The Caballeros are one of many families at Excel where siblings, cousins, and neighbors have grown up together in the Excel community — watching each other walk across the stage, cheering each other on, and setting the bar a little higher with every graduation.

With the final graduation of the trio this June, the Caballero siblings got sentimental in their group chat. They talk about the teachers who believed in them, the moments that shaped them, and what it meant to grow up side by side at Excel. We’re grateful they shared it with us.