest collegiate outing club in the nation! I grew up camping and hiking all over California and even had the chance to camp at Yellowstone National Park. 

This is a photo of one of the thermal pools I saw while visiting Yellowstone National Park. Steam is coming off the surface of the water and the chemicals turn the surrounding ground different colors. In the background are hills covered with pine trees.
Yellowstone is my favorite park that I have camped at.

I love sports, and I was on the soccer, volleyball, and swimming teams at my high school. I've been swimming since the age of five and have been a part of the Fremont Gatorsharks, a summer league swim team in East Oakland, since 2013. I hope to join the club swim team at Dartmouth, as well as the club volleyball team. 

A post-game photo of my high school soccer team from my senior year of high school. We're lined up on the sideline like the professionals do. My friend Micky is in the center and is holding up the notebook with our stat sheet. In the corner, one of our pl
Senior Year High School Soccer Team!

I'm a computer geek. I saved money for the majority of high school until I had all the components needed to build my own PC. As you may have guessed, I'm also a gamer. The new EAFC25 (FIFA) just came out, and I'm very excited. I spend a LOT of my free time watching gaming and tech videos. Some of my favorite creators are Linus Tech Tips and Marques Brownlee. 

A picture of the box for the graphics card I purchased for my gaming desktop computer. It is a GeForce RTX 3060.
Buying and installing this graphics card into my computer was one of my proudest moments.

I am truly blessed to be here at Dartmouth. I hope you enjoy my blog. Think of me as your friend on the inside!

A group photo of me and all my wonderful friends from back home at our last big get-together before leaving for college. The picture was taken in a backyard. A tree is off to the left and there's a basketball hoop above our heads. I am wearing a gray hood
Me and my wonderful friends got together one last time before we all left for college!

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