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College & Career Heroes, 2015-2016

These hero stories are from Mr. Baker's freshman college & career planning course. Students focus on contemporary individuals who exemplify their own values and aspirations for the future.

Dolvett Quince
By: Blake from Mission Viejo
"Fitness is about so much more than exercise. It's a catalyst for positive change, and it affects every aspect of your life."- Amanda Russell
Hideo Kojima
By: Brian from Mission Viejo
"Games should not only be fun. They should teach or spark an interest in other things." - Hideo Kojima
Ruth Posner
By: Kendall from Mission Viejo
Christina Conlee
By: Kristen from Mission Viejo
Bankole A. Johnson
By: Rustin from Mission Viejo
"We're addicted to rehab. It doesn't even work."
Randii Wessen
By: Michael from Mission Viejo
"You...have two choices: Coast and do nothing, in which case, you've...wasted your life force. Or...try things. ...Maybe some things will fail... Maybe some will succeed. But if you don't try, you'll never find those things that work out." - R.W
Carolyn Hayden
By: Tatum from Mission Viejo
"Make it work" - Carolyn Hayden
Robert Sternberg
By: Ashleigh from Mission Viejo
"Be the change you want to see in the world''- Mahatma Gandhi
Hillary Yacobucci
By: Emily from Mission Viejo
"No design works unless it embodies ideas that are held common by the people for whom the object is intended"Adrian Forty
Evan Spiegel
By: Tommy from Mission Viejo
"There is real value in sharing moments that do not live forever."- Evan Spiegel
Stanley J. Dudrick
By: Jamie from Mission Viejo
"I want to leave something better behind when I go, rather than just practice medicine the way it has always been done."
Mehrshid Tohid
By: Sormeh from Mission Viejo
"I believe that preventing illnesses is more effective than treating them." Mehrshid
Susan Blackmore
By: Melody from Mission Viejo
"We know what we are but not what we may be." - Ophelia in Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Dr. Brenda Grettenberger
By: Isabella from MIssion Viejo
"Best doctor in the world is a veterinarian. He can't ask his patient what's the matter. He's just got to know" Will Rogers
William Pedersen
By: Alvaro from Mission Viejo
"Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart."
Steven W. Cantrell
By: Garrett from Mission Viejo
"The Coast Guard has long been known as the armed service that gets more done for less." -Howard Coble (Representative for North Carolina''s 6th congressional district)
Peter J. Fagenholz
By: Shelbie from Mission Viejo
"Don't sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you."- Karl Lagerfeld
Kimberly Hill
By: Jolie from Mission Viejo
"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties."- Helen Keller
Antonio Webb
By: Kelli from Mission Viejo
Richelle Mead
By: Rebel from Mission Viejo
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."- Neil Gaiman, (Coraline)
Susan Goldberg
By: Tres from Mission Viejo
"I believe in the power of science, exploration and storytelling to change the world."
Gareth Frank Bale
By: Jordan Jarvis from Mission Viejo
"As a kid, you obviously dream of being... like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don''t think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football." - Gareth Bale
Brandon Stanton
By: Emmi from Mission Viejo
"There are so many people that use 'following your dreams' as an excuse to not work. When in reality, following your dreams, successfully, is nothing but work."• Brandon Stanton
Russell Wilson
By: Nathan from Mission Viejo
"Always persevere, always have a great perspective, and always have great purpose in your life."
-Russell Wilson
Nadia Nizam
By: Victoria from Mission Viejo
"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing" -Mother Teresa
Jason Jones
By: Cameron from Mission Viejo
"What you're doing is incredibly arrogant, which is: 'I believe that this group of people can make something that millions of other people will not only enjoy, but will enjoy so much that they're willing to pay for it.'"
Frankie Muniz
By: Michael from Mission Viejo
"I know I am no better than anyone else in this world." -Frankie Muniz
Michael Baden
By: Ariana from Mission Viejo
"Michael Baden gets up every day wanting to do good in the world." Marion Roach
CJ Wilson
By: Josh from Mission Viejo
"You have to understand where you are on the continuum. I feel I have to be the criminal mastermind on the mound if I want to win." - CJ Wilson
James Porter
By: Jake from Mission Viejo
"It''s about perseverance, whether it''s on the range or in life" - James Porter
Richard Rawlings
By: savino from mission veijo
I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt.-Paul Walker
Mark Kelly
By: David from Mission Viejo
Getting out of the comfortable path, that's what exploration is all about
Nathan Adrian
By: Keaton from Ladera Ranch, California
"It's not who's put up the fastest time in the world that year, or who's put up the fastest time in the previous four years, but who can get their hand on the wall first today."
Michaela DePrince
By: Krysta from Mission Viejo
"Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils." -Micheala DePrince
Homaro Cantu
By: Julio from San Juan Capistrano
"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." -"La Rochefoucauld
David Crane
By: Cameron from Mission Viejo
"Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair." -David Crane
Michael Cole Miller
By: Katelyn from Mission Viejo
"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." -Albert Einstein
Giada De Laurentiis
By: Carmen from Mission Viejo
"If people are made to feel uncomfortable in the kitchen, they won't go in there. That''s why I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing" GIADA DE LAURENTIIS
Chad Hurley
By: Rodeen from Mission Viejo
There's always going to be a place for YouTube ~Chad Hurley
Grayson Boucher
By: Brian from Mission Viejo
"Legacy wise, I'd like to be remembered as a guy who was always an underdog but always held his own and always put on an incredible show on the court." -Grayson Boucher
Nathan Adrian
By: Jason from Mission Viejo
"It's what you do in the dark that puts you in the light." - Under Armour
Gigi Gorgeous
By: Ashlee from Mission Viejo
"Happy people do not tear people down, happy people build people up."

Organizer created on 9/26/2015 9:24:51 AM by Kent Baker

Last edited 11/9/2016 7:04:14 AM by Kent Baker

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