Liberty Rodgers got into fights and spent almost two years of high school locked up. She learned to sew, read books she enjoyed and decided to focus so she could graduate and go on to a welding career.

Isabelle Zaragosa voluntarily enrolled in the Oregon Youth Challenge Program, a military-run alternative high school, thriving with the strict routine after she fell behind on credits during Covid.

Senior Abdoulie Jallow was shy when he started at McKay High School as a sophomore after his family immigrated from The Gambia, but quickly made a name for himself on the soccer field.

Whether she’s painting scenes of nature on pottery, performing as an aerialist or sewing her own prom dress, Eden Swain is always creating something.

Janetzy Velasco, 18, nearly died giving birth to her daughter Korayma. She was back in class months later, determined to earn her diploma.

Graduating senior Hatimu Letisi is best known as a football player, but he holds the honor of cooking the best salmon South’s culinary teacher has ever eaten.