Amihan Villanueva was born in San Diego, California in the United States.  She is an outgoing teenager who is very involved in her Filipino heritage and hopes one day to be an engineer.  Her parents decided to put Amihan in a Filipino School because of the issues that occurred with her older brother.  He was embarrassed of being Filipino and did not want anything to do with the Filipino culture.  He only wanted to assimilate with American culture.  Amihan’s parents, wanting to ensure that what happened with her brother did not happen to her and to be proud and connected to her Filipino culture and heritage, enrolled her in a Filipino school in San Diego, California where she learned Filipino culture and history in addition to the Tagalog language until the age of 12 when her parents enrolled her in the American School. When Amihan entered the American School, she could not read, write nor speak any English.  Amihan likes to read about science and do experiments that she creates on her own with items around the house.  She’s an avid reader and Legos enthusiast.  Her father started giving her Legos since early childhood and she has continued to collect them and build structures she imagines from the many space exploration books she reads from the local library. Amihan loves to help others and does not hesitate to get involved in school functions. ​