Team manager Dennis Para Resendiz hands out recipes and plans to the culinary team at Flagstaff High School before they start rehearsing prepping and cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in this 2024 file photo.
Dennis Parra Resendiz will be graduating from Flagstaff High School (FHS) on Friday with plans to continue developing his culinary skills at Northern Arizona University.
Parra Resendiz said his grandmother introduced him to cooking at a young age. He resumed the practice as a middle schooler during the COVID-19 pandemic -- which is when he said he "really fell in love with it."
Team manager Dennis Para Resendiz hands out recipes and plans to the culinary team at Flagstaff High School before they start rehearsing prepping and cooking a three-course meal for an upcoming national culinary competition in this 2024 file photo.
Graduation ceremonies for Northland Preparatory Academy took place Thursday at Ardrey Auditorium on the Northern Arizona University campus. Read moreGallery: NPA 2025 graduation
On Friday at the Clifford E. White Theater on the NAU campus, FALA students work on their performances during a dress rehearsal for the school's spring dance show. They show took place Saturday. Read moreGallery: FALA presents its spring dance show