Roxanne Quinones, a grandmother caring for her family, graduated earlier this year before the pandemic took over the world. LearningQuest wanted to make sure that Roxanne and the other 87 adults who earned their High School Equivalency diploma since last Fall were still able to experience the once-in-a-lifetime moment of a graduation celebration. Their accomplishments were acknowledged at LearningQuest’s first drive-thru graduation on Thursday, October 1st, in the CrossPoint Church parking lot.
LearningQuest staff welcomed graduates with posters, pompoms, music, and balloons as they arrived to receive their certificates. Families followed in their cars with screams and honking horns as they cheered on their graduate. Community-focused organizations and individuals, like MID, VBC Bottling Co., and state representatives, also supported this moment for the LearningQuest graduates. This celebration was a success as adults, like Roxanne, who’ve worked hard on their goals saw that there is a community of people applauding their commitment to changing their lives.
“When you have a goal set in mind, GO FOR IT, regardless of your finances and home life. There are so many programs out there and LearningQuest has made ways for us to complete our goals and to do so within ways that meet our means. We allow ourselves to let things we are struggling with get in the way of our goals and you have to use your determination to get through it. It is hard, but it can be done.” – Roxanne Quinones
Roxanne Quinones
Michael White with his family
Graduate, Elizabeth DeHart (right), gives flowers to her instructor, Irene Ramirez (left)
Check out all the photos from the LearningQuest’s first drive thru Graduation in the Facebook photo album below!
2019-2020 LearningQuest Graduates
Juan C. Albor
Augustine Alonso*
Abelino Alvarez
Sergio Alvarez*
Jaklin Amiri
Rosario Banuelos
Claudio Barron
Sibei Becerril
Juana Cabrera
Juan M. Calixto*
Mallory Cantu
Rosalia Cardenas Gonzalez
Maria Cervantes
Richard Chavez
Michelle Cimino
Elizabeth Dehart
Celia Diaz
Juan M. Dimas
Trina M. Duenas
Shawn Elliott
Libier Escamilla*
Diana Isela Estrada
Vincent Fernando
Tyler J. Fite-Parks
Maria Del Carmen Flores
Idania Fuentes
Juan Garcia
Rigoberto Garcia Medina*
Tonatee Gentry*
Johnny Gonzales
Maria Gonzales
Abigail Gonzalez
Beatriz Gonzalez*
Guadalupe Guerrero
Laniza Guiang
Monica Gutierrez
Xane Z. Hernandez
Larry Hinkston
Jason House*
Delilah Hurtado
Yessenia Jimenez
Chethan Kommu
Vanessa Laccetti
Michael Lane
Miguel Lopez
Rigoberto Lopez
Jose Lopez
Anthony Mancilla
Jordan Masangcay
Jazmin Melgarejo Luna
Virginia Melius*
Hayry Mineo Sauceda
Michael Modaresi
Christopher Morales
Heidy Moscoso Monroy
Theresia Ngefor
Benjamin Nunez
Rosalba Ochoa*
Estella Ortiz
Aida Pablo
Jerymia Parker*
Karina Pineda
Roxanne Quinones
John Rainey*
Ana Karen Ramirez
David Ramos*
Alice Razo
Jennifer Rocca*
Jennifer Rogers
Moises Rosas Diaz
Yajaira Salinas
Alberto Sanchez
Jonathan Sangster
Paul Segovia*
Tyrone Smith
Melissa Soto*
Emily Souza*
Jose Toledo
Bethany Tyler
Guadalupe Valverde
Tatiana Vargas
Adela Vera
Luz del Carmen Vilchis
Michael White
William Williams
Nathan Willis
Brian R.D. Woody
Ramon Zavala
* Graduated with Honors