Hi my name is Mateo De La Cruz. I am originally from wattsonville, California. I moved here when i was around 4. But my grandparents live in Merced. We go and visit them sometimes, when we don't have school.

I don't garden at all. But i have watered the plants and things like that. I cook quite a lot of meals at home. I learned most of what I know from my mom and my grandmother. My grand mother moved here from Mexico. Then my mom was born here. My favorite thing to cook is tacos. My grandmother, my mom, and my aunt probably know the most about cooking. But I don't really like gardening. But when I was in elementary school we had a garden and we planted different things like lettuce and grapes.