Vail Christian High School Alumni Feature: Sebastian Joly '14: Building a Career Through Curiosity While studying engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, Sebastian Joly ('14) rebuilt a 1984 motorcycle as part of a class project. What started as another assignment became a turning point. Although he had initially planned to pursue chemical engineering, the project confirmed that his true passion was designing, building, and solving real-world mechanical challenges. Today, that passion has...

Vail Christian High School Alumni Feature: Ryan Downey '20: Aerospace Innovator From Tornado Research to Autonomous Space Systems For Ryan Downey ('20), one opportunity has continually led to the next. What began as a passion for engineering grew into groundbreaking research with autonomous drones studying tornadoes, which opened the door to advanced graduate studies and ultimately a career developing cutting-edge aerospace technologies. Today, Ryan is a Guidance, Navigation and Control...

Vail Christian High School Alumni Feature: Finding Purpose Through Compassion: Mia Cooper '20 Pursues a Career in Mental Health For Mia Cooper ('20), a single high school class helped shape the course of her future. While attending Vail Christian High School, Mia discovered a passion for psychology in Mr. Pat Phelan's classroom. What began as an interest in understanding human behavior soon became a calling to help individuals and families navigate life's challenges. After graduating from...