Colorado Bound

**Colorado Bound** is a American television drama series created by Samantha Raymond which premiered on TV Generation on September 26, 2019.

It is a spin-off of the TV Generation drama series, "Our Lives". As of 2022, it has aired for 4 seasons.

## Show background

The series follows Alyssa Watkins as she moves from Oakridge, Illinois to Denver, Colorado where she begins her career working as a 9th and 10th grade English teacher at Thomas Wexler School, a private high school. The show also follows the lives of the school's staff and students.

## Cast

### Teachers/Staff

* Soleil Renee Lopez as Alyssa Watkins, who teaches 9th and 10th grade English at Thomas Wexler School. She originally resided in Oakridge, Illinois. (*Season 1-current*)
* Kennedy Shaw as Sydney Rollins, who teaches 9th grade Algebra I at Thomas Wexler School. She is also the assistant coach of the girls' volleyball team. In the 2nd season, she begins dating Colin Malone, who works as a barista. (*Season 1-current*)
* Brett Oliver as Aidan Jensen, who teaches 9th grade Physical Science and 10th grade Biology at Thomas Wexler School who replaces Wesley Boyd after he leaves Denver. He is a former baseball player from Tennessee whose dreams of going pro ended after a shoulder injury in his last college baseball game. He is known for his sense of humor and teaching methods to make learning fun for his students. (*Season 1-current*)
* Kacey Bellamy as Cherie Dawson, who teaches 10th grade World History and 11th grade Economics at Thomas Wexler School. She was born and raised in England until she moved to Colorado with her family when she was 12 years old. She has two sons, Liam and Jude with her ex-husband, Peter. Towards the end of the 3rd season, Cherie discovers that she is pregnant after having a sexual encounter with Peter the night before their divorce is finalized. In the 4th season, she gives birth to a daughter, Gabrielle. (*Season 1-current*)
* Xandria Cornett as Elspeth "Ellie" Breen, who teaches 9th grade US History and World Geography at Thomas Wexler School. She was paralyzed from a horseback riding accident the summer before her junior year of college and uses a motorized wheelchair to get around. Ellie and her husband, Kenneth have two daughters, who were born via surrogate: Paige and Lola. (*Main cast: season 2-current; recurring cast: season 1*)
* Taryn Atkinson as Megan Spaulding, who teaches art at Thomas Wexler School. She starts dating Shane Joseph in the 2nd season. (*Main cast: season-2 current; recurring cast: season 1*)
* Justin Dennis as Shane Joseph, who teaches 9th grade physical education at Thomas Wexler School. He is also the head coach of the boys' basketball team. He becomes romantically interested in Megan and they start dating each other in the 2nd season. (*Main cast: season 2-current; recurring cast: season 1*)
* Brianna Shelton as Molly Gambrell, who teaches 9th and 10th grade Computer Science at Thomas Wexler School. She was adopted by her aunt Julien and uncle Martin as a young girl along with her older sister, Sabrina and younger brother, Logan after her parents died in a house fire. In the 3rd season, it was revealed that her abusive father, Travis murdered her mother, April by smothering her before setting the house on fire in a murder-suicide. *(Main cast: Season 2-current; recurring cast: Season 1)*
* Wyatt Cutrona as Russell Hernandez, who teaches 10th grade and 11th grade chemistry at Thomas Wexler School. He is Mexican-American; his father is Mexican and his mother is of German descent. He struggled with an addiction to oxycodone and fentanyl in his late teens, but after suffering from an accidental overdose when he was 20 years old, he went into rehab and has been sober ever since. He lives with his girlfriend, Tamara Travino, who is credited to helping him stay sober. He is also a certified lifeguard at the local recreation center. *(Season 2-current)*
* Blaire Christenson as Belle Borden, who teaches 11th grade English at Thomas Wexler School. She and her older sister, Delia were raised by her grandparents after their mother died in a motorcycle accident when she was a baby. She enjoys watching old movies in her spare time. Her grandmother, Rosemarie has dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease and lives in an assisted living facility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. *(Season 2-current)*
* Devin McGraw as Caden Stasney, who teaches 10th grade Algebra 2 with trignometry and 11th grade Geometry at Thomas Wexler School. He was born 4 weeks premature and had surgery for an inguinal hernia as a baby. In the third season, it is revealed that his dad died from complications due to COVID-19 over the summer. He lives in Lakewood, Colorado with his fiancée, Katarina McCarthy, whom he proposed to in the third season. *(Season 2-current)*
* Sadie Hildebrand as Liza Prentice, who teaches 9th and 10th grade French at Thomas Wexler School. Her 19-year-old sister, Eve has been living with her and her boyfriend, Ian since she was released from juvenile hall after being arrested for car theft and accessory to a robbery. *(Season 3-current)*
* Shania DeMeyers as Amber Talbot, who teaches 10th Grade Life Management 1 at Thomas Wexler School. She married her husband, Jordan during her senior year of college. She struggled with bulimia during her freshman & sophomore years of high school, but she recovered after getting treatment. In the 2nd season, she worked from home via Zoom due to her pregnancy with her daughter, Charli, who was born in April. She returns to work in the 3rd season and struggles with getting her body back to normal after giving birth which nearly triggers a relapse of her bulimia, but by the 4th season, she is shown to be at a healthy weight. *(Main cast: Season 3-current; recurring cast: season 2)*
* Griffin Egan as Trey DeSantis, who teaches 10th and 11th grade Nutrition & Wellness at Thomas Wexler School. He is the single father of a 6-year-old daughter, Karly after his ex-girlfriend walked out on them when Karly was a year old. In the 2nd season, it is revealed that he and Karly have been living with Trey's younger sister, Jacinda and her husband, Rob after their apartment suffered from flood damage. *(Main cast: Season 3-current; recurring cast: season 2)*
* Eva Orsini as Grace Redmond, who teaches 12th grade English at Thomas Wexler School. She was raised in Louisiana and Texas. She is a nice teacher, but is strict when it comes to her students following the rules. She has a 12-year-old step-daughter, Aislynn from her husband, Cam's previous relationship. Together, she and Cam have a 7-year-old daughter, Kinsleigh, who has osteogenesis imperfecta and is confined to a wheelchair. *(Season 4-current)*
* Graham Richter as Bryan Newell, who teaches 10th and 11th grade US Government & Politics at Thomas Wexler School. He transferred from a public school in Queens, New York. He is openly gay, but struggles to find the right guy for him. *(Season 4-current)*
* Rachelle Alden as Georgia Frankel, who works as a 9th to 12th special education teacher at Thomas Wexler School. She is a lesbian and has been married to her wife, Jenna for four years. *(Main cast: Season 4-current; recurring cast: season 3)*
* Angela Mercado as Ana Alvarez, the guidance counselor at Thomas Wexler School. She has a Bachelor's degree in psychology and a Master's degree in social work. In the 1st season, it is revealed that she was previously in an abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend for three years. She is the second of four daughters in her family. Her youngest sister, Evelyn has an unspecified intellectual disability and lives in a group home five hours away from Denver. *(Season 1-current)*
* Jeanine Tyson as Bernadette Barnes, who works as a secretary at Thomas Wexler School. She is a single parent and has a son, Seth, who attends the school. *(Season 1-current)*
* Margot Howard as Maureen Jeffries, the principal of Thomas Wexler School. She has been been the principal of the school for 17 years (as of the 4th season). It is revealed that she survived lymphoma during her college years. *(Season 1-current)*
* Evan Bernard as Tucker Godfrey, the vice-principal of Thomas Wexler School. He is known for his stoic demeanor, but he's not afraid to show compassion to his staff and students when they need it. *(Recurring cast: seasons 1-2; main cast: season 3-current)*

### Students

* Miranda Burdette as Abby Lennox, a 12th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. Initially, she is shy and soft-spoken, but she later starts coming out of her shell after joining the girls' volleyball team. In the 3rd season, she became the secretary of the school's student council. Her father, Scott works as a marketing analyst and her mother, Mallory runs her own dog grooming business. She has a younger sister, Darcy and two younger brothers: Keegan and Tanner. *(Season 1-current)*
* Austin Sutton as Seth Barnes, a 12th grade student at Thomas Wexler School, who is quite intelligent for his age. His single mother, Bernadette works as a secretary at the school. In the 3rd season, he became the vice-president of the school's student council. *(Seasons 1-current)*
* Hannah Keaton as Chloe Tanner, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. She lives with her aunt Brianne and uncle Ezra after she was removed from the custody of her mother, Katrina when she failed to protect her from Katrina's boyfriend who physically and sexually abused her. Initially, Chloe is shown to be distrustful of people at first. By the 3rd season, she later starts to trust people again, befriending Simone Sandoval and Faith Donovan. *(Season 2-current)*
* Damien Harrell as J.J. Lucas, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. His parents are divorced; he lives with his dad, Mark and his two younger brothers, Quincy and Tavion. He has a rocky relationship with his mom, Shayna, who is dating another man, Wes Nevins, whom she later gets engaged to. *(Season 2-current)*
* Julissa Barrera as Simone Sandoval, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. She is a bright, ambitious student who is described as a tomboy. She has three older brothers: Marcos, Christian and Erik (the latter of whom is in his junior year of college in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Her father, Luis works as a tax accountant and her mother, Brenda works as a phlebotomist. She is friends with Faith Donovan and Chloe Tanner. In the 3rd season, Simone tries out for and makes the football team where she is a running back. *(Season 2-current)*
* Jolie Monroe Kemp as Faith Donovan, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. She has a fraternal twin brother named Gideon. She is friends with Simone Sandoval and Chloe Tanner. She befriended Kylie Baker on her first day of school. She is also a member of the student council. Her father, James is a pastor at the local church. She has an older half-brother, Benjamin, who is gay. *(Season 2-current)*
* Jackson Abrams as Gideon Donovan, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School and Faith's twin brother. He was friends with Gavin Kaplan until he started bullying Kylie Baker, a transgender girl who committed suicide in the 4th season due to the bullying. He is a member of the basketball team. His father, James is a pastor at the local church and he has an older half-brother, Benjamin, who is gay. *(Season 2-current)*
* Lucas Hawkins as Lucas Goodwin, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School who is a skilled ice hockey player and track runner. His dad, Marcus is African American and his mom, Rebecca is white. He has two younger brothers: Dion and Tevin, and a younger sister, Kaia. He is best friends with Josh Connelly (who is on the same hockey team as him), Seth Barnes and Colton Armstrong. *(Season 2-current)*
* Mathieu Robinson as Josh Connelly, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School who has a passion for hockey and baseball. He is best friends with Lucas Goodwin, who is on the same hockey team as him. *(Season 2-current)*
* Makayla Denae Chapman as Kyra Stanton, an 11th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. She is the co-captain of the girls' volleyball team and is a skilled pianist. She has an older sister, Aleena, who is studying to be a physical therapist in college. In the 3rd season, she develops a crush on her piano teacher's nephew, Cole Sawyer and they later start dating each other. *(Season 2-current)*
* E.J. Serrano as Will Avila, a 10th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. He is also a member of the basketball team and enjoys anime. *(Season 3-current)*
* Kaiden Talbot as Colton Armstrong, a 10th grade student at Thomas Wexler School who has autism spectrum disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. He spends the majority of his time in the special education class with Georgia Frankel, but mainstreams in regular education classes in English, art and computer science with his paraprofessional, Travis Mercer going with him to his classes. He struggles with socializing with people, but he develops a friendship with Lucas Goodwin. He has a younger sister, Rowyn. Colton's father died of a brain aneurysm when he was a child. His mother, Alana is bisexual and is remarried to a woman named Marti, who has two daughters from a previous relationship: Ivy & Andi. *(Season 3-current)*
* Jessica Dai Lu as Juliana Livingston, a 10th grade student at Thomas Wexler School. She is the treasurer of the school's student council. She was adopted from China as a baby. Her right leg was amputated above the knee due to bacterial meningitis when she was 4 years old requiring her to use a prosthesis. *(Season 3-current)*
* Leah Daye-Proulx as Darcy Lennox, a 9th grade student at Thomas Wexler School and Abby's younger sister. She is a boy-crazy teenager who looks and behaves older than her age. She is obsessed with finding a boyfriend and will do whatever it takes to get one. She starts developing a crush on Eli Vogel, especially when he begins tutoring her in English. *(Season 4-current)*
* Autumn Leighton as Jordyn Ballard, a 9th grade student at Thomas Wexler School who became pregnant by her almost 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Ethan Knight. She lives with her aunt Kerri and 7-year-old cousin, Maya. Her mother, Siobhan (who has a traumatic brain injury that she sustained from a car accident as a teenager) is a hoarder which made Jordyn's living conditions unsafe for her. She ends her relationship with Ethan after he starts becoming physically abusive towards her. In early January, Jordyn gives birth to her daughter, Evangeline a month early. *(Season 4-current)*
* Benjamin Ocampo as Cody Vega, a 10th grade student at Thomas Wexler School who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (or A.D.H.D.). His impulsiveness tends to get him into trouble. He has a younger sister, Jazlyn, who has cerebral palsy and autism. She is a student in Georgia Frankel's special education class. *(Season 4-current)*

### Neighbors, family, friends, etc.

* Abigail Whelan as Deanna O'Connell, Alyssa's next-door neighbor and the landlord of Alyssa's apartment quadplex. She is divorced with a 10-year-old daughter named Julia. *(Season 1-current)*
* Paige Deaver as Julia O'Connell, Deanna's 10-year-old daughter and Alyssa's next door neighbor. *(Season 1-current)*
* Thomas Freeman as Miles Copeland, Alyssa's neighbor in her apartment quadplex. He works for the post office as a mail handler assistant. *(Season 1-current)*
* Sondra Thornton as Aurora Copeland, Alyssa's neighbor and Miles' wife. She has been the owner of her own stained glass business for over 10 years. *(Season 1-current)*
* Kelli Bloom as Monica Yates, Alyssa's neighbor in her apartment quadplex. She works as an emergency room nurse and usually works the night shift so she can take care of her grandchildren during the day. *(Season 1-current)*
* Alana Clare Abel as Holly Lawson, Alyssa's best friend who works as a doula. She originally moved to Dupree City, Illinois to live with her father, John after graduating from high school, but after reconnecting with Alyssa, she decides to relocate to Denver to live with her following Alyssa's breakup with her ex-boyfriend, Spencer. *(Recurring cast: season 3-current; main cast: season 4-current)*
* Eli Wade as Peter Dawson, Cherie's ex-husband. He runs his own headhunting business and shares custody of their two sons with her. Towards the end of the 3rd season, it is revealed that Cherie is pregnant after the two of them had a sexual encounter the night before their divorce is finalized. Their daughter, Gabrielle is born in the 4th season. *(Season 1-current)*
* Maverick Thomas as Liam Dawson, Cherie's 12-year-old son. *(Season 1-current)*
* Evan Patrick Dubroy as Jude Dawson, Cherie's 9-year-old son. *(Season 1-current)*
* Jacob Rinaldi as Kenneth Breen, Ellie's husband. He works as a commercial loan officer. Kenneth and Ellie have two daughters who were born via surrogate: Paige and Lola. *(Season 1-current)*
* Carissa Alexis Wynter as Paige Breen, Ellie's 8-year-old daughter, who was born via surrogate. *(Season 1-current)*
* Peyton Desjardins as Lola Breen, Ellie's 5-year-old daughter, who was born via surrogate. *(Season 1-current)*
* Nathan Bowman as Oliver Jeffries, Maureen's husband, who works as a probation officer. He has been married to Maureen for 23 years as of the 4th season. *(Season 1-current)*
* Jeremy Bassett as Jordan Talbot, Amber's husband. *(Season 2-current)*
* Rachelle Madyson Kennick as Karly DeSantis, Trey's 6-year-old daughter. *(Season 2-current)*
* Amelia Dumont as Jacinda DuBose, Trey's younger sister. *(Season 2-current)*
* Sean McKibben as Rob DuBose, Trey's brother-in-law and Jacinda's husband. *(Season 2-current)*
* Cierra Jordan as Eve Prentice, Liza's 19-year-old sister. She has been living with Liza and her boyfriend, Ian since she was released from juvenile hall after being arrested for being an accessory to an armed robbery and car theft. *(Season 3-current)*
* Gregg Boland as Ian Healey, Liza's boyfriend. He works as a veterinary assistant at Temple Animal Hospital. *(Season 3-current)*
* Benjamin Trahan as Cam Redmond, Grace's husband. He works as a project coordinator for a construction company in Denver, Colorado. He has two daughters: Aislynn (from a previous relationship) and Kinsley (with Grace). *(Season 4-current)*
* Lia Berdahl as Aislynn Diehl, Grace's 12-year-old stepdaughter and Cam's oldest daughter from a previous relationship. She primarily lives with Cam and Grace, and her biological mother has weekly visitation of her. *(Season 4-current)*
* Sienna Joy Corbin as Kinsleigh Redmond, Grace's 7-year-old daughter. She has osteogenesis imperfecta and is confined to a wheelchair. *(Season 4-current)*
* Elias Lemieux as Superintendent Dean Thorpe, who is the superintendent of schools in Denver, Colorado. He is strict, but fair and does not tolerate bullying of any kind. *(Season 2-current)*
* Brennan Atwood as Colin Malone, Sydney's boyfriend, who works as a barista at Luca's Café. *(Season 2-current)*
* Larissa Sullivan as Katarina McCarthy, Caden's fiancée. She is of Swedish, Irish and Scottish descent. She and Caden lives in Lakewood, Colorado where she works as a preschool teacher. In the third season, Caden proposes to her which she accepts. *(Season 2-current)*
* Angelina Russo as Tamara Travino, Wyatt's girlfriend. *(Season 2-current)*
* Tanya Levin as Kellie Ridenour, Kyra's piano teacher. She has been giving her lessons since she was 8 years old. In the 3rd season, it is revealed she has been given custody of her 15-year-old nephew, Cole due to his father being in the Alaska National Guard and his mother being incarcerated for drug possession and dealing. *(Season 2-current)*
* Matthew Naylor as Cole Sawyer, Kyra's boyfriend and the nephew of her piano teacher, Kellie Ridenour. Kellie has custody of him due to his father being in the Alaska National Guard and his mother being incarcerated for drug possession and dealing. *(Season 3-current)*
* Paige Courchene as Jenna Bray-Frankel, Georgia's wife. She works as a receptionist at a veterinary office in Fort Lupton, Colorado. (*Season 3-current*)
* Kyle Carmichael as Ethan Knight, Jordyn's 17-year-old ex-boyfriend who is the father of her daughter, Evangeline. He attends public school and lives with his widowed father, Sam and his 15-year-old brother, Matt. *(Season 4-current)*
* Patrick Driscoll as Sam Knight, Ethan's father. *(Season 4-current)*
* Logan Hayes as Matt Knight, Ethan's younger brother. *(Season 4-current)*