Jenevie Montano is a 16-year-old junior at Redlands East Valley High school. This is her first year as a staff member for Ethic News. After graduation, Montano plans on pursuing a career in the real estate industry. Montano’s writing passions include creating sports schedules and personal pieces. She also enjoys listening to music and hanging out with friends and family.
Kimberly Tapia is a 17-year-old senior at Orangewood High School. She is a new member of OHS journalism, and she joined because she has an interest in writing and photography. After graduation, Tapia plans on pursuing a nursing career to become a pediatric nurse. She enjoys listening to music and watching her favorite shows. Her hobbies include going out with friends, dancing, and exploring new places.
Sora Reynolds is a 17-year-old senior at Orangewood High School. He is a writer and managing publishing editor for Ethic. He is the second oldest with three younger siblings and one older sibling. He loves to swim and one of his favorite places to go is to the beach. After graduation, he plans to attend both Job Corps for a culinary class and San Bernardino Valley College for a welding class. He wants a possible future in a welding career. He’s in an engineering technology class at OHS and has started to practice welding in the class when he can.
Jesse Mendoza is a 16-year-old junior at Redlands East Valley High School. This is his first year as a staff writer in Ethic News. After Graduation, Mendoza plans to attend a community college near the Redlands or San Bernardino area to become an electrician. He joined the publication to try something new, but also because of his long-time interest in journalism. Journalistic coverage in sports is what interests him the most. In his free time he likes reading, drawing, and hanging out with friends.
Naleiah Miller is a 15-year-old sophomore at Redlands East Valley High school. This is her second year in Ethic News as a multimedia editor. Miller’s hobbies include reading and creating digital pieces. After graduating high school, she plans on majoring in psychology and photography while minoring in business. On campus, Miller is also a Marching Band Wildcat with hopes of becoming an assistant drum major and photographer for Redlands East Valley’s Black Student Union.
Earendel Henriquez is a 16-year-old junior and first-year Ethic News staff member at Redlands East Valley High school. Henriquez is inspired by their sister and interested in animations. Henriquez’s comfort food is homemade mac and cheese that their mother makes, although they enjoy Mexican food. If they were a movie, Henriquez would be ‘Batman.’ Henriquez would eventually like to travel to Colorado and they enjoy drama and action genres. One of Henriquez’s goals would be to pursue nursing in the future.
Adryiel Manalac is a 17-year-old senior at Redlands East Valley High School, and this is his first year at Ethic News. After graduation, Manalac hopes to attend John Paul the Great University in Escondido, California. Manalac joined the publication to try something new, and collaborate with others in press coverage. Senior year excites Manalac, because it indicates the ending of one chapter, and the opening of another, fresh chapter of Manalac’s life. Manalac’s journalistic instincts lead Manalac to an interest in the ins and outs of the political world, and Manalac hoped to help illuminate the truth of government to the people of the United States. In Manalac’s free time, Manalac likes to hit the gym. Eventually, Manalac wants to enter the world of real estate and business management, alongside other entrepreneurial endeavors. Manalac’s favorite thing to do in Redlands is hang out around the Mountain Grove shopping center.
Jakob Garcia is a 17-year-old senior at Redlands East Valley High School and this is his first year in Ethic News. After graduation, Garcia intends to attend a four-year university, while majoring in scientific biology. Garcia joined the publication with the intent to expand his horizons, and try something exciting in the field of journalism. In regards to being in his senior year, Garcia is excited to enter a new chapter of his life, and he is ready to move forward. Journalistic coverage of the people’s culture and opinion is what he has the most interest in. In his free time, he enjoys writing stories and creating his own narratives, as it helps him to unwind. Locally, he likes to explore our historic downtown Redlands area.
Brianna Melliz is a 17-year-old senior and first time Ethic News staff member at Redlands East Valley High School. Melliz joined in hopes of trying something new, experimenting with photography, and informing the public of the news. After graduation, she plans on becoming a veterinarian due to previous experience helping animals since she was young. This includes feeding stray cats and taking care of other animals that were on the streets. Melliz loves to dance, especially hip-hop and would like to pursue this passion in the future.
Kya Anthony is a 15-year-old sophomore at Redlands East Valley and first-year staff member at Ethic. Anthony loves to dance, cook, take pictures, read, and eat fried chicken. Music gives her peace of mind and helps her escape, helping to comfort her and make her happy. This year, she hopes to improve her photography skills and would like to tell stories through her pieces. Some of her goals are to continue dancing, work at a dance studio, and go to college.
Alex Verduzco is a 17-year-old senior and Ethic News Chief Executive Officer at Redlands East Valley High school. Verduzco has been in journalism for the past 2 years, with previous experience as sports editor. Her writing passions include poetic and personal pieces and creating sports schedules. Though she loves writing, Verduzco intends on pursuing a career as a surgeon after graduating high school. Verduzco is involved in many clubs at REV with leadership positions such as the Wildcat Pride Association and Wildcats 4 Change. Activism has always been a passion of hers as she hopes to create an inclusive, safe space for everybody on campus. Verduzco is very committed to the publication and hopes to explore more of herself as a writer this year.
Kendra Burd is a 17-year-old senior at Redlands East Valley high school. She has been working with Ethic News all four years of her high school career. In her senior year, she is looking forward to attending college to become a radiology technician. Burd has an exciting home life with creative siblings and three pets but she still finds time to do things she is passionate about such as reading, writing, and running. Burd also enjoys horror and murder mystery media. She enjoys being a student at REV but still believes there could be a lot of improvements on campus that she is happy to be vocal about.
Spencer Moore is a 17-year-old senior at Redlands East Valley High school. Moore has been doing digital journalism for all four years of the program. He hopes to have a successful career in law, and a fulfilling family life. The way he plans to achieve that goal would be through the person he’s been looking up to in his life, and that is his father. The basis for his admiration is how his father balances hard work and attending to his family. The thing that drives Moore to achieve is “the successful result, coming from the process of hard work.”
Jayleah Parchman is a 14-year-old freshman at Redlands East Valley High school. Parchman is a new addition to the Ethic News family as a staff member this year. She joined in hopes to become a better writer with this experience and potentially pursue a career in journalism after high school. English and math are the school subjects she enjoys most. Parchman’s interests include drawing, writing, and listening to music like the artist, Laufey.
Alina Sanchez Santacruz is a senior at Citrus Valley High School. Santacruz is passionate about politics, social justice, and her favorite subject at CV is psychology. She is social and focuses on her academics, and plans to attend college with an interest in pursuing a career in journalism, psychology, or become an english professor. Santacruz described her high school experience as focused, mainly on academics and fun as she has also spent this time with her friends. She plans to focus on the News & Opinion column at Ethic News.
Mia Caliva is a 17 year-old senior at Citrus Valley High School and the current Multimedia Editor for Ethic News. Caliva is a well-rounded athlete, playing varsity water polo in the winter at CV and club soccer outside of school year round. She’s an avid reader, spending most of her time with a book when she isn’t occupied with school or sports. Caliva enjoys listening to music as well, with some of her favorite artists such as Taylor Swift, Mitski, Clairo, and Ciggerettes After Sex. In the future, Caliva hopes to attend and graduate college but she has yet to decide a major.
Jasmine Rosales, a 17 year old Senior at Citrus Valley High School, and Chief Executive Officer for Ethic News. Rosales is embarking on her fourth year in journalism, after joining the class her Freshman year. This year, Rosales is taking AP Government and Economics and AP Psychology to begin her journey in becoming a Psychology Counselor. In the future Rosales aspires to have received her doctorate in psychology and have begun her career. As she begins her last year at CV, she plans to “cherish every moment and live everyday to the fullest” so she can look back after graduation and feel accomplished. Rosales looks forward to soccer season in the winter to play her favorite sport one last time with her friends and create amazing memories. “One thing I love about CV is the atmosphere during football games in the birdbox or during rallies” Rosales says, sharing that “nothing compares to the energy at CV’s bird box”. Lastly, Rosales is very excited for what the future holds for her and is ready to tackle her senior year.
Ronin Delgado is a freshman at Citrus Valley High School and staff writer for Ethic. Delgado said he joined journalism “because it sounded like a good experience to have going into high school”. Delgado shared he what he liked about journalism is that in the class, you get the chance to write articles about any topic. If Delgado could add a new club, it would be a photography class/club. If he could change one thing at the school he would make the gym bigger. If he could change a rule he would like it if there was less pass restriction. Delgado also said that he is most proud of his photography skills, he would like to receive a scholarship for tennis and would like to attend UCLA. If Delgado could describe himself with one word it would be independent. Growing up in San Bernardino, Delgado was able to attend clement middle school. Delgado is looking forward to the most is homecoming this fall. Delgado’s biggest inspiration in his life is his father because he is a successful person and a hard working man. Delgado stated that he is the only child and shared “it sucks being alone and your parents kinda team up on you”. In the future, Delgado wants to be a successful person and be happy. Delgado aspires to pursue a career being a financial advisor, and wants a job he is passionate about. Delgado’s favorite subject is English because it’s not too hard for him. Delgado is overall very excited to be a student at CVHS and to live the high school experience.
Parker Holsonbake is a 14-year-old freshman at Citrus Valley High School. She has never participated in any student journalism but has always loved writing and sharing her opinions. Holsonbake is excited to spread her beliefs in a judgment free environment. She also plans to have a broadcasting profession and loves public speaking and presenting. In her personal life Holsonbake is a busy person as you can always find her doing something whether it’s playing guitar, singing, dancing, listening to music, or playing sports like volleyball or tennis. Holsonbake has described herself as “energetic” and shows this by always having a positive attitude and exploring new interests or hobbies, she prides herself in overcoming obstacles like anxiety and stress by having her previously mentioned positive attitude.
Josie Durazo is a junior at Citrus Valley High School and a first year staff writer at Ethic this year. Her hobbies include singing, playing instruments, musical theater, and reading. Durazo joined journalism because she loves creative writing and heard a lot about the class. Her role model is her best friend Emily because she’s a supportive person and “super cool” Durazo shares. Durazo wants to attend Arkansas University and aspires to become a teacher or open her own coffee shop some day.
Hamzah Odeh is a freshman at Citrus Valley High School. He is excited to be a part of Ethic in his first year at high school. Odeh decided to join Journalism because he thought it would be a fun experience. He believes the most interesting part about Ethic is the positive environment and variety of articles he has seen so far. In high school, he looks forward to joining Mock Trial and attending water polo games later on in the year. In his free time, he enjoys drawing, listening to music, and writing.
Amber Bogh is a 14year old freshman at Citrus Valley High School. Bogh likes swimming and is in aquatics. She wants to play softball for the school this year. Bogh is a big fan of singing and music, she is very passionate about acting especially and is in intermediate theater. One thing she would like to add to the school is a more variety of school lunches and if she had to change something it would be the new hallway policy that was recently added. Bogh likes journalism because it is a way to express feelings and overall likes to write, a topic she would like to write about this year is mental health and wants to spread more awareness on the topic. She is in honors English this year and is looking forward to getting to know her classes more, she is also excited for what’s to come in the future for her classes. Bogh is very proud of the fact she is able to maintain good grades and considers herself very hard working. If she were to describe herself in three words it would be musical, family, and introvert. A song that has been on repeat for her has been In the Stars by Benson Boone and her favorite fruit is strawberries. After high school she wishes to stay in California because she grew up there and overall loves the energy. Bogh would like to go to Pepperdine University and pursue a career in cosmetology and become a hairdresser. Bogh does not own any pets at the moment but would like to own many more in the future. Her favorite season is spring because it is not too hot but not too cold and also loves sunflowers. She explains that she loves sunflowers because her mother also loves sunflowers and she always had sunflowers growing in her backyard when growing up. Bogh’s biggest role model is her sister, her sister has always been there for her in her ups and downs and overall appreciates her.
Emmitt Murphy is a 16-year-old junior attending Citrus Valley High School and is the Arts and Entertainment Editor for Ethic News. Murphy enjoys watching movies and TV shows, playing video games, and listening to music in his free time. His favorite TV show is Daredevil, and a few of his favorite musicians are Tyler the Creator and The Cure. An avid fan of superheroes, some of Murphy’s favorite characters include Spiderman, Batman, and Superman. Murphy is also an athlete and participates in multiple sports, such as track and field and cross country. Murphy’s favorite class is digital journalism with Ethic News and his favorite school subject is English. After graduation, Murphy plans to study film and attend college in New York.
Aleromi Omaghomi is a 14 year old freshman at Citrus Valley High school. She is a second generation basketball player who after senior year, plans on receiving a Basketball scholarship. Her favorite class is English due to the fact that it’s her best subject.Omaghomi’s freshman goals consist of receiving straight A’s to get into Honor Classes the following year, to stay attentive in class to maintain grades, and to work hard for Basketball. Her strongest influence in her life is her mother, who played four years of varsity Basketball and got Aleromi into the sport. Her favorite movie is Homewrecker, favorite song is Inhale by Bryson Tiller, favorite superhero is Batman, favorite show is Greenhouse Academy directed by Roee Florentin but doesn’t agree with all the directors choices for some characters. Omaghomi’s favorite drink is sweet tea and her favorite sport is Basketball.
Destiny Ramos is a 17-year old senior at Citrus Valley High School. This is her fourth year of digital journalism, and she works as the editor-in-chief. Ramos plans to become a paramedic after high school and college. She also plans on being a color guard coach on the side. Ramos currently does color guard and has been doing it for the past 6 years, she originally joined journalism because her 8th grade English teacher believed she had a future in writing and encouraged her to take some type of writing class in High School. In addition, Ramos favorite color is dark green, her favorite holiday is Halloween, and her favorite movie she saw this year was either the Super Mario movie or The Little Mermaid.
Monique Varela is a sophomore at Citrus Valley High School, she is the opinion editor this year for Ethic News. This is her second year in journalism, she is inspired to write more opinionated articles this year. After high school she plans to go to The University of Berkeley, and major in psychology. She enjoys writing, playing piano, and she’s in color guard.
Jules Acuna is a sophomore at Citrus Valley High School and staff writer for Ethic. She is an only child who was raised by a single mother. Acuna is interested in photography, and is excited to learn more about it and help contribute to the class. Her perseverance helps her not give up the sight of what her goal is and is a passionate student who likes to volunteer at animal shelters outside of school. After high school, Acuna is planning to go to college out of state and major in biology and pursue a career in Zoology.
Christian Chapparosa is a 17 year old senior at Orangewood High School. He is a middle child in an average family. He purposefully keeps a shy demeanor, as he is content with being by himself. He is not anti-social, but introverted. Christian also really likes to sleep, because awakening from a nap or sleep feels like being reborn.
Lauren Bishop is a senior at Orangewood High School. She is the youngest child with one older brother. She likes photography and interior design. Her plans for the future is to start working and providing for her family. After high school she is planning on going to a community college. She likes to hang out at the beach or some public trails around her neighborhood. She loves fall and winter and prefers colder weather.
Jacob Cordova is a senior at Orangewood High School. He is a loving kid who likes to go outdoors in his free time. He plays basketball regularly, and trains daily while hitting the gym to better himself. Jacob has been playing basketball since he was 8 and hopes to play at the collegiate level, and maybe go pro overseas.He has 3 siblings and two boxers breed dogs who are a handful themselves. Besides being outdoors training he likes to do photography, and edit videos with his brother in law, which is why he chose to join journalism.
Justen Nguyen is a Filipino Vietnamese American from Loma Linda, California. He makes music as a songwriter under the alias JNIII (J.N.3). He is 17 years old and enjoys sports, anime, wrestling and music. He is currently a senior at Orangewood High School.
Joshua Zatarain is a Mexican-American senior who transferred to Orangewood High School because he was credit deficient. Josh plays soccer and his hidden talent is juggling. Josh’s nickname is JZ and has been since in 8th grade when one of his teachers had two Joshes and to not mix them up he called Josh “JZ” merging his first name and lastname. Josh loves Mexican food and his favorite food is tortas ahogadas. Josh wants to be a police officer when he’s older in either Redlands or Yucaipa.
Craig Morrison is a 17-year-old senior at Redlands East Valley High School and a second year staff member for Ethic News. Morrison considers his favorite classes are physics and engineering as to him they are different from any other class before since they are a perfect balance of challenge and interest for him. He is passionate about space and would love to be an astrophysicist and one make discoveries and advance our knowledge. Morrison appreciates the kindness people have and looks up to his father as he feels that he has taught him the most in his life. In the next 10 years he hopes to get out and experience the world, which includes living on his own and starting his dream job. To Morrison, family gives him meaning as he can still have happiness even in the worst of times.
Mauricio Pliego is an 18-year-old senior attending Redlands East Valley High School. He joined journalism because of his interests in writing and photography with hopes of one day becoming an immigration lawyer or joining the political world for the state. This past summer, he attended Boys State where he competed against boys across the state of California and enjoyed the time he spent with them. Pliego plans to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, or the University of California, Berkeley. His childhood superhero is Spider-Man and enjoys movies related to the Sci-fi genre.
Aileen is a 17-year-old senior attending Redlands East Valley High School. She has two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister making her the middle child. Aileen is very creative: she loves playing their instruments and basketball, crocheting, and expressing herself by art during her free time. She has always loved to write and found herself in ETHIC News. She is passionate about everything she does.
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.
Daniela Mora is a returning REV student as a sixteen year old junior this year as well as in her position of Chief Editor of La Plaza. Her main motivation is making herself proud in life and through the pieces she writes. Mora’s favorite thing about Ethic is having the privilege of sharing her voice and being able to control her narrative. In teaching Catechism classes to youth she realized her calling to become an elementary school teacher in order to inspire and educate the younger generations. She hopes to graduate high school and attend a four year university to further her education. Daniela’s proudest accomplishment is allowing herself to take a leadership position despite her fears of failure and imperfection. During her time here she has taken on responsibilities as being a part of the Ethic News family and continues to grow as a person as well as writer and active member of the community.
Alex Verduzco is a 16-year-old junior at Redlands East Valley High school. Alex takes much pride in her academics. This year she is taking three Advanced Placement classes including AP English Language, AP Spanish Language, and AP US History. With this schooling, she hopes to go to UC Irvine and Johns Hopkins University to study medicine and become a maternal fetal surgeon. With her free time, Alex is part of the Wildcats tennis team and also enjoys reading and baking. In the community, Alex enjoys educating herself and being an activist fighting for lgbtq+ rights and more gun safety. She loves how outspoken and vocal she is and hopes his will help her in her journey with Ethic News.
Alexander Marquis is a senior and big brother to his little sister, Marcy who also attends Redlands East Valley High School as a sophomore. He plans to go to college after this school year and attend Colonial Island University to pursue his interest in game design and his interest in history because one can see history from many different perspectives. As for food, he’s very set on his specified food but likes them all equally.
Kendra Burdick is an editor for the newspaper. She has been in the newspaper for three years and plans to continue through senior year. She sees herself as a very creative person and is owner to one dog and two cats and associates herself with being a dog person. She is a Libra and wants to pursue her love of traveling, writing and helping people in the future. Burdick sees herself going to school and becoming a radiologist and a part-time writer.
Geffery Acosta is a 16-year-old junior attending Redlands East Valley High School. He enjoys his English classes, Athletic Training, and Journalism where one of his passions is photography, especially when it comes to nature. Acosta hopes to continue a career in photography where he can open his own business. Outside of school, he regularly goes to the gym where he tends to look more at his own improvement. He enjoys all kinds of music but in particular likes the band Airlifts and believes that everyone has a reason as to why they were created.
Naleiah Miller is a 13-year-old freshman who is in her first year of ETHIC News and is a staff writer. She plans to write about topics that she is passionate about and to record a podcast. During her free time, Miller likes to read, play sudoku, and knit while listening to music. Outside of school, Miller is a part of the Redlands East Valley Wildcats’ marching band and has been playing clarinet for 6 years.
Spencer Moore is a 16-year-old Junior at Redlands East Valley High School. He is also the opinion editor of ETHIC News. The reason he joined the publication is because he loves writing, and he became the opinion editor because he believes that “all voices should be heard in the most powerful and clear way possible.” This passion for writing appeared in Moore’s life around the time he discovered his mutual love for debate. He aspires to go into education law and business litigation. In his spare time he watches movies, plays video games, and researches contemporary worldwide issues. He isn’t necessarily focused on trying to leave a large mark on society, however he wants to carry himself in a way that he will be remembered as someone who was kind.
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.
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