They were together at H. Glenn Richardson and E. Ruth Sheldon. Now, Deanna and Eskew Childs share the campus at Armijo. “We do not plan on attending the same college,” Deanna said, although Eskew was not sure.

“I plan on going to college,” he said. “I would like to be a musician, either for an ensemble or for sound production on video games or movies.” This is a fitting career for a young man who plays the saxophone and video games. He is also part of Armijo’s Marching Band.

His sister Deanna is more focused on going to a cosmetology school until she figures out whether or not she wants to go to college. She is also musically inclined and plays bass in a band, but her interests differ from her brother’s. “I would like to do hair coloring, make-up and aesthetics,” she said. She is in band, too, and she used to be in Guitar Club but she isn’t a member this year.

“People know we are related, most of the time,” said Deanna, who trusts her brother to help her with some of the challenges she faces on campus. The worst thing about sharing the campus? For Eskew, it is that his sister can annoy him easily “because she knows where I tend to hang out,” he said.

The siblings come from a big family and, while they admit to annoying one another, they are also friends, in a way. They have three older brothers and one older sister. They are all very close in age with Deanna being the youngest at 16, as of February 25. Their oldest brother is 22.