FABRIZIO FARFAN

People who know Fabrizio Farfan will, for the most part, agree that he is a funny guy. He is always cracking jokes and doing bits. Anybody could see the time he puts into making the people around him laugh. One way he spreads his passion for joy is through the Instagram page he runs, HHS Now.

In March 2022, Fabrizio had the idea to start a satire page about Hillsborough Highschool.

e name HHS Now was a spoof of the HHS Today Website and Instagram run by the school’s newspaper sta . He got the idea for the page from a popular satire news site online.

“I was reading a lot of the Onion, which is the grandfather of satire in America. I wanted to make something like that and I thought, why not apply it to my school.” Fabrizio said.

Since he created the page about a year ago it has gained a lot of traction with his classmates. People will repost the fake news stories and satirical videos he creates and uploads to Instagram. His most popular post was about the bathroom escorts at the beginning of the school year and it got over 400 e page itself has nearly 800 followers and

“People know the page, they don’t know me as much as they know that one funny Instagram page,” Fabrizio said. Many times he will hear people talking about the page or reposting it without realizing that he is the metaphorical man behind the curtain.

He likes having that platform to express himself referring to it as a “playground” where he can post and experiment with di erent forms of comedy. Comedy and Humor in general have been a tool he used to bring himself out of his shell.

“ at’s how I make a lot of new friends and meet new people, with my humor,” He said. People like that he makes them laugh. e HHS Now page allowed him to share his comedic talent with more realize that he was a funny guy and a good friend.

An Instagram page he started for fun has now become a Hillsborough Highschool staple. It would not have ever happened without the creativity and