Meet Vivian: One of Riverside’s 25 “Most Remarkable Teens” for 2021
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — At last week’s City Council meeting, a special ceremony was held to honor Riverside’s “25 Most Remarkable Teens.” Chief Gonzalez and all of us at the Riverside Police Department would like to congratulate these remarkable youth leaders. Riverside’s future is in great hands!
One teen we would like to highlight is Vivian Shepherd-Mayen. She is special to us because she is one of the two teens who are members of the Chief’s Advisory Committee. Vivian is a junior at Norte Vista High School and a shining example of community leadership and dedication to academics.
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As the Global Leadership programs student leader, she works steadfastly to make the community better for the homeless, elderly, veterans, and mental health stigma for teens. She is also an accomplished member of the marching band, a founding member of our Rotary Interact Club, and currently is part of the IB program.
Vivian has helped lead the looming program at Norte Vista, which knits scarves and hats for our homeless population and has overseen donations to Arlington Temporary Assistance. Additionally, she planted and harvested crops from community gardens to help students on campus with unstable food sources. She organized food drives for the food pantry and has helped create a transition to a distance service-learning model.
Vivian is looking forward to returning to school for her senior year in the fall and pursuing a four-year university that will further foster her leadership, community engagement, and global sustainability interests.
The Riverside Youth Council is a youth program coordinated in partnership between the Office of Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson and the Riverside Police Department. It was established in 2004 by the City Council as a means of expression and leadership development for the city’s youth. The program aims to encourage Riverside’s best and brightest to have a voice in public policy and other decision making that directly impacts the lives of young people.
Congratulations to all our remarkable teens!
Submitted by Riverside Police Department
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Trevor Montgomery, 49, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS).
Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.