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March 28, 2024

Sun Youth Forum Bios - 2011

Nearly 1,000 students participated in the 2011 Sun Youth Forum. Below are the biographies of some of those students who took part.

Youth Forum
  • DJ Jevtinijevic
  • High School: Coronado High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Mixed martial arts
  • Favorite Book: Dr. Seuss
  • Favorite Movie: Fast & Furious series
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Big Sean
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: The texting and driving law
  • Future Plans: Open a mixed martial arts gym to help pay for school and study psychology or criminology
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As the funny guy
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Four years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: There's not much rain
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The summer heat
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I try to not take life too seriously. I play lots of instruments, including guitar, piano, upright bass and drums.
Youth Forum
  • Josh Tolentino
  • High School: Cheyenne High School
  • Class: Junior
  • Clubs/Activities: Key Club, Dance club
  • Favorite Book: Cirque du Freak
  • Favorite Movie: Fight Club
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Mike Posner
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Water usage
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: War
  • Future Plans: To become a professional dancer
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As president of Key Club
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: My whole life
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The Strip
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Pollution
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: If it wasn't for Key Club, I wouldn't be dancing.
Youth Forum
  • Stuart Green
  • High School: Palo Verde High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Chess club, National Honor Society
  • Favorite Book: Slaughterhouse 5
  • Favorite Movie: The Matrix
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: NOFX
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Debt
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Debt
  • Future Plans: To go into medicine
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As a nice kid
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: My entire life
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The people
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The traffic
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I like to have fun with my friends.
Youth Forum
  • Lauren Ferraro
  • High School: CSN High School West
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Student body vice president, National Honor Society, volunteering
  • Favorite Book: Uglies
  • Favorite Movie: Limitless
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Drake, Taylor Swift
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Overpopulation
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Debt
  • Future Plans: I want to go to Chapman University in California and eventually study law.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: I want to be remembered for the impact I made helping around school.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 10 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Everything is open 24 hours a day
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Crime
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I'm excited to be at the Sun Youth Forum because I know everyone here has an opinion. I love discussing different topics and here I know everyone will be focused.
Youth Forum
  • Morgan Fitzpatrick
  • High School: Centennial High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Competitive cheerleading, track, volunteering
  • Favorite Book: Helter Skelter
  • Favorite Movie: The Notebook
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Justin Bieber, Beyonce
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: The economy
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: National debt
  • Future Plans: I want to go to college and study to become a homicide detective.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As someone who was outgoing, hardworking and successful
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: My whole life
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: All of the things to see here; interesting people coming to visit
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: There's not a lot of stuff to do for kids under 21
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I have a lot of inspirational people in my life who have encouraged me. They motivate me to do better.
Youth Forum
  • Rebecca Chambers
  • High School: Northwest Career and Technical Academy
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: National Honor Society, history club
  • Favorite Book: The Lovely Bones
  • Favorite Movie: Reservoir Dogs
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Florence and the Machine
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Cuts to education funding
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Protests in Egypt
  • Future Plans: I want to go to UNLV to pursue a psychology degree
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As the most changed person
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 13 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The heat
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The cold
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I'm very against animal cruelty
Youth Forum
  • Brandon Klock
  • High School: Coronado High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Henderson Police Explorer program
  • Favorite Book: Lone Survivor
  • Favorite Movie: Blackhawk Down
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Killswitch Engage, August Burns Red
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Unemployment
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: War in Middle East
  • Future Plans: I want to become a police officer and eventually a SWAT officer
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: Honest, respectful, friendly
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: My entire life
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The concerts
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The weather
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I'm very supportive of the military and law enforcement. I'd do anything to help the soldiers.
Youth Forum
  • Germaine Moore
  • High School: Clark High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Music
  • Favorite Book: The Outsiders
  • Favorite Movie: The Warriors
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Jay-Z
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Unemployment
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: War
  • Future Plans: I want to be a musician. Write music, play music, perform music.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The cool guy
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Seven years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The lights
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Being underage
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I'm friendly - I like to talk to people.
Youth Forum
  • Amy Phommachit
  • High School: Cimarron-Memorial High School
  • Class: Junior
  • Clubs/Activities: Volleyball
  • Favorite Book: Gulliver's Travels
  • Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: The Used
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Cuts to education
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Human trafficking
  • Future Plans: I'm going to go to community college for two years and then to a bigger school to study interior design.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: I want people to remember me for being outrageous.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Two years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The city never sleep
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Not being 21
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I think it's good to approach things with an open mind and never be scared.
Youth Forum
  • Anthony Ramirez
  • High School: Rancho High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: French club, volleyball, cross country
  • Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie
  • Favorite Movie: Due Date
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Middle Class Rut
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Economy
  • Future Plans: I want to study chemical engineering.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As the slacker who made it.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Four and a half years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The Strip
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The Strip
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I'm motivated and determined.
Youth Forum
  • Christian Astorga
  • High School: Canyon Springs High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Student Council, Key Club, Junior Classical League
  • Favorite Book: Steve Jobs' biography
  • Favorite Movie: Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Kanye West
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education budget cuts
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Occupy Wall Street
  • Future Plans: Major in business, hopefully at the University of Southern California
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As the kid who sold t-shirts
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Eight years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: It's one of the centers of the entertainment industry.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Not too much for kids to do
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I have a clothing line and through that I want to prove that kids can do anything.
Youth Forum
  • Gabreella Friday
  • High School: Advanced Technologies Academy
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Senior class vice president, tennis.
  • Favorite Book: Night
  • Favorite Movie: The Dark Knight
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Childish Gambino
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: School funding
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The economy
  • Future Plans: I want to graduate from law school.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As the funny kid.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Eight years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The people
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The people
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: Tennis is my passion.
Youth Forum
  • Alyssa Zerkle
  • High School: Moapa Valley High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Cheerleading, forensics, jazz band
  • Favorite Book: The Princess Bride
  • Favorite Movie: Pride and Prejudice
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Everything
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education budgets
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The economy
  • Future Plans: Go to college, hopefully at Brigham Young University, to study nursing
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As an outgoing girl who was really involved and helped people.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Lived in Moapa for 10 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: I like the small town feel of Moapa, but that Las Vegas is close
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Crime
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I'm conservative but I like to keep an open mind. I'm really into music.
Youth Forum
  • Diamond Thompson
  • High School: Western High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Track and field
  • Favorite Book: Twilight
  • Favorite Movie: The Butterfly Effect
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Wale
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education and cuts to school activities
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: How foreign aid money is spent
  • Future Plans: I want to go to college, hopefully on a track scholarship, to study psychology.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: That I was energetic, athletic and full of school spirit.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: All of my life.
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The summer, I love the heat
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: There aren't many activities for young people
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I'm self motivated, I don't rely on others to get stuff done.
Youth Forum
  • Stephanie Taboada
  • High School: Liberty High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: AP classes
  • Favorite Book: Watership Down
  • Favorite Movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Otep
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: The drinking age
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The economy
  • Future Plans: To become a social worker
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: My whole life
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Its fast-paced
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Its fast-paced
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Fewer: I want to be a social worker because I've seen how hard it is for people. I want to help out as much as I can.
Youth Forum
  • Mickailia Robertson
  • High School: Virtual High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Student council
  • Favorite Book: The Scarlet Letter
  • Favorite Movie: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Lady Gaga
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Oil
  • Future Plans: Law School
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The fun, happy person
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Eight years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The culture
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The gamblers
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I speak seven languages, I love culture and I hope to travel the world.
Youth Forum
  • Victor Rivas
  • High School: Valley High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Project Arts, community service club
  • Favorite Book: The Harry Potter Series
  • Favorite Movie: Rocky
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Drake
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The economic meltdown in Europe and the U.S.
  • Future Plans: To go to college and be the CEO of a marketing company
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: I'd love to be remembered for being a nice, fun guy
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 15 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: It's just fun. We have the Strip, Mt. Charleston and Red Rock.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Not many family-oriented things to do.
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I'm a Salvadorian kid who loves to have fun with friends and loves sports. Go Vikings!
Youth Forum
  • Wegahta Seyoum
  • High School: Southeast Career Technical Academy
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Student Council, SOL, Humanities, Future Business Leaders of America
  • Favorite Book: The Hunger Games
  • Favorite Movie: Titanic
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Adele
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Schooling
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The currency
  • Future Plans: To be a business woman... go to business school.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As an outgoing humanitarian
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 14 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The People
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Everything else
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I'm a hardworking individual who loves helping the less fortunate. I'm very outgoing and a huge family person. I love life and hanging out with my family. Education is very important to me and I believe everyone is entitled to one.
Youth Forum
  • High School: Chaparral High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Track and band
  • Favorite Book: The Odyssey
  • Favorite Movie: The Watchmen
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: The Mars Volta and Drake
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: The school system
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The debt crisis
  • Future Plans: Attend college to become a personal trainer
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The strong, handsome, leader-like kid
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 17 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Always something to do when you're 21
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: No seasonal weather, lost traditions
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I am very enthusiastic about being smart and healthy. I get along with everyone I want to. I love helping people with anything I can and I love playing drum set for the jazz band at Chaparral High School.
Youth Forum
  • Pavel Sorkin
  • High School: Advanced Technologies Academy
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Forensics, Future Business Leaders of America, National Honors Society
  • Favorite Book: Atlas Shrugged
  • Favorite Movie: I don't think I have one.
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Mainstream music and classical music
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: People that are not politically informed
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: America thinks it has too much power
  • Future Plans: I'm going to college and then going to business
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As hardworking
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 13 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Are there any good things about living here? I can't think of any.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: I don't like the weather.
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I am business-minded and very focused on school, political issues, improving quality of life, being involved in the community and moving society forward.
Youth Forum
  • Karla Leiva
  • High School: Eldorado High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Dance and Upward Bound
  • Favorite Book: Twilight the Saga
  • Favorite Movie: Titanic
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: R & B music and Bachata
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You:The economy and budget cuts in schools
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: teen pregnancy
  • Future Plans: College at University of California, Berkeley to be a lawyer or a psychologist
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: As a person who was successful and accomplished her dreams.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Five years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Everything is close.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: No beaches!
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I'm outgoing, I love to dance and the most kindest person you can meet.
Youth Forum
  • Brandon Fisher
  • High School: Shadow Ridge High School
  • Class:Senior
  • Clubs/Activities:Wrestling
  • Favorite Book:I don't have one.
  • Favorite Movie: Iron Man
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Drake
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: The school district
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Protests on Wall Street
  • Future Plans: Serve a mission for church and go to college
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The athlete that everyone knew.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 18 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Nice, hot summers.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Nice, hot summers.
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I love sports and I look forward to being able to graduate this year and attend college.
Youth Forum
  • Cody Andersen
  • High School: Advanced Technolgies Academy
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Forensics, Varsity Quiz, National Honors Society
  • Favorite Movie: Pulp Fiction
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Led Zeppelin
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The collapsing world economy
  • Future Plans: Engineering school and I'll see after that.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: Hardworking, bright
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: My whole life, 17 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The different perspectives on things.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: It's a depressed city. The recession has hit us hard.
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I'm a Las Vegas native and a big fan of political science.
Youth Forum
  • LaDarrell Monglcholtham
  • High School: Canyon Springs High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Basketball, football, Track, National Honors Society and Student Council
  • Favorite Book: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experienment
  • Favorite Movie: The Wood
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: A mixture of everything
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Budgets cuts in school. They are cutting classes I'd like to take.
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Wars
  • Future Plans: I'm going to Pepperdine University for business and management.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: Most athletic
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: I was born here and moved so about 15 years.
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: It's lively in Vegas
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: We rely on tourism.
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I'm hardworking, a leader and I have a dream to go pro in basketball. I also have a dream to own one of the best businesses in the world.
Youth Forum
  • Kenya Griffin
  • High School: Northwest Career and Technical Academy
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: Basketball
  • Favorite Book: The Hunger Games
  • Favorite Movie: Inception
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Dub-step and techno music
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Unemployment
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Government issues in Egypt and Libya
  • Future Plans: To study computer engineering at ASU and Nevada State
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The kid with the golden smile
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: All my life, 17 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Beautiful weather
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: no activities for teens
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I'm a determined young adult who loves to BMX and make music in my spare time.
Youth Forum
  • Patrick Eukel
  • High School: Northwest Career and Technical Academy
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: none
  • Favorite Book: Harry Potter
  • Favorite Movie: Inception
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Dub-step
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Taxes and school budgeting
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Iran becoming a nuclear country and Libyan riots
  • Future Plans: To to Oklahoma State University and get a master's in engineering and architecture
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The guy that brightens up everybody's day.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Born and raised: 18 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: We are in one of the most famous cities in the world.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: You can't do anything until you are 21!
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I've played guitar for nine years and I love music... I've always wanted to become a famous musician. I value friends and family. I want to do something that matters in life... something people will remember me by, like build a giant skyscraper.
Youth Forum
  • Meagan Shiles
  • High School: Clark High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: I help with the drama club.
  • Favorite Book: Howl's Moving Castle
  • Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: pop and country music
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education. We're focusing on the core but not improving the curriculum.
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Hunger. It's all politics. Countries are not helping and politics is against the good.
  • Future Plans: Go to college, somewhere affordable, for theatre and film directing.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: For being a good, nice person.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Born and raised, 17 years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: The heat feels nice.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Education
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I believe that we should form together as a community. We should help and not antagonize just to do so, but to get things moving. We should be life-long neighbors- not "sunshine patriots" and summertime friends.
Youth Forum
  • Elvin Castillo
  • High School: Valley High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: President of chess club, football, wrestling, Mariachi
  • Favorite Book: The Road
  • Favorite Movie: The Notebook
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: So diverse. I'm a DJ so I listen to every type of song, Latino and American.
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Job opportunities. The Jobs Act is not getting voted on.
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Global warming, but it's not getting any better.
  • Future Plans: Go to the CSN and then UNLV, major in music production so I can be a music producer.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The gentleman. Everyone at my school knows me as the gentleman.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: 17 years. I've never left Las Vegas, ever.
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: Enormous amount of diverse people
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The climate.
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I'm a DJ and my passion in life is music.
Youth Forum
  • Zelzah Baez
  • High School: Cimarron-Memorial High School
  • Class: Senior
  • Clubs/Activities: The Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum is my first extra curricular activity.
  • Favorite Book: Animal Farm
  • Favorite Movie: Inception
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: My Morning Jacket, and a lot of other music.
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Jobs, people are leaving Nevada because there are no jobs.
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: The economy
  • Future Plans: I'm hoping to get into UNR and major in architecture or psychology.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: I want to be successful one who did everything she said she would.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Six years.
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: I really like the people. I like how populated it is.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: The heat and extreme weather.
  • Tell Us About Yourself in 100 Words or Less: I really enjoyed the forum because I like listening to opinions and the differences in beliefs and hearing current issues.
Youth Forum
  • Patricia Williams
  • High School: Arbor View High School
  • Class: Junior
  • Clubs/Activities: Band, National Honors Society and Key Club
  • Favorite Book: I don't know.
  • Favorite Movie: I don't know.
  • What Are You Listening to on Your iPod: Korean pop music
  • Current Nevada Issue That Most Concerns You: Education
  • Current World Issue That Most Concerns You: Unrest in the Middle East and Africa.
  • Future Plans: College to study medicine.
  • How do You Want to be Remembered at Your High School Reunion: The valedictorian, I'm on path to be when I graduate.
  • How Long Have you Been in Las Vegas: Four years
  • Best Part About Living in Las Vegas: There are a lot of things to see. It's a pretty place to live.
  • Worst Part About Living in Las Vegas: Not much to do.