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Stallion Round-Up 10/21-11/4
November 3, 2024
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Sofia Bello, Arts & Entertainment
Sofia is a senior at San Juan Hills High School and is returning for her fourth and final year here on The Express. She has a strong passion for reading, baking, and could listen to music all day. She loves the color pink, watching sunsets, and spending time with her best friend. In the future she hopes to study criminal psychology and criminal psychology as well as own a fashion line one day. Inside of school she is a part of NHS, CSF, Creative writing club, and Publishing club. She cannot wait for another year full of new friendships, fun, and spreading the voices of her community.
Iman Elkoustaf, Staff Writer
Iman Elkoustaf is a junior at San Juan Hills High School. This is her first year on The Express, and she is so excited to further connect with her fellow students and grow her writing and journalism skills. Iman loves being involved in school spirit, she is the captain of San Juan Hills’ dance team, president of clubs Going Global and Beauty with Purpose, and enjoys participating within school events. Outside of school, Iman is a principal dancer at Repertory Ballet San Clemente, works teaching ballet, loves going to the beach, reading, and spending time with her friends and family.
Victoria Hernandez, Staff Writer
Victoria is currently a junior at San Juan Hills. She is passionate in sports, photography, and cooking. At San Juan Hills she plays soccer and lacrosse, and continues to pursue soccer in club. A fun fact is that she fractured her arm when she was three and ran a marathon when she was thirteen. She lives in San Juan and has a family of six with three younger brothers. In her free time, she loves to watch videos about news and occasionally writes, which inspired her to join the newspaper. Even though this is her first year on the staff, she is excited and ready for what’s to come. Victoria can adapt to different situations and environments, and is always curious and determined. This year, she wants to enhance her writing skills and explore the world of journalism. In the Express, she would love to write sport stories and opinion writing.
Alex McNutt, Staff Writer
Alex McNutt is a freshman at San Juan Hill High School and this is her first year on the The Express. Alex hopes to improve her writing, leadership, and social skills this year. Alex participates in song and dance at SJHHS, and outside of school Alex enjoys competitive dance, music, her friends, and nature. After high school Alex plans to go to college and have a career in finance.
Sophia Roldan, Staff Writer
Sophia Roldan is a junior at San Juan Hills High School. This is her first year on the Express Newspaper staff, and she is excited to connect with her school community and grow as a writer. Sophia is a member of the SJHHS varsity tennis team, NHS, and a few clubs at San Juan Hills. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her friends, listening to music, as well as going to the beach. Sophia hopes to further pursue her academic career at a four-year university in San Diego.
Caden Mai, Staff Writer
Caden Mai is a senior at San Juan Hills High School, and this is his first year in The Express. He is looking forward to taking photos at events and writing stories featuring current trends at school. Caden loves eating food and watching movies, and he aspires to try every fast-food restaurant in the U.S. Additionally, Caden hopes to obtain his MD in anesthesiology while also starring on Survivor, Big Brother, and The Amazing Race.
Audrey Tillotson, Staff Writer
Audrey Tillotson is a senior at San Juan Hills High School and this is her first year in Newspaper. She is on the varsity girls’ soccer team and she wants to continue to play soccer in college. She joined The Express to grow her writing skills, public speaking abilities, collaboration skills, and critical thinking. This year, she wants to write about sports and interesting events going on in the world that students can relate to or find interesting or even inspiring. She enjoys playing soccer, going to the beach, spending time with family and friends, collecting sea glass, and learning new things. Her dream is to become a psychologist to help people overcome mental challenges. Audrey hopes to make a positive impact on The Express this year and continue to develop solid writing skills.
Reese Whitehead, Staff Writer
Reese is a sophomore attending her first year at SJHHS. She loves creative writing and is excited to learn new styles in journalism. She joined The Express to pursue the beginnings of a career in writing and hopes to improve in writing news stories. Outside of class she plays tennis, runs a jewelry business, reads, and spends her free time with family. She lives in San Clemente and enjoys walking her dog along the beach.
Sydney Hogancamp, Sports Editor
Sydney Hogancamp is a senior at San Juan Hills High School and this is her third year in The Express Newspaper. She is a bilingual student, being fluent in both Spanish and English, and she is the Spanish and Features Editor for The Express. She plays for the San Juan Hills girls varsity flag football team. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, as well as playing club flag football. She hopes to pursue a career in the sports industry.
Kaiah Macleod, Staff Writer
Kaiah MacLeod is a Sophomore at San Juan Hills High School and is excited for her second year on The Express. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, playing scrabble with her dad and grandma, baking cheesecake, and watching movies that she reviews on Letterboxd. In the next three years, she wants to continue developing her two self-founded clubs, keep up good grades, and get more experience in cinema. At her future university, Kaiah plans on pursuing Film and English, as well as being a big time film director long-term.
Caoimhin Grothe-Brinton, Staff Writer
Caoimhin is returning to the Express for the second time. She joined the Express as a creative outlet and to be a part of a welcoming community. This year she plans to write pieces about upcoming events and to bring awareness to different communities and cultures. Caoimhin takes an interest in films and music, wanting to pursue a career as an entertainment lawyer or a filmmaker. After school, she participates at the Boys and Girls Club and goes home to watch TV and play music.
Domenica Peloso, Opinion Editor
Domenica Peloso is a senior at San Juan Hills High School, and a third-year opinion editor for The Express. For this up and coming year, Domenica hopes to uncover the important stories of her diverse community. Outside of The Express, she is President of National Honors Society, ASB Commissioner of Multicultural, and proud leader of the SJHHS Movie Club. In her free time, Domenica enjoys thrifting the most abominable clothing items known to mankind, and watching a variety of media ranging from nonsensical garbage (Love Island) to movies equitable to the original Mona Lisa (Call Me by Your Name, Kill Bill, Howl's Moving Castle).