Happy Graduation to ALF Oregon Classes 45 & 46

ALF Oregon celebrated our graduating classes on May 16th at the Matt Dishman Community Center in Portland, OR. A big thank you to all of the speakers who came foward to uplift Classes 45 and 46: Amber Faist (Class 45), Willow Jade Norton Zolan (Class 45), Alfredo Moreno (Class 45), Jessica Mole Heilman (Class 45), Amanda Garcia-Snell (Class 45), Cheryl Myers (Class 46), and Denzil Kumar (Class 46).

This past year our classes visited a host of vibrant and varied communities across the state of Oregon: Woodburn, Sisters, Grand Ronde, Hood River, Newport, Medford, St. Helens, La Grande, and Portland.

Here are the classes on graduation day:

ABOVE: Class 45 after their graduation on May 16th. Back row, left to right: Jessica Mole Heilman, Stephanie Marquez, Christina Dirks, Hope Beraka, Tobey Goldfarb, Willow Jade Norton Zolan, Taylor Sarman, and Kim Marshall. Front row, left to right: Nikita Vincent, Priscilla Fuentes, Amanda Garcia-Snell, Eliot Feenstra, Amber Faist, Teresa Carr, Alfredo Moreno, and Alex Llumiquinga.

ABOVE: Class 46 after their graduation on May 16th. Back row, left to right: Bandana Shrestha, Jilian Saurage-Felton, Steve Van Eck, Trystan Reece, David Harrelson, Chris Viola-Krause, Lex Jakusovszky, Denzil Kumar, Steven Nakana, Roland Herrera, Tim Cook, Rachel Alm, and Sam Engle. Front row from left to right: Robin Moody, Lucia Longoria, Cheryl Myers, and Carina Miller with baby Xilani.

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Here are some snapshots of our year together: