Dana is proud of earning the National Hispanic Recognition Award from the College Board. Her extra-curricular activities include: robotics, Destination Imagination, Student Council, National Honor Society, photography club, UIL computer science. Outside of school, she enjoys reading, drawing, programming, painting, photography, and video games. Becoming a computer programmer or software developer is her goal for the future at this point. Her motivational optimism and strong academics are among the things she is known for around campus. Dana is the daughter of Nancy Aranda Martinez and Hector Gonzalez.