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Alumni Spotlight: Charlotte Hayes

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Nico Jordan - Leave a Comment

Charlotte Hayes (‘99) has fond memories of Riverside’s darkroom.  Attached to the photography classroom, it’s where students use chemicals to develop the film from old-fashioned cameras and print their pictures.  …

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Alumni Spotlight: Bertha Mena

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Nico Jordan - Leave a Comment

Once a Pirate, always a Pirate. For so many different reasons, Bertha Mena keeps returning to Riverside Mena dropped out of Riverside due to an unexpected pregnancy. She came back …

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Alumni Spotlight: Ally Blake

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Tobias Rangel - Leave a Comment

Ally Blake (‘16) grew up scared of weather. Now, she studies it.  Blake is a broadcast meteorologist at WMAR, the local ABC channel in Baltimore, Maryland. She covers weather events …

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Alumni Spotlight: Na’Vonne Lewis

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 - by Tobias Rangel - Leave a Comment

Na’Vonne Lewis (‘14) didn’t originally want to work in law, but an encounter with a defense attorney changed her mind. Lewis is a prosecutor for Orange County, officially an assistant …

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Alumni Spotlight: Jordan Hale

April 23, 2024April 25, 2024 - by Roselyn Alvarez-Pedraza - Leave a Comment

2017 Alumni Jordan Hale as a current Special Ed teacher  Jordan Hale (‘17) is a Special Ed Teacher and artist in Asheville, NC. Hale chose to teach because seeing the …

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Alumni Spotlight: Jaden Jules

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 - by Elena Paces-Wiles - 1 Comment

If someone told 18-year-old Jaden Jules (‘17) that he would work for one of the nation’s largest finance companies, he probably would have laughed. Jules is a publicist for Dow …

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Alumni Spotlight: Cy Neff

April 23, 2024April 25, 2024 - by emmetterf - Leave a Comment

After a grant from UNC to travel the old Silk Road his senior year fell through because of the pandemic, Cy Neff (‘16) moved west to work on a chainsaw …

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Alumni Profile: Melissa Herrera

April 23, 2024May 3, 2024 - by Sadie Irby - Leave a Comment

Melissa Herrera (‘07) didn’t know what she wanted to do when she was in high school. Now, her job allows her to meet people all over the world. She works …

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Alumni Spotlight: Bailey Recktenwald

April 23, 2024April 29, 2024 - by Isabelle Abadie - Leave a Comment

Bailey Recktenwald (’15) now works as a climate change activist for Governor Roy Cooper.  While in high school, Recktenwald thrived in science classes, especially AP environmental science.  Her dad, who …

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Alumni Spotlight: Chris West

April 23, 2024 - by Isaiah Heinz - Leave a Comment

Sometimes college majors aren’t as important as they seem. That’s how it was for Chris West (‘15), anyway West was a member of Riverside’s engineering program, ROTC, track and field, …

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Alumni Spotlight: Kriddie Whitmore

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 - by Isaiah Heinz - Leave a Comment

After living in Ecuador for the past year year, Kriddie Whitmore (‘07) is ready to be home. Whitmore is a grad student and lab manager at UNC-Chapel Hill. After getting …

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Alumni Spotlight: Abbey Thompson

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

From the River to Capitol Hill, Abbey Thompson (‘16) has always been interested in politics. Thompson got into politics as a senior at Riverside when she worked as an organizer …

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Alumni Spotlight: Wesley Meyers

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Taliyah Cooper - Leave a Comment

Wesley Meyers (‘15) currently works in live video production, also known as technical directing. He operates video sources and graphic machines to produce live shows.  The production can vary from …

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Alumni Spotlight: Rania Hassan

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Rania Hassan poses with Governor Roy Cooper. Hassan graduated from Riverside in 2015 and now works as a policy assistant for Cooper. Hassan (’15) thought she wanted to be an …

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Alumni Spotlight: Stacy Colindres

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Temiloluwa Mabo - Leave a Comment

Stacy Colindres (‘19) is a behavioral technician. She works at HANDS Center for autism In Durham and attends grad school at UNC-Chapel Hill for social work. Colindres did not originally …

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Sometimes showing up matters more than sitting out Las paredes encaladas de los pasillos de Riverside están cubiertas con obras de arte de estudiantes de los años 90 y principios de los 2000. Covering the whitewashed walls of Riverside’s hallways are pieces of student art from the 1990s and early 2000s. After the flood Después de la inundación: el camino hacia la recuperación De Jamaica y Filipinas a Durham: El numera de maestras in ternasonates que están lliendo a Riverside está subiendo From Jamaica and The Philippines to Durham #GETHOOKED New issue out now!!! 📸 photos by: Saul Janiak Stein.

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