This month we want to honor one of Adventure Risk Challenge’s founding Board members. Kasey McJunkin has been a member of ARC’s Board of Directors for a combined 7 years since ARC became an independent 501c3. Kasey was the first Board Chair of ARC, and thus played an extremely important role in mentoring Sarah Ottley […]
Yosemite & ARC Help with the Transition to College
Selena Lopez Ortiz, a 2022 ARC Community Leadership Program graduate, transitioned to college this fall. She moved into a room with three other UC Merced undergraduates and confronted a slate of challenging classes, including biology, chemistry, and calculus. In a recent conversation, Selena shared how her ARC experience has helped her adapt to college life, and how Yosemite […]
Wrestling With A New Challenge After ARC
Virginia Nava, a junior at Firebaugh High School, sees a lot of connections between her ARC summer experience in Yosemite and her new passion: wrestling. She says, “Wrestling is a team sport, but it’s focused on individual effort and it’s a battle within yourself.” For her, hiking to the top of Tuolumne Peak, backpacking 50-plus […]
Teen Vogue Highlights Stories of Four ARC Graduates
Four ARC graduates’ stories were highlighted in a Teen Vogue article in August! ARC graduates, Selena, Alexis, Iran, and Jesus, detail in the piece how their relationships to the outdoors have shifted over time. Teen Vogue is an award-winning publication with millions of online readers. We are so excited that the power of ARC participants’ stories is […]
Three ARC Siblings Interviewed by Award-Winning Videographer
We have a new video that highlights three exceptional ARC siblings: Issac, Iran and Arturo Pacheco! The video was filmed by Nick Cahill, a graduate of Sierra Nevada University and former student of ARC’s founder, Katie Zanto. Nick is a videographer and photographer, whose work has been highlighted on the cover of National Geographic. Watch […]
ARC Summer Course Application Available Now!
ARC’s summer course application is available now! The deadline, Friday, April 22, is only two weeks away. If you know any current high school students in California or Northern Nevada who may be interested in participating, please direct them to the online application. More information is available about the courses on our website and on the application page. […]