Ponce was a kid-family-friendly, easy-going student who was on super good terms with pretty much everybody at the entire school, no matter how short on the social scale they were. None of his friends, however shared a timeless a bond with him as with JFK. Ponce illustrated how much he really loved living, always finding ways to live-in-the-minute and make himself feel alive and kicking. He treated every other day as though it was his last and he wanted to keep this up 'til the day he passed away