David R. Montaño
David R. Montaño graduated from Edison as class Valedictorian and proceeded to become an academic leader at regional, national and international levels in music education and piano pedagogy. He holds many degrees, including a Doctor of Musical Arts in music education, with emphasis in piano pedagogy, from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. As […]
James Vigil, Jr.
In June 2024, James Vigil, Jr. retired after 23 years as Senior Advisor for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights at the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) at the U.S. Department of State. James originated and implemented the first-ever U.S. Transnational and High-Tech Crime Global Law Enforcement Network (GLEN). From 1998-2000, James […]
Sean Simonson
Following his graduation from Edison High School in 1992, Sean Simonson attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics. Sean enlisted in the Fire Academy and was appointed as a Firefighter for the City of Milpitas, California. Nearly a decade into his career, Sean had a mountain […]
Bradford Salamon
After Edison, Bradford Salamon received an AA degree from Orange Coast College and then graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Los Angeles. As an artist, he has exhibited widely for 30 years, with 5 solo museum exhibitions, 38 group museum exhibitions, over 30 solo gallery shows, and work in over a dozen permanent […]
LeRoy “Lee” Schiel
LeRoy “Lee” Schiel was installed into the Edison High School Hall of Fame for Tennis in 1974 because of a sweep on April 2, 1974, of the powerhouse Corona Del Mar High School’s tennis lineup not achieved by anyone else and not done since. After graduation from Edison, he entered the professional tennis world as […]
Jeff Kunze
Jeff Kunze went on to attend CSU Dominguez Hills on a full soccer scholarship. During his freshman year his team won the national championship. After earning a B.S. in Business he stayed on as a Grad Assistant while completing his MBA. Jeff went through the NASM personal training certification program, then earned his Doctorate in […]