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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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