Locally born and raised, 17-year-old Ryan Przelomiec, originally from Woodland Hills, grew up in Oak Park, where he will be entering his senior year at the local public high school. He lives with his dad, who is on the faculty at Cal State Northridge teaching photography and art courses, and his mom, an attorney. His brother is in law school, following his mother's career path, and his sister, who is finishing up at Moorpark College, will transfer to a 4-year college to study film production. The family's menagerie of pets, two airedale terriers, two siamese cats, and a rabbit, keep Ryan busy and entertained.

Sometimes the high school environment isn’t the most optimal place for students to excel in their studies. That’s why Ryan Przelomiec has found more success in Adult Education's Learning Center program than in the classrooms of Oak Park High. Through Adult Ed., he completed Physical Science, Life Science A and Life Science B. The classes paralleled those at Oak Park High, allowing Ryan to keep up with his peers, earn his diploma and graduate at the same time they will.

Ryan hopes to attend Moorpark College for two years and then transfer, possibly to Cal State Northridge. There, he hopes to pursue either a teaching credential in special education, inspired by his own learning experiences or a therapist’s license as a result of having counseled and helped out his friends on various occasions.

Free time for Ryan is spent learning photography, cooking, and even plumbing skills from his jack-of-all-trades father, who has instilled in him the values of hard work, honesty, and gratitude for one's life situation, values which Ryan intends to pass down to his own children. He is an athletics enthusiast, having played all types of team sports including cross-country, which he had joined to expand his friendships. Ryan also enjoys surfing at the local beaches, a sport he learned from his dad.

Now may just be the perfect time for him to catch a great wave into a future of fulfillment.