The Newnan Rotary Club officially welcomed this year’s Georgia Rotary Student Program (GRSP) scholar, Gabriela “Gaby” Gomezese Rugeles of Bucaramanga, Colombia, during a recent presentation.

Rugeles, 18, is studying film and video production at the University of West Georgia and has already embraced her new community after just a few weeks in Georgia. Speaking to local Rotarians, she shared her personal story, her passion for creative arts and her deep family connection to Rotary.

“My life wouldn’t be like this if it wasn’t for Rotary,” she said, explaining that her parents met through Rotary and her grandfather has been a Rotarian for more than 60 years.

Earlier this year, a district conference in Colombia was named in his honor, the first time the recognition was given to a living mem

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