Distinguished Alumni Award 2019
Former Superintendent of Pasco County Schools
Heather Fiorentino became the first female superintendent for Pasco County Schools in 2004. She served eight years as Pasco Superintendent before retiring. During her tenure, Pasco School District was the seventh in the state to obtain District wide accreditation, Gulf Trace Elementary was the…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2018
Founder/Executive Director of Farmworkers Self-Help, Inc.
Margarita Romo completed the Certificate in General Studies from Pasco-Hernando State College in 1980. In 1982, Romo founded and still serves as the Executive Director of Farmworkers Self-Help, Inc. (FSH), an organization which facilitates the self-development of farmworkers…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2017
Founder/CFO, Dayspring Academy
2017 Distinguished Alumni
John M. Legg has been a valuable asset to the education system not just in the community but also statewide. A Hernando County native, Legg attended Pasco-Hernando State College where he earned an Associate in Arts degree in…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2016
Founder/CEO, Diamond View Studios
2016 Distinguished Alumni
Tim Moore founded Diamond View Studios. Ltd., a professional video production business that produces over 450 videos annually. He has worked with the regional offices of Disney, Corona, Purina, Gatorade, and 5-…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2015
Director of Respiratory Therapy and Sleep Lab, Bayfront Health Dade City
2015 Distinguished Alumni
After going through a divorce, Becky Young found herself as a single parent with a 2-year-old to raise. Young was working as a legal secretary but knew this was the time to follow her call to the healthcare field. In preparation for that,…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2014
Veterinarian and Founder of Spay Pasco, Inc.
2014 Distinguished Alumni
Diana Joyner-Mattox has had a lifelong love affair with animals. By the time she reached PHSC, she was a veterinary assistant dreaming of her own small animal practice. In 1997, just two years out of the University of Florida…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2013
Former Magistrate, Fifth Judicial Court, Hernando County, Florida
2013 Distinguished Alumni
Geraldine Bishop was the general magistrate of the Fifth Judicial Circuit for Hernando County for 13 years. Prior to her appointment she worked as a State of Florida law clerk/staff attorney for Hernando County. Bishop graduated, Magna Cum…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2012
Award winning movie critic, columnist
2012 Distinguished Alumni
When Forry lost his vision at age 27, he turned to PHCC for a new career direction. While working for PHCC News, he jokingly suggested he become a movie critic. Students and staff agreed and thus, a new career was born. Since then, Forry has…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2011
Health Care Advocate for Disadvantaged Women and Children
2011 Distinguished Alumni
Thirty years ago, Anita Cruz was a young migrant worker who brought her infant son to the fields with her while she worked. Alarmed by the dangers she and her child encountered there and the harsh living conditions endured by farm workers,…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2010
Pasco County Superintendent of Schools, Former Florida Secretary of State
2010 Distinguished Alumni
Florida’s Secretary of State fell in love with the elections process during a high school summer internship at the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections office. At 22, Kurt Browning was elected Pasco County’s supervisor of elections, the…
Distinguished Alumni Award 2009
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
2009 Distinguished Alumni
The renowned Florida journalist started her career at the St. Petersburg Times in the early 1970s when women rarely worked in news rooms and never in investigative reporting. Her relentless pursuit of truth led to dangerous…
