Well, Valley High School students took a field trip to a field where the Las Vegas Raiders practice.

70 members of the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism toured.

The Las Vegas Raiders headquarters, took part in a panel discussion.

And listen to this.

Even got to meet some of the players.

It was an event organized by a former student who is on a mission to pay it forward.

And forgettable memories captured by members of Valley High School's Academy of Hospitality and Tourism.

So I think it was really cool for the Raiders to invite us, you know, have us come over here and especially two of their football team players, you know, volunteer to come and talk to us.

these other things with high school students.

I want I want our students to see other career women, other industries, other opportunities For Erica, the special event, a Full Circle Moment, once upon a time, I was a student at Valley High School, and now I'm standing here organizing this event with the Las Vegas Raiders.

when I was a part of t, it really opened up my eyes from everything from dressing for success.

Right.

And building that confidence networking.

One of the many ways H.T.

is preparing these future leaders, helping them gain valuable experience in and out of the classroom.

We've been able to tour some of the casinos, and then we have like the community partners so like every year we have a good job fair.

So like a lot of community partners we like offer like internships and a bunch of great opportunities like that.

This particular great opportunity, one that Erica hopes will inspire these students to dream big the message I want them to take away is that they can do what we're doing.

They can be executives.

They can serve on boards.

They can be involved in the community.

They can obtain higher education it has like motivated me to know that I could do it, that there's people out there just like me who did it and were able to accomplish those goals.

were so incredibly grateful to the Las Vegas Raiders for partnering with us.

And it shows our commitment to our community, to investing in our future.

Leaders big raiders on three.

One, two, three.

The students definitely left inspired.

I know I did.

While the students weren't the only ones enjoying the VIP tour of the Raiders headquarters, teachers also got in on the fun.