From a very young age it has been clear that Helena Lagos is driven.

Knelt down in a runner’s stance, eyes closed, mind clear, you’re only thinking about the race ahead, praying that it’s good and clean.

If you’ve never been to a Garbage Tree show, here’s what to expect: intricate instrumentation, heavy metal riffage and a mane of blond hair whipping you straight in the face.

Alexa Solis interviewed students at Coronado High School.

Three visitors represented the total audience in this simple music classroom with its piano, drum kit and microphones.

The clash and crunch of pads is audible. Players grunt as sweat drips down their faces. They take hit after hit.

After strutting down the hall with Lady Gaga blasting through his earbuds and his hair fluffed up and colored just the way he likes it, Vencent Pallozzi walks into art class ready to put his imagination to work.

Directly participating in the legislative process — expressing their concerns and creating change — is a dream that will become reality for 19 Nevada teens Tuesday , when select members of the Nevada Youth Legislature head to Carson City to testify before the 77th session of the Nevada Legislature. Their goal is to pass SJR-C47, a bill amending the Nevada Constitution to safeguard the Kenny Guinn Millennium Scholarship.

ETHAN GATHY

He was the boy who accidentally took two dates to the prom, making sure each girl didn’t know the other.