Misael comes from an immigrant family and experienced many financial hardships while rising out of poverty. His goal was to excel academically and in sports. He qualified and enrolled in the HCHS International Baccalaureate (IB) program and joined the track and XC teams. His performance in both arenas has been outstanding for 4 years. He graduated with a 4.6 GPA from the IB School and set many personal track and XC records and is attending Rice University in Fall 2017.