Fallbrook MCJROTC students complete mural

Christal Gaines-Emory

Writer

In 2020, Fallbrook High school MCJROTC students Michael Rios and Joel Perez began designing and painting a large mural on the side of the MCJROTC classroom. After a year of delays due to COVID-19, the mural has been completed.

Rios designed the mural and painted it with help from Perez, as well as a few other artists including Audrey Gillcrist, Alexia Byrnes, and Erin Rios. The goal of the mural was to inspire other students at Fallbrook High School to get involved in MCJROTC.

Rios has been an active MCJROTC student for all four years of high school and he was also...