My name is Riley Rumpza and I love the outdoors! I graduated from Magnolia West HS in 2024 and attending college at Norwich University, majoring in Environmental science. I will be doing month-long work studies through Norwich where I will be extracting sediment from the rivers, taking them to labs, and studying them. With this degree I want to become a Forest ranger, making my career what I love doing the most, being outside. As a Forest ranger, you can live on national forest land, make rounds around the parks/trails, and work in labs and experiment on the studies you've found. This sounds like the dream job for me. My favorite hobby is the sport of disc golf, which is a very outdoor sport with lots of opportunities to explore the outdoors. I play at least twice a week whenever I can. I love to take walks/hikes and explore forested areas that have never been seen before. One of the many things on my bucket list is to go and see/explore all of the national parks in the USA. Being in NJROTC has also given me many opportunities to have fun outside. At least once a month we would have a competition for our Raider team, or our Orientation team, and I was on varsity for both. During the Raider comps, we would go through multiple team obstacle courses throughout the day and get as dirty as possible. During our Orienteering comps, we would be placed in the woods, given a map and a compass, and told to escape the forest as fast as we can, making marks of where you've been along the way. When I was in junior high my family started a garden and I feel that's also what started my love for gardening. We built three entire 10X15 boxes for our soil to start planting. When the season came, we planted tomatoes, green onions, potatoes, and bell peppers, and had a separate four-level box that we grew our herbs and spices in. Every day I would go out and tend to the garden. I would water, and spray the chicken manure, and if it needed I would put some fertilizer down. Since we started this garden I've also built a canopy from large sticks and vines that cover the garden from the sun's heat. Camping and fishing have also been a big part of my life. At least once a year, during the summer, me and my dad will go out to Lake Taylor Reservoir, in Colorado, next to the continental divide. While we're there we'll camp, do plenty of fishing, dirt biking, skeet shooting, and my favorite part white water rafting, which is the craziest during the summer because of the snow melt. I've competed in many different fishing competitions in Texas, winning most of them. In conclusion, not only do I want the wilderness to be my career or the place I live, but I want it to be my life. I've always had a passion for the outdoors that will never leave me. I want to have an impact on national forests and the outdoors helping out wherever I can. With your contribution, I can succeed in doing these things and fulfill my dream in the woods.

My name is Riley Rumpza and I love the outdoors! I graduated from Magnolia West HS in 2024 and attending college at Norwich University, majoring in Environmental science. I will be doing month-long work studies through Norwich where I will be extracting sediment from the rivers, taking them to labs, and studying them. With this degree I want to become a Forest ranger, making my career what I love doing the most, being outside. As a Forest ranger, you can live on national forest land, make rounds around the parks/trails, and work in labs and experiment on the studies you've found. This sounds like the dream job for me. My favorite hobby is the sport of disc golf, which is a very outdoor sport with lots of opportunities to explore the outdoors. I play at least twice a week whenever I can. I love to take walks/hikes and explore forested areas that have never been seen before. One of the many things on my bucket list is to go and see/explore all of the national parks in the USA. Being in NJROTC has also given me many opportunities to have fun outside. At least once a month we would have a competition for our Raider team, or our Orientation team, and I was on varsity for both. During the Raider comps, we would go through multiple team obstacle courses throughout the day and get as dirty as possible. During our Orienteering comps, we would be placed in the woods, given a map and a compass, and told to escape the forest as fast as we can, making marks of where you've been along the way. When I was in junior high my family started a garden and I feel that's also what started my love for gardening. We built three entire 10X15 boxes for our soil to start planting. When the season came, we planted tomatoes, green onions, potatoes, and bell peppers, and had a separate four-level box that we grew our herbs and spices in. Every day I would go out and tend to the garden. I would water, and spray the chicken manure, and if it needed I would put some fertilizer down. Since we started this garden I've also built a canopy from large sticks and vines that cover the garden from the sun's heat. Camping and fishing have also been a big part of my life. At least once a year, during the summer, me and my dad will go out to Lake Taylor Reservoir, in Colorado, next to the continental divide. While we're there we'll camp, do plenty of fishing, dirt biking, skeet shooting, and my favorite part white water rafting, which is the craziest during the summer because of the snow melt. I've competed in many different fishing competitions in Texas, winning most of them. In conclusion, not only do I want the wilderness to be my career or the place I live, but I want it to be my life. I've always had a passion for the outdoors that will never leave me. I want to have an impact on national forests and the outdoors helping out wherever I can. With your contribution, I can succeed in doing these things and fulfill my dream in the woods.

My name is Riley Rumpza and I love the outdoors! I graduated from Magnolia West HS in 2024 and attending college at Norwich University, majoring in Environmental science. I will be doing month-long work studies through Norwich where I will be extracting sediment from the rivers, taking them to labs, and studying them. With this degree I want to become a Forest ranger, making my career what I love doing the most, being outside. As a Forest ranger, you can live on national forest land, make rounds around the parks/trails, and work in labs and experiment on the studies you've found. This sounds like the dream job for me. My favorite hobby is the sport of disc golf, which is a very outdoor sport with lots of opportunities to explore the outdoors. I play at least twice a week whenever I can. I love to take walks/hikes and explore forested areas that have never been seen before. One of the many things on my bucket list is to go and see/explore all of the national parks in the USA. Being in NJROTC has also given me many opportunities to have fun outside. At least once a month we would have a competition for our Raider team, or our Orientation team, and I was on varsity for both. During the Raider comps, we would go through multiple team obstacle courses throughout the day and get as dirty as possible. During our Orienteering comps, we would be placed in the woods, given a map and a compass, and told to escape the forest as fast as we can, making marks of where you've been along the way. When I was in junior high my family started a garden and I feel that's also what started my love for gardening. We built three entire 10X15 boxes for our soil to start planting. When the season came, we planted tomatoes, green onions, potatoes, and bell peppers, and had a separate four-level box that we grew our herbs and spices in. Every day I would go out and tend to the garden. I would water, and spray the chicken manure, and if it needed I would put some fertilizer down. Since we started this garden I've also built a canopy from large sticks and vines that cover the garden from the sun's heat. Camping and fishing have also been a big part of my life. At least once a year, during the summer, me and my dad will go out to Lake Taylor Reservoir, in Colorado, next to the continental divide. While we're there we'll camp, do plenty of fishing, dirt biking, skeet shooting, and my favorite part white water rafting, which is the craziest during the summer because of the snow melt. I've competed in many different fishing competitions in Texas, winning most of them. In conclusion, not only do I want the wilderness to be my career or the place I live, but I want it to be my life. I've always had a passion for the outdoors that will never leave me. I want to have an impact on national forests and the outdoors helping out wherever I can. With your contribution, I can succeed in doing these things and fulfill my dream in the woods.