15 05 28 RFHS-BRIDGES Graduates

2 0 1 5 GRAD UATI NG C LAS S Raymundo Acuna Villasano

Mario Alverde Duarte

Jonathan Aranda

Western Colorado Community College

Colorado Mountain College

University of Colorado

Major: Teacher Education

Major: Pre-Med

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love and of power and a sound mind.

—2 Timothy 1:7

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you — always.

—Oprah Winfrey

Ember Bell

Roy Michael Benge

Brianna Jaye Boland

Internships, Classes at CMC, Move to Washington State

University of Virginia

Fordham University

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

LINCOLN CENTER CAMPUS NEW YORK, NY

GRAND JUNCTION, CO

Major: Culinary Arts There's a way to do it better — find it.

Sink or swim you gotta give it a whirl.

—John Michael Montgomerey

It's about being fierce and alive and not shutting up and sitting down even though people would like you to.

—Pink aka Alicia Moore

DENVER, CO

Major: Int’l Studies/ Mandarin Chinese The world is not in your books and maps; it's out there.

—J.R.R. Tolkein

Emily Bella Bruell

Gloria Guadalupe Candela Hernandez

Benjamin Graves Carpenter

Bates College

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado College

Major: Nursing

Major: Pre-Architecture

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

—Muhammad Ali

A life lived for others is a life worth living.

Erik Jesus Carrillo Rodriguez

Yazmin Castillo Gonzalez

Adrian Chavez Alvarez

Colorado School of Mines

University of Colorado

US Marines

LEWISTON, ME

Major: Neuroscience/ Biology We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves.

—J.K. Rowling

DENVER, CO

GOLDEN, CO

Major: Pre-Med Minor: Art

Major: Engineering

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love what you are doing —Pele

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

—Vince Lombardi

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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

Major: Combat Engineer

ROARING FORK HIGH SCHOOL

Juan Eduardo Clemente Alonzo

Kayla Elizabeth Derby

Victor Jesus Dominguez Chavarin

Northwest College

University of San Francisco

Entering the Work Force

POWELL, WY

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Major: General Studies

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Major: Sociology

What is worth having, is worth working for.

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

—Steve Jobs

Broderick Christopher Erickson

Wyatt Ike Farris

Emily Martha Fisher

Gap Year/ Pursuing my Music

Colorado State University

Ohio University

PUEBLO, CO

We all deserve happiness.

Who ever you are, and what ever pain you have faced, I hope you find peace.

Major: Psycology The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

—Elliot Carver

ATHENS, OH

Major: Physical Therapy Life is all about being better than everyone else.

Jonathan Beck Fisher

Emily Marie Fuller

Anali Garcia

Colorado Mountain College

Chapman University

Colorado Mountain College

Major: Kinesiology/ History

Major: Education

If we were meant to stay in one place forever we'd have roots instead of feet.

—Rachel Wolchin

Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Arnold Orlando Garcia

Shay David Gianinetti

Yunira Gomez

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mesa University

Colorado Mountain College

GRAND JUNCTION, CO

Major: Civil Engineering Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

—Al Bernstein

If you do not put in front of you what you love, you will be consumed by what destroys you.

—Shay Gianinetti

Jackson Porter Hardin

Sheila Hernandez Ambrosio

Vasser College

Colorado Mountain College

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY

Major: English/ Visual Art There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

—Ernest Hemingway

Major: Cosmetology When life puts you in tough situations,don't say, why me? Just say try me!

—Anonymous

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Transfer to Colorado Mesa University to continue my Nursing career.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

—Bill Cosby

Abraham Hernandez Gallegos

2015 GRADUATING CLASS

Adjoa Tasbah Hursey

Jacqueline Jacquez Oros

Kristen Marie Joiner

Fort Lewis College

Colorado Mountain College

University of Miami Major: Journalism

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.

—Johnny Depp

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

—Walt Disney

Ruby Anne Lang

Andrew Diedrich Legersky

Raul Leyva Gomez

California Polytechnic State University

Working for a year and then attending college.

Entering the Work Force

DURANGO, CO

Major: Graphic Design

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA

CORAL GABLES, FL

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.

—Taylor Swift

Hug a musician because they do not get to dance!

—Steve Legersky

Major: Environmental Engineering One time I ran in the halls.

Jose De Jesus Corrales Lopez

Esmeralda Concepcion Lopez Avendano

Jose Alfonso Lopez Rosales

Running Track and Field

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hardto-find alloy called guts.

—Dan Gable

Major: Nursing

It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.

Cuauhtemoc Eduardo Martinez Castillo

Carlos Fabricio Martinez Palma

Abril Mendoza

Universal Technical Institute

Entering the Work Force

Colorado Mountain College

Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

SCOTTSDALE, AZ

La vida no se ha hecho para comprenderla, sino para vivirla.

Major: Automotive/Diesel Forget what's gone, appreciate what remains, and look forward to what's coming next.

Major: Nursing It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

—E.E. Cummings

Eduardo Meraz Mancinas

Makir Moreno Hernandez

Ariel Samantha Murphy

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College

Fort Lewis College

Major: Engineering

Major: Criminal Justice

When you give up on hope, you turn away from fear. And when you quit relying on hope then you will truly feel successful.

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Moderation is for cowards.

Major: Business Admin./ Tourism-Hospitality

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DURANGO, CO

If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.

—Ratatouille

ROARING FORK HIGH SCHOOL

Laura Beth Needham

Maite Elizabeth Nieblas

Lesley Madalyn Platero

University of Northern Colorado

Long Island University

Colorado Mountain College

GREELEY, CO

Major: Accounting

Major: Nursing

You have to fight some bad days to earn the best days of your life.

—Anonymous

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have.

Kendra Quezada

Misael Armando Ramos Lechuga

Arley Giovana Reza Pacheco

Colorado Mountain College/Transfer to Fort Lewis

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College

Major: Digital Media

Major: Dental

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

I make my own rules, so don't expect me to follow your's.

—Vicki Gunvalson

Ian Mose Rothman

Jesus Sanchez

Victoria Christine Schlueter

Fort Lewis College

Colorado Mountain College

Fort Lewis College

Transfer after two years Colorado Mesa University.

Major: Early Childhood Education

Major: Psychology

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once and a while, you could miss it.

—Ferris Bueller's Day

Major: Veterinary Technology Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game Veterinary Technology —Anonymous

DURANGO, CO

Major: Undecided Sport: Lacrosse You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.

—Dr. Seuss

Never skip leg day.

—Life

DURANG0, CO

Coral Servin

Chering Namgyal Sherpa

Eber Silva Estrada

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College

STEAMBOAT, CO

Major: Social Work/ Business

Major: Business

Major: Petroleum Technology

Try not to become a man of success, try to become a man of value.

—Albert Einstein

Soon poor grades will disappear in the shadows of power and wealth.

—Kevin Spacey

Tanner Wilson Spence

Areli Yulissa Tapia Nunez

Maria DeLaLuz Uribe Orozco

San Diego State University

Colorado Mountain College/Transfer to Colorado Mesa University

Colorado Mountain College/Transfer to Colorado Mesa University

Major: Biology

Major: Nursing

When you've reached a certain point of your life, there are people out there waiting to see you fall.

But rather then let gravity take you down, sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands and fly."

—Justin Bieber

I'm my own boss and I think its time for a raise.

—Vicki Gunvalson

SAN DIEGO, CA

Major: Business Administration Tanner stole everyone's girl.

—said Everyone

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2015 GRADUATING CLASS

ROARING FORK HIGH SCHOOL 2015 GRADUATING CLASS

WE WANT TO THANK THE FOLLOWING GENEROUS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO RFHS SENIORS THIS YEAR Alpine Bank Hispanic Scholar American Legion Post-100 Women’s Auxiliary Scholarship Aspen Board of Realtors Aspen Public Radio Noonan Scholarship Aspen Thrift Shop

Bob Willey Passion for Life Brenda Patch Memorial Scholarship Buddy Program

Fast Forward Technical Program Scholarships

Roaring Fork Sports Foundation

Glenwood Springs Elks Club

Steve Westhoff Engineering Scholarship

Glenwood Springs Association of Realtors

Carbondale Rotary

Keeping it Real ScholarshipCrawling for a Cure

CMC Foundation Colorado PEO

Roaring Fork High School Booster Club

Defiance Community PlayersIvy Adler Scholarship

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Rebeka Lodge Harley Baldwin Scholarship John Gold Pre-Collegiate Scholarship

2 0 1 5 GR AD U ATI N G CLA SS Norman Avila Figueroa

David Barajas

Carla Cortes

Entering the Work Force

Entering the Work Force in Denver

Colorado Mountain College

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

You don't get what you wish for, you get what you work for.

Julia Esparza

Mayra Flores

Lia Gallardo

Entering the Work Force

Colorado Mountain College then apply for Medical School

Attending College in California

Jackelyne Garcia Flores

Paola Gonzalez Gaytan

Jennifer Govea Gomez

The Art Institute of Denver

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College

Plans: Become a certified nurse assistant and go to Haiti to work.

Plans: Visit California, attend CMC for 2 years, transfer to Metro State to start criminal justice career.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life,

Indika Hardenbrook

Malia Machado

Metro State University

Columbia College

DENVER, CO

CHICAGO, IL

DENVER, CO

Plans: Move to France If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. —Cheshire Cat

Andrew Gray

Plans: Make money playing games

Major: Early Childhood Director

How many wells does it take to make a river? One if it's big enough.

Do your squats, eat your vegetables, wear red lipstick, don't let boys be mean to you.

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If you're going through hell, keep going. —Winston Churchill

2015 GRADUATING CLASS

Evelyn Morales Martinez

Evan Piccolo

Savannah Reynolds

Plans: Working in the music industry.

Plans: Going to Costa Rica to work in an orphanage and then move to Colorado Springs.

Salon Professional Academy GRAND JUNCTION, CO

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

Kareli Salcido

Daniel Sandoval Noyola

Juan Sotelo Pujol

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College

Plans: Working full-time as a dental assistant, then attending college.

Plans: Taking classes at CMC, work hard to build a good base for my art.

Do as you please, because at the end of the day, it will only affect you.

Let it be.

Manuel Villegas Valdez

Theodore Zimmer

Dulce Perez

Plans: Work this summer to get money to attend culinary school in Colorado Springs.

Plans: Work for one year, then off to college.

I may be on the side of the angels, but don't think for one second that I am one of them. —Sherlock Holmes

Work hard, live great.

—The Beatles

Life is simple, live simply.

To be the best, you have to beat the best.

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