Category: Who We Are

Noryah Copas is a 14-year-old freshman who is excited to start their first year of high school with Ethic News. She is beginning her journalism career in Ethic as a staff writer. Her goals for high school are to maintain a good GPA throughout the year as well as having a good attendance record. Copas is also planning on joining the freshman basketball team here at CV to get a start on athletics at school. Her plans after high school are to go to a to-be-determined college and become a nurse to help others.

Monique Varela is a 14-year-old Freshman attending Citrus Valley High School and is a staff writer for Ethic. Varela joined journalism to heighten her writing skills and because she already enjoyed writing. Varela plans to go to the University of California Berkeley and major in Psychology. Varela plans on writing about politics as well as mental health for the publication. Varela strives to get straight A’s, stay on top of classes, and join extracurriculars.

Pennie Coffman is a 17-year-old Senior attending Citrus Valley High School and is a staff writer for Ethic. She plans on attending California Baptist University, majoring in finance, and eventually working for Monster Energy. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, and drawing. Coffman joined journalism to write on pressing matters in the community and have student voices heard. Coffman strives to succeed in all classes and enjoy senior year.

Larissa Mccormick is a 17-year-old senior at Citrus Valley High School who is ready to start as an Ethic News Staff member. They joined Ethic to expand their photography skills further than where they are at now. Outside of Ethic, Mccormick has one and only goal for high school which is simply to graduate. Along with schooling, Mccormick is a very outdoors person, with their free time activities include skateboarding, which they have been doing for just over a year, and their duties as a member of the Boy Scouts of America. Their plans after high school include attending Utah State University to major in forestry and hopefully become a licensed park ranger.

Marshall Scott is a 15 year old sophomore at Citrus Valley High School. This is their second year as a staff member for Ethic. In their free time, they like to bake, read, and play with their three cats. After high school, Marshall would like to go to a university to become a nurse or something within the medical field. They joined journalism as an accident, but grew a love for journalism and the people in it.

MeAnna Smith is a 16 year old junior at Citrus Valley High School. Smith is in AP Lang and her favorite subject is English. Some of her hobbies include reading, writing and painting. After high school, Smith plans to attend Howard University, a HBCU college and major in either journalism or communications. Her academic goals are to excel in her classes and get good grades to get into a good college. Someone who inspires Smith is her mother because she inspires her to do her best and knows her best is enough. Smith joined journalism because she loves to write about topics that are important to her.

Elizabeth Molloy is currently a 14-year- old sophomore at Citrus Valley High School and is the Self & Style editor for Ethic. Molloy’s most essential goals include staying on top of classes and high grades. Once she graduates high school, she plans to study abroad and eventually work in forensics. Molloy enjoys painting, reading, and writing. She joined journalism because of an interest in photography and writing. Her motivation to write comes from wanting student voices to be heard. Molloy’s favorite topics to write about include historical places and popular singer, Harry Styles.

Annette Alfaro, a 17-year-old senior at Citrus Valley High School and a staff member in Ethic News. She likes to read and play instruments. She plays the piccolo, piano and clarinet. At Citrus she participates in cross country, soccer and track. She joined journalism because she wanted to try something new and improve her writing skills.  In journalism, she hopes to write in arts and entertainment and sports. Her plans after attending Citrus is to take a year off schooling to travel abroad, then attend college. During her college years, she wants to major in Criminology. When she finishes college, her dream job is to become an FBI agent. What motives Alfaro to continue on are her parents. Alfaros favorite holiday is Christmas. Alfaro is bilingual, as she can speak spanish and english. At home, Alfaro has four dogs, two turtles and two pigs.

Emmitt Murphy is a 15-year-old Sophomore attending Citrus Valley High School and serves as the Arts and Entertainment editor for Ethic. Murphy joined journalism because he likes writing about anything related to pop culture and Marvel. Murphy is in AP Euro and honors English. His goals for high school are to graduate and attend NYU to major in film and become a director or writer. He is motivated by his goals and his desire for a good future.  He enjoys taking part in cross country and video games with his favorite game being Destiny 2.

Destiny Ramos, a 16 year old junior at Citrus Valley High School, is in her third year of digital journalism serving as a chief executive of Ethic. After high school, she wants to attend Crafton Hills College to become a paramedic. She participates in color guard for marching band and takes four electives during the school day. This year she hopes to focus more on school and grades rather than her extracurricular activities. In addition, she likes to write, bake and crochet. She initially joined digital journalism because she was encouraged by a middle school teacher and now enjoys being the CV Editor-In-Chief.

Mia Caliva is a 15 year old Junior at Citrus Valley High School. She is part of CV’s water polo team, plays club soccer outside of school and is a staff writer for Ethic News. After her high school career, Caliva dreams of attending UC Irvine and majoring in pre-med. In her free time, Caliva likes to draw and read. Her favorite genres of books are typically fiction, fantasy or romance. This year she is taking Math III H, AP U.S History, AP Lang and AP Chem. In Caliva’s journalism career she really enjoys writing in STEM and A&E. Caliva joined journalism because she likes reading, writing and storytelling. Throughout the 2022-23 school year, she plans on improving study habits, improving her time management skills and to get good grades.

Nadia Ceniceros is a second year staff writer for ethic news. Ceniceros is 15-years-old and is in her sophomore year at Citrus Valley High School where she enjoys English and History classes. Some of Ceniceros’s hobbies include reading, listening to music, and collecting vinyls. On ethic news, Ceniceros plans to write about arts and entertainment while also taking photos for ethic news. Ceniceros strives to attend Columbia University where she plans to major in business or journalism. Ceniceros uses her goal of moving to New York and attending Columbia University as motivation in her everyday life. Ceniceros currently has a babysitting job which she thoroughly enjoys.

Miriam Yordanos is a 17-year-old senior who has been with Ethic News throughout all of her high school career. This year, however, is her first year as the editor-in-chief at Redlands East Valley. During her free time, she likes to read novels and watch shows, like Designated Survivor and Vampire Diaries. After she graduates, Yordanos plans to attend either University of California, Santa Barbara, New York University or the University of Southern California with a political science major, eventually either focusing on journalism or becoming a social worker.

Mia Aranda is a senior at Redlands East Valley High School. This year, she is the CEO for REV in Ethic. Aranda has been attracted to the world of journalism since sixth grade and is starting her fourth year of journalism. Along with journalism, Aranda has been involved in Girl Scouts for eight years and takes weekly piano lessons.  In her spare time, Aranda likes to watch movies, draw and play with her dogs. In fact, she has an ongoing list of all the films she has seen this year; it is currently over 100. In the future, Aranda wants to be an animator for Pixar.

Mauricio Pliego is a 16-year-old junior attending Redlands East Valley High School. He joined journalism because he has been interested in the people and the sense of family togetherness the class gives. He has a passion for politics and hopes to be immigration lawyer. Pliego wishes, at a younger age, to learn to play the violin. His hero is Spiderman and painting is his favorite form of art.  He enjoys photography, an interest of his for many years, rather than reading. His dream is to visit England and to adopt a pet. Pliego plans to attend New York University or University of California, Berkeley.

Isaac Meja is the Features editor for Ethic and a senior at Redlands East Valley High School. He enjoys spending his free time volunteering at his church and spending time with his family. He joined digital journalism to try something new and seize every opportunity to have a fun experience during high school. Mejia likes to be creative and has a passion for science; he aspires to become a doctor after he graduates.

Aileen Janee Corpus is a 16-year-old junior attending Redlands East Valley High School. She has two siblings: an older brother and a younger sister. They have a pet goldfish named Matilda. Some of her favorite hobbies and extracurricular activities are basketball, swimming, baking, cooking, playing instruments and downhill longboarding. They joined journalism because of their passion for writing, telling accounts of other people and always wanting to be a journalist. As a junior, Corpus is excited to continue her podcast and to make new friends this year. She is the Sports editor and their second year of digital journalism. After graduation, Corpus is planning to get a degree in aerospace engineering at a university.

Cyrus Engelsman, a 17-year-old senior at Redlands East Valley High School, joined Ethic as a staff writer and is currently the Multimedia editor, co-creator of The After School podcast and a translator for Ethic. In his free time, hw enjoys playing hockey and being the vice president of the creative writing club at REV. Although Engelsman loves writing, one of his favorite things to do for Ethic is to create photo slideshows because he is passionate about photography. Engelsman is glad he joined Ethic because he can have a creative outlet and people can hear what he has to say.

Jazui Mejia, 16, is a junior at Redlands High School and is proud to call herself the Culture editor for Ethic News. Mejia’s writing is focused mainly on activism and incorporates diverse perspectives and voices of the Redlands community. Aside from digital journalism, she is president of the GENup chapter of Redlands, the chair of the Women’s Caucus for GenVOCAL and an alto and soprano hybrid singer of the RHS Chamber Singers. In her free time, Mejia writes songs, roller skates and spends time with her friends and family. 

Ella Fitzpatrick is a senior at Redlands East Valley High School. At REV, she participates as a member of the Mental Health Club and the treasurer of Compact Club. This school year, she has decided to add to her list of hobbies. In addition to writing short stories and baking, Fitzpatrick has joined the REV tennis team. For her senior year, not only is she excited about her new sport, but she is also looking forward to writing for Ethic and graduating. Fitzpatrick enjoys spending her free time reading, listening to music and occasionally drawing. Her favorite class in school is literature because of her interest in writing and reading. Her go-to book is “Strange the Dreamer” written by Laini Taylor. A quote she believes and lives by is “the dream chooses the dreamer.” Fitzaptrick’s everyday life includes hanging out with friends, attending her clubs, school and enjoying a Studio Grill movie. She also loves spending time with her dog Lulu, whom she says makes her the happiest. Fitzpatrick describes herself as an outgoing, creative person who is also very hardworking. In five years, she hopes to be studying marine biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and having a pet dog. Until then, Fitzpatrick still wants to get a few things out of her last year of high school. She hopes to get more life experiences, pass her classes and write for Ethic News.

Craig Morrison is a 16-year-old junior at Redlands East Valley High School and a first-year staff member for Ethic News. Morrison joined journalism because his older brother had been editor-in-chief for Ethic News in 2019 and he had always admired his work. Morrison has always had an interest in journalism and reads the newspaper at home whenever he gets the chance. In journalism, he hopes to gain better writing skills and acquire research on future career options. Morrison is most interested in writing news and sports pieces and can also edit videos. He previously attended Redlands eAcademy his freshman and sophomore year and recently transferred to REV where Morrison is already involved in cross country and Link Crew. At home, Morrison has two older brothers, Christian and Cole, and two cats, Lexi and Loki. In his free time, he plays the electric guitar and practices skateboarding tricks. He also serves as a referee for American Youth Soccer Organization games at the Redlands Sports Park on the weekends. After high school, Morrison aspires to earn a degree in either mechanical engineering or physical therapy and eventually leave California.

Kendra Burdick, 15, is a sophomore at Redlands East Valley High School and she is a second-year staff writer who joined Ethic News to make her voice heard. Burdick is involved in course writing and is passionate about screenwriting. She loves both journalism and math classes and looks up to Jacob Grimm heavily. She loves animals since she has two cats, a stray and a Main Coon, and a Maltese Chihuahua mix. Burdick listens to rock music without any preference of artists. She appreciates honesty, kindness from others and her little sister.

Miyah Sanborn is a 14-year-old sophomore journalist at Redlands East Valley High School.  With her second year in journalism, she continues her childhood dream of being in a school newspaper.  After school, Sanborn loves to skate and spend time with her two cats. She hopes to continue her journalism experience in college or as a career in the future. 

Daniela Mora is a 15-year-old sophomore at Redlands East Valley High School. She is a member of “The After School Podcast Official” and is a staff writer for Ethic News. Because of her experience, she likes to help people start their own podcasts. In her free time, Mora teaches Catechism classes to youth at her church. She listens to rock and punk pop music and plays the guitar. At school, Mora enjoys science classes that allow her to participate in hands-on experiments. After high school, she hopes to go to school and study to be a pharmaceutical scientist. Due to her love for science, she wants to make a difference in the medical field that helps people around the world.

Spencer Moore is a staff writer for Ethic News. He is a sophomore attending Redlands East Valley High School. At REV, he is an active member of Speech and Debate and Ethic News. He joined Ethic News to keep people informed and educated and highlight the positive news in the Redlands community. In his free time, he enjoys playing the piano and walking his dog. After high school, he plans to pursue law school in pursuit of being an attorney.  He is excited to see what the future has in store for him and accomplishing his goals.

Ava Larson is a sophomore at Redlands East Valley High School. With a spirit of adventure and  a funny sense of humor, Larson joins the team of student journalists as a first-year staff writer for Ethic. In addition to being a journalist, Larson is an active skater. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her friends and appreciates listening to music, especially ‘80s rock and pop. Larson’s future plans are currently undecided and she is still considering what she might want to pursue after high school. At the moment, Larson plans to focus on the present and savor every moment of it.

Nathan Dennis is a 17-year-old senior at Redlands East Valley High School and the oldest of four. He enjoys Star Wars, his dog Zoey, working out and writing stories; he intends on pursuing a career in writing books. Although this is his first year of digital journalism, Dennis is excited to write and cover different topics. 

Joseph Pacheco is a 17-year-old senior  at Orangewood High School. He is a middle child of five in his middle class family. He moved around a lot while he was younger. He enjoys studying medicine and new ways to help people and plans on being a doctor in the future.