Reina de Las Fiestas de Taos 2019 Sheyenne Carleen Cecilia Torrez

SHEYENNE IS A SEVENTH- GENERATION TAOSEÑA . She is the daughter of Simon Torrez Sr., and LisaAnn Torrez of Ranchos de Taos; paternal granddaughter of Michael and Sylvia Torrez of Ranchos de Taos; maternal granddaughter of the late Marcella Gallegos-Farris and the late Robert Farris of Albuquerque; and the great-granddaughter of Agapita Santistevan and the late Antonio Santistevan of Ranchos de Taos.

Sheyenne is a descendant of many surnames that are the soul of Taos history, such as Martinez/Valdez, Romero/Gonzalez, Santistevan/ /Cortez and Torrez/Romero.

She is 16 years old and a junior at Taos High School. She carries a 3.9 GPA to include AP and honors classes. Sheyenne has been on the Varsity Cheer Team since eighth grade and has been competing on cheer/ dance teams since she was 4. During the three years on the Varsity Cheer Team, she and her teammates have won two state championships.

Sheyenne is a linebacker on the Taos High School football team and has been playing the game since she was 7, and is also on the Taos High School softball team. After high school, she hopes to pursue her higher education by obtaining an athletic/academic scholarship where she plans to study the fields of math and science to become an engineer or enter the medical field. When she is not busy with schoolwork and going from practice to practice, she enjoys spending time with her family, which includes her three brothers who test her toughness every day.

Photos courtesy Sean Kelly Portraits/Charles McLaughlin