Style Magazine April 2020
This month’s magazine focuses on myriad ways to soak up the springtime sunshine. Freelance writer, photographer, and former wilderness guide, Ryan Martinez, takes us through some of his favorite alfresco activities—mountain biking, backpacking, bouldering, etc.—in our cover story, “Your (Local) Guide to the Great Outdoors” (page 43), with some top spots to try each adventure, “know before you go” tips, must-have apps, and more. After perusing the incredible pictures and reading his recommendations, I definitely feel inspired and more prepared to explore more.
This month’s magazine focuses on myriad ways to soak up the springtime sunshine. Freelance writer, photographer, and former wilderness guide, Ryan Martinez, takes us through some of his favorite alfresco activities—mountain biking, backpacking, bouldering, etc.—in our cover story, “Your (Local) Guide to the Great Outdoors” (page 43), with some top spots to try each adventure, “know before you go” tips, must-have apps, and more. After perusing the incredible pictures and reading his recommendations, I definitely feel inspired and more prepared to explore more.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT<br />
10 TEENS<br />
MAKING THEIR MARK<br />
BY TARA MENDANHA<br />
In this year’s roundup of youthful visionaries, we spotlight<br />
some of the region’s best, brightest, and most inspiring<br />
students. In no particular order…<br />
Kate MacPherson<br />
What accomplishment are you most proud of and why?<br />
Being selected to represent my school at the Northern<br />
California Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference (HOBY<br />
NorCal) in June 2019.<br />
What are your hobbies and involvements in school?<br />
I’ve been on the varsity volleyball team since my freshman<br />
year and was selected as a co-captain and given all-league<br />
honors during my sophomore and junior years. Aside from<br />
volleyball, I serve as one of our editors-in-chief, head of<br />
sports, and the social media manager for the Oakmont<br />
student media publication, Norse Notes.<br />
What’s one thing not many people know about you?<br />
I once memorized every capital to every country in the world.<br />
Ian Ng<br />
17, OAKMONT HIGH SCHOOL 17, VISTA DEL LAGO HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Favorites<br />
ESCAPE: Lake Tahoe<br />
GUILTY PLEASURE: Nutella crêpes<br />
MEAL IN TOWN: Fair Oaks Roll from Mikuni<br />
LOCAL LANDMARK: Folsom Lake<br />
MOVIE: Mamma Mia<br />
MUSICIAN/BAND: Train<br />
SAYING: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it<br />
is the courage to continue that counts.”–Winston<br />
Churchill<br />
Angel Alonzo<br />
18, OAKMONT HIGH SCHOOL<br />
What accomplishment are you most proud of and<br />
why?<br />
Raising $1,500 for my school music program to use<br />
for purchasing new instruments, sheet music, and<br />
equipment. Over the course of more than a year, I<br />
prepared the 10 hardest pieces I’d learned throughout<br />
my piano career and successfully performed them for<br />
an audience of over 100 in October 2019.<br />
What are your hobbies and involvements in school?<br />
I’m the president and current team captain of the<br />
Science Bowl Club at Vista, and I coach the Science<br />
Bowl Team at Folsom Middle School. I also help run<br />
the Computer Science Club at Vista, which my friends<br />
and I founded this year; and I’m co-president of Vista’s<br />
Robotics Club. I participated in orchestra last year as a<br />
pianist and violinist and still help out. I also play varsity<br />
tennis on the school team.<br />
If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?<br />
Japan. It has such a different culture from the U.S.,<br />
along with a unique history and is one of the leading<br />
countries in terms of developing cutting-edge<br />
technology.<br />
Favorites<br />
ESCAPE: Shooting hoops with my friends<br />
GUILTY PLEASURE: Playing Minecraft with my<br />
sister<br />
MEAL IN TOWN: Stuffed-crust pizza at Pieology<br />
LOCAL LANDMARK: Folsom Public Library<br />
MOVIE: The Dark Knight<br />
MUSICIAN/BAND: Panic! at the Disco<br />
SAYING: “I am a great believer in luck, and I<br />
find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”—<br />
Thomas Jefferson<br />
What are your hobbies and involvements in<br />
school?<br />
E-sports league, working out, and doing yard<br />
work. I’ve also been involved in our school’s<br />
student government program for all four years,<br />
where I’m able to make a difference on our<br />
campus with events and fundraisers.<br />
What’s one thing that not many people know<br />
about you?<br />
I’m generally a quiet person but enjoy hanging<br />
out with large groups, which is why I like student<br />
government so much.<br />
What are your plans for the future?<br />
Join the Navy and begin a medical career.<br />
Favorites<br />
ESCAPE: Maidu Library<br />
GUILTY PLEASURE: Kettle chips<br />
MEAL IN TOWN: Mikuni or In-N-Out Burger<br />
LOCAL LANDMARK: Maidu Park<br />
MOVIE: Knowing<br />
MUSICIAN/BAND: Avenged Sevenfold and<br />
Disturbed<br />
SAYING: “Forget about it.”<br />
Photo of Angel Alonzo by Ray Burgess. Photo of Kate MacPherson by Dante Fontana.<br />
18 stylemg.com | APRIL <strong>2020</strong> | /stylemg /stylemediagroup /stylemediagroup /stylemags
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