Humans of SPA: Oakley Schonwald

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Ivy Evans, The Rubicon
September 8, 2025
ROOM LOVE. Schonwald loves their room for multiple reasons. Between doing homework and just hanging out, shay enjoys all the time shay spends there.
ROOM LOVE. Schonwald loves their room for multiple reasons. Between doing homework and just hanging out, shay enjoys all the time shay spends there.
Ivy Evans

What’s your favorite place? is the question sophomore Oakley Schonwald was asked. Shay responded without hesitation: “My room.”

Schonwald’s room has a special sentimentality to it. “[It’s] my favorite place in the world,” shay said. “That is my space.”

Schonwald loves their room for multiple reasons. Between doing homework and just hanging out, shay enjoys all the time shay spends there. And it’s also an opportunity for self-expression. “I can make it my own with things I like,” shay said, appreciating the ample ways shay was able to decorate and design the room to make it truly represent ‘Oakley Schonwald.’

Shay has also had lots of valuable moments that took place there. “I’ve made so many good memories with my friends hanging out in my room,” Schonwald said.

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