Katie Welbourn, daughter of Tom and Lenore...

Katie Welbourn, daughter of Tom and Lenore Welbourn of Costa Mesa,

graduated last month from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Katie, who graduated in 2000 from Newport Harbor High School, earned

a bachelor of arts degree in environmental studies ... Costa Mesa

resident Jessica Ford recently attended the National Youth Leadership

Forum on Medicine in San Francisco. More than 400 high school juniors

and seniors from across the country attended the 10-day event to

learn about medical ethics, the global effects of infectious disease,

genetic research, public health and other subjects.

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