Daily Lobo Spotlight

Daily Lobo: So do you have an idea of what you want to study?
Pancho Orozco: Social work or anthropology.

DL: How long have you played soccer for?
PO: Since I was little, with my friends. I don’t play competitively — just hanging out.

DL: Are you from Albuquerque?
PO: I was born in California, raised in Alabama. I like Albuquerque better because people are really nice here. It’s like a different country from Alabama.

DL: How long have you lived here?
PO: About a month now.

DL: Do you speak Spanish?
PO: My parents speak it, so yes.

DL: Do you often travel out of the country?
PO: I’ve only been to Mexico where my grandfather lives. It’s a different world down there. … People are impoverished, but there’s a lot of family love. People may be happier there, even though they have nothing.

DL: Do you like living in Albuquerque, compared to the other places you’ve lived?
PO: I’m not exaggerating — my family was scared when we moved to Alabama, because they still have KKK marches.

DL: Did anything interesting pop out at you since you came to Albuquerque?
PO: There’s a mural of La Virgen María and a
Muslim guy praying. And people have dreads and stuff. There’s the Queer Straight Alliance, there’s a vegetarian student alliance. … I don’t eat any meat, so in Alabama people look at me like I’m crazy.

DL: How do you like the culture of New Mexico?
PO: There’s a lot of diversity here, a great mix of cultures, so I really like it here.