User:Dortez

David Arquimides Ortez (born on November 21, 1984) was the first son of Arquimides Ortez and Blanca Loza, who were Salvadorean Political refugees from the Civil War that plagued El Salvador during the Republican President Ronald Reagan.

Ortez was born in Houston, Texas on an early Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving. Ortez went to Woodrow Wilson Elementary School from 1989-1995, Sidney Lanier Middle School from 1995-1998 and Mirabeau B. Lamar High School from 1998-2003. Ortez met childhood friends, Jose Olmedo, Roberto Torres, Chidi Odili and Chris Nguyen during this time span. He also grew to love politics and graphic design. Ortez worked endless hours his Senior year in High School for "Lamar Life", a student based publication. He also had the unique distinction of teaching the Graphic Design Class he himself was a student just two years earlier. Ortez graduated in the top 25% of his class with a 3.75 GPA.

Upon graduation, Ortez went to the University of Texas at Arlington (2003-2004) for one year under the Coordinated Admissions Program (C.A.P.) offered by the University of Texas at Austin for students that are qualified for acceptance to the Austin campus after completing one year in a sister school and obtaining a 3.0 GPA. Ortez had no trouble achieving this goal and ended up with a 4.0 after freshmen year and the Freshmen Duncan-Robinson English Award for best Paper by a Freshmen in 2004. His paper was about the War in Iraq. He also worked for the Shorthorn, the UTA College Newspaper and recieved an Regional awards (1st) and was nominated Nationally for the best Photo Illustration for a Daily College Newspaper Cover. He was involved in the Freshmen Leaders on Campus group (FLOC) and was the designated graphic designer. Ortez would end up meeting his college best friend, Marco Arguello on the first day of orientation during a Math Placement Test. They became close during this one year leading to their romming together for 2 years (Junior/Senior) in Austin, Texas. Ortez also met Johnatthon Cody Talley in his Government class and ended up taking many of the same classes. He would stay friends with Cody in Austin and became a roomate from 2005-2006 while living at 1901 Crossing Place #3202. Ortez began working at the Fort Worth Central Market in the Chef's Case department under supervision of Julie in September 2003. He would end up transferring to the original store in Austin. His freshman scheduled was as follows:

    Fall 2003 --> (MWF 8-11) Spanish 1, Music Appreciation, English (TTH 8-11) US Government, Astronomy 1
    Spring 2004 --> (MWF 8-11) Spanish 2, Sociology, English (TTH 8-11) Texas Government, Astronomy 2

Marco, David and Cody both participated in the most rigorous student internship offered in America. They were trained by Southwestern and led by manager Diego Arguello who graduated from Baylor with a degree in Entrepernurship. That summer proved to be a challenge for all three as they dealt with hardships of selling books door to door in the hot North Carolina summer. Nonetheless, each and everyone of them never regretted the challenge and it ended up making them more mature and grateful.

Ortez transferred to the University of Texas at Austin in Fall 2004. He resumed working for Central Market in the North Lamar store in September 2004. He was rehired by Natasha but was under the supervision of Torey Owens for much of the year. Ortez was roomates with a UTA friend Roberto Quinn-Jo for 2 months before departing to live by himself due to complications. He lived the remainder of his sophomore year at 3311 Red River #111 and would take the Red River Shuttle Bus to school. His class schedule for that year were as follows:

    Fall 2004 --> (MWF) 9-10 Intro to Mathematics, (M) 10-12 Intro to Geology Lab (TTH) 8-930 Intro to Urban Studies, 11-12 Intro to Geology, 2-330 United States since 1865
    Spring 2005 --> (MW) 10-1130 Basketball, 12-1 Contemporary Problems (TTH) 930-11 Intro to Advertising/Brand Communication, 1230-2 African American Social/Political Thought, (TH) 2-3 Philosophy Lab, 330-5 Intro to American Studies, (TH) 5-6 Advertising Lab

He is currently a senior at the Unversity of Texas at Austin where he is majoring in Government with a minor in Communications. He will graduate a semester early (Fall 2006) and plans to continue his eduation attending law school.