We imagine winners and athletes as icons we see on television or social media — superstars and phenoms, idolized by thousands. But winners and athletes aren’t always global sensations; some may live in your community.
Santa Rosa Junior College graduate and current student Teralyn Pomerinke, 48, recently brought home a gold medal in basketball from the Special Olympics playing forward on the Northern California team. Having graduated for the first time in 2022 with an administrative assistant certificate and walking the stage in spring 2023, Pomerinke is back currently studying business administration at SRJC, as well as being an athlete leader with the Special Olympics Northern California.
Special Olympics is a nonprofit dedicated to enriching the lives of people with intellectual disabilities via education, sports and health. Its programs aim to improve awareness, acceptance, health and wellbeing for those with intellectual disabilities…