'We Have Changed Each Other's Stories': Carpinteria Graduates Urged to Never Forget Their Roots

'We Have Changed Each Other's Stories': Carpinteria Graduates Urged to Never Forget Their Roots

Spirits were high at Carpinteria High School Wednesday evening as 147 seniors walked across the Memorial Stadium field and received their diplomas. Speeches from Carpinteria Unified School District Superintendent Diana Rigby, Principal Gerardo Cornejo, salutatorian Massimo Bonilla-Zakosek and co-valedictorians Valeria Galilea Pulido and Edwin Hernandez Aviles kept the crowd cheering, laughing, and at times, in tears, as loved ones prepare to let…