My Story
Isaac Marquez
My name is Isaac Marquez. I was born and raised in Fresno California. This town is home to lots of bad influences, but I was fortunate enough to see a lot of the beauty that this city had to offer. I was pretty sheltered until my later teen years. I studied hard in school and was one of those kids at the top of my class. But like many people, I began to burn out. When Covid hit I was in my junior year of high school. The following year was all online. Some familial issues came about in my life around this time too. So, the strict guidelines I had in my life were lifted. I was the only one pushing myself. It’s safe to say I failed at doing so.
All photos were taken by me. I am newer to photography so only up from here!
After barely passing my senior year, I went on to graduate and attend Fresno State. I had no clue what to do, so I chose biology as my major. In person school was back and I was in a bad spot. I did not care at all. I failed 3 classes in my first 2 semesters. I was put on academic probation and lost my financial aid. I really accepted defeat. I was going to drop out. I had no passion at all.
Then during the summer after my first year, I thought a lot about my life. I asked myself why I want to drop out. Every reason I came up with sounded like an excuse. There’s nothing wrong with dropping out, but my reasonings were lazy and sad.
I decided to give it one more shot. Although I didn’t know what I wanted to do still. I was going to spend the next semester finding my passion.
Soon after I made one of the best decisions of my life. I switched majors to Mass Communications and Journalism. I always had a passion for being on camera or writing things to make an impact, but I always suppressed these urges. This is because it wasn’t the conventional way to be “successful”. I was scared. What would my family think, what would my future look like. It was a lot to handle. Despite that, my leap of faith has proven to be amazing.
I love what I do. I have so much love for media production, journalism and now photography. These 3 categories have liberated my drive and spark.
Finding what you love to do is a blessing. I believe we all need to do what we love and take that leap of faith.
