Alaina Zimmerman describes herself as silly, introverted and independent. She plays video games, cooks, watches TV, searches for northern lights, and hangs out with Ava and Fern on her free time. Alaina doesn’t participate in school sports due to an ankle injury that happened to her in 8th grade, but she does love to play volleyball and basketball when she has the chance.

Her plan after she graduates high school is to continue building a business that her parents have recently opened; she hopes to take it over. During the winters, she will go to Arizona and find a job there. She also says, “Once I’m about 22, I’ll either move to wherever my sister is, with my best friend Ruth, or I will find a new place to settle. Seward will always be my home base, though.”

Some fun facts about Alaina includes she enjoys archery and shooting. She has a black cat named Beast. She finds enjoyment in cooking and is really good at it, and she collects license plates from different states. She says, “I currently have ten states and three countries.”

When asked what she will miss about Seward High School, she said, “I will miss Ms. Swander the most probably and her classes. I love her teaching style. I will also miss the school parking lot and the mornings before school.”

Her advice for the freshmen is to stay on track your freshmen and sophomore years! “Don’t fail any classes and pay attention because junior and senior year are much harder if you don’t focus in freshmen and sophomore years.”