Graduates!
Anastasia Brents
Mountain View HS (Vancouver, Wash.)
Anastasia plans to attend Clark Col-
lege in the fall to major in psychology and
transfer to a university for her bachelor’s
degree.
Gavin James Nitzel
Cascade HS (Cascade, Idaho)
Gavin is the son of B eau and Bran-
dee (Logan) Nitzel, and the grandson of
Kendall Logan and Vicki Jantzi Konop.
Gavin has enlisted in the U.S. Army
and heads to boot camp in Jackson, Ga.,
on Aug. 1.
Tanner Godwin
Eddyville Charter School (Eddyville, Ore.)
Tanner plans to attend a welding trade
school this fall.
Blake Bellinger
Samuel V. Champion HS (Boerne,
Texas)
Blake plans to live life and be good
at it!
Julian Hernandez
Stayton HS (Stayton, Ore.)
Julian joined the Marines and left for
basic training in late June.
Tyler Godwin
Eddyville Charter School (Eddyville, Ore.)
Tyler plans to attend Volta Lineman
School in Warrenton, Ore.
Taylor Baber
East Jessamine HS (Nicholasville, Ken.)
Taylor plans to attend the University of
Kentucky this fall and major in journalism.
John Marzan Bensalah Williamson
Cosumnes Oaks HS STEM (Elk Grove,
Calif.)
John is the grandson of Mary Marzan,
and the son of Lisa Williamson and Kai
Bensalah. He graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
John was honored with the Elk Grove
Unified School District Native America
Program Completion of High School
Certificate – one of 36 Native graduates
in the school district, which served more
than 63,000 students in 2020-21.
Great-grandmother Pearl Rilatos
often talked to her adult children at the
coffee table about the importance of more
of our Native children graduating from
high school. John is honoring that wish
and continues to excel.
John was awarded the Golden State
Seal Merit Diploma; he is a member of the
National Honor Society. He has received
numerous academic awards, including first
place in Future Business Leaders of Amer-
ica Northern California Division for Cyber
Security and Introduction to Information
Technology. In addition, John’s computer
science team came in second for their sub-
mission to the Greener Energy High School
Competition put on by the Sacramento
Municipal Utilities Department.
John has been accepted to Queen’s
University in Kingston, Ontario Canada,
and its Honors Computer Science Program.
He continues to make his elders proud.
Nautica N. Gongloff
Mannford HS (Mannford, Okla.)
Nautica plans to attend Oklahoma
State University.
Kalyska Mitchell
Phoenix Charter School (Roseburg, Ore.)
Kalyska plans to attend Portland
Community College and work in the
medical field.
Shellia Selene Brandt
Eddyville Charter School (Eddyville, Ore.)
Shellia is the daughter of Robert
Brandt and Mandi Harmon, and grand-
daughter of Selene Rilatos and Dan Lynch.
She plans to attend Oregon Coast
Community College in the fall. After
completion, she plans to then attend a
four-year university and study the field of
forensic psychology.
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