Olamide Olumide is a four-year journalism student who worked her way up from staff writer to Editor-in-Chief. Now in her second year leading The Mirror, she is passionate about storytelling and mentoring new writers. Olumide plans to pursue communications in college while also exploring business and marketing. She especially enjoys writing feature stories that highlight student voices. Despite this, she&...

Aidyn Kinchen, a senior, is a multifaceted member of The Mirror leadership team, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. He is in his second year as an Online Editor-in-Chief, as well as a producer and cameraman for Real Humans, and tends to be a frequent competition writer. He has won five awards through journalism so far at the local, state and nat...

Haik Ushaglyan, a senior, is an Online Editor-in-Chief for the second year of his time with The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. He is very interested in biology but plans on pursuing a career in law related to the medical field. If he could go anywhere in the world, he would want to visit a rainforest. The first ones that come to his mi...

Isaac Rios, a freshman, is the News & Features Editor of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. He is currently in his first year of journalism. Outside of work, he builds models, draws, plays video games and watches engineering and chemistry videos. To relax, he listens to music, rests and even swims sometimes. He is deeply interested...

David Duncan, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Fueled by his love for the truth, Duncan is a first-time journalist working with the Opinion section. He loves spending his free time at home watching TV shows with his new cat, Happy. His favorite movie to watch with Happy is “All Quiet on the Western...

Alyson Cerna is the Sports Editor for The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. In her third year in journalism, she’s enjoyed writing about topics ranging from powdered wigs to Bronny James and everything in between. As an avid boba consumer, she believes her addiction has largely contributed to her local boba shop’s annual ear...

Mia Levi, a freshman, is part of the social media and podcast teams for The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. She is extremely passionate about journalism and looks forward to spending the next four years growing and learning at Van Nuys. In the future, Mia hopes to pursue a career related to her current extracurricular activities, such a...

Sonia Vargas, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Often on the weekends, she enjoys a nice tennis match at Van Nuys Recreation Center with her family. When she’s not playing, she enjoys watching shows, spending time with family, cooking, writing and researching. She’s working for the opportunity to get...

Natalie Vo, a sophomore, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. This is her first year of journalism, and she has many hobbies, including dancing, writing and listening to music. Her most recent favorite artists are Kendrick Lamar, The Marías, J. Cole and Laufey. Her playlist is quite eclectic. Her interests include ga...

Joel Sosa, a junior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. He is looking forward to interviewing students on the spot and is excited to bring people onto The Mirror’s staff podcast. Outside of school, he works to carry out his dream of becoming a professional baker and boxer. He’s open to talk about all types of to...

Angie Diaz, a senior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. This is her first year of journalism, and she enjoys writing opinion pieces because they let her debate and share her perspective, especially on topics she feels strongly about. In her free time, Diaz likes to read, listen to music and play Minecraft, where sh...

Gavin Vargas, a junior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Vargas is obsessed with fashion and music, particularly enjoying genres like rap, EDM, house and electronic music. Outside of school, he enjoys listening to music, shopping and spending time with his girlfriend and friends. To relax, he often listens to musi...

Chloe Xanthe Sustento, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. She is interested in subjects related to math and science and currently plays volleyball as her extracurricular activity. After high school, she plans to apply to colleges like Caltech and hopes to pursue architecture as her career. Sustento is curious...

Florencia Sanchez, a sophomore, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Outside of school, she likes going out with her friends. She enjoys photography a lot and playing the piano. She also loves the show “Gilmore Girls,” which she could rewatch all the time if she wanted to. After graduating high school, Sanc...

Arielle Martinez, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Her plans after she graduates are to attend community college for two years for cosmetology school. The reason she chose to go to cosmetology school is because after she gets her license and builds her clientele, she can work on her own time instead o...

Damien Herrera, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. He enjoys writing and learning new skills in journalism, and looks forward to contributing stories that inform and engage the school community. In his free time, Herrera likes to play video games, spend time with his family and listen to music. ...

Ashley Cruz, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. She likes to read comics for fun and listen to music to relax. Cruz is a huge music enthusiast whose favorite genre is jazz rap, and she collects vinyl records. Her favorite movie is “Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters.” Even though she is not political, ...

Eli Blas, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, he likes to hang out with his friends and listen to music. To relax, he either sleeps or cleans. He’s obsessed with sleeping because it feels like floating in space. Blas is interested in watching “The Conjuring” movies and loves baseball for the ...

Jack Manansala, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Some people don’t know this about him, but he loves to play volleyball since he believes jumping high means breaking free from any height. When relaxing or bored, he spends his time listening to music or watching anime, especially romance. During ...

Samandy Perez, a senior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Perez loves her three cats and one dog. The names of her three cats are Michi, Michi and Michi, and the name of her dog is Canela. She loves animals and any athletic sport. She is currently on the wrestling team and plans to join other sports such as socce...

Ingrid Koch, a sophomore, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, she likes to read, write and obsess over Greek mythology and mystery/crime-related material. Her way of relaxing is to shop for books for a nice two hours or more. Warning: Never ask her what her favorite book or book series is, or be prepared for...

Melany Agababyan, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. She enjoys watching movies and hanging out with her friends when she’s free from stacks of homework. After school, she likes meeting up with her cousins to play volleyball or heading home to spend time with her family. Agababyan has a strong pas...

Alyssa Pelayo, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Her main interests are the world and music. The music she likes is everything, but specifically rap. One of her interests is rap collectives. She loves everyone and thinks people can do whatever they want. What she would love others to know about her is t...

Tony Huynh, a junior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Outside of school, he loves playing volleyball and spending time on video games for fun. A particular sport he follows is volleyball. When it comes to relaxing, he likes to listen to music and watch anime, especially sci-fi and romance. One of his obsessions is ...

Alondra Fermin, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. When she’s free, she likes to read, draw and listen to music. She enjoys watching shows and movies, and her favorites are “Alice in Borderland” and “Train to Busan.” To relax, Fermin listens to music or takes naps. She hopes ...

Fernando Trujillo, a senior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. He started writing for The Mirror this semester and enjoys interviewing people and listening to their opinions about a variety of topics. Trujillo loves to listen to old-school hip-hop such as MF DOOM, Wu-Tang Clan, People Under the Stairs, J Dilla and Nuja...

Iona Hersh, a senior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, she loves listening to music and reading, but most of all dancing. Hersh has been a classical dancer since she was 6 years old, so dance has been a core part of her life. She plans to remain in state for her undergraduate degree and pursue a career in the ...

Ashley Lopez, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. She is in her first year of journalism and is excited to learn more about what the program has to offer. Outside of school, she enjoys baking, reading and listening to music when she is stressed or doing homework. After high school, she hopes to pursue her dr...

Kelsi Thai, a sophomore, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, Thai likes to create short comics and play Roblox. Her favorite game on Roblox is Adopt Me because she loves collecting cute digital pets in addition to collecting Sylvanian Family figurines. In the future, she’d love to visit Japan to go on a hug...

Hazem Seifelnasr, a freshman, is on the graphic design staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. Seifelnasr likes to run and play video games in his free time and often experiments with Photoshop. He also likes traveling to places and making memories. His favorite genre of movies is horror, for example, “The Conjuring.” One t...

Carlos Herrera, a senior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, he plays quarterback for the Van Nuys High School football team and likes to listen to hip-hop music and hang out with friends. He is from Guatemala and usually tends to visit there, where he has a wide variety of family, including his mother. He p...

Angel Avendano, a senior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. In his free time, he likes to play football, play video games and draw. He also likes walking around the park or watching sports. One of his favorite things to do is watch horror movies, and he’s obsessed with football, especially his favorite team, the ...

Leslie Cristobal, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, she scrolls through social media, listens to many types of music and, most importantly, spends time with relatives and friends making memories. Since middle school, Cristobal has had a strong passion for playing the violin, which she has been dee...

Ana Gonzalez, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. In her spare time, she watches documentaries about crime and history or commentary videos. Ana loves writing stories, creating different characters and imagining them as their stories play out. Her current interests are Latin and history, which she studies for...

Elle Sinio, a junior, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. She is currently a first-year staff writer for the arts and culture section. When she’s not busy in the journalism room, she can usually be found in the school’s auditorium working on a rehearsal for the many shows at Van Nuys. In her spare time, sh...

Jimmy Xiloj, a sophomore, is part of The Mirror staff as a first-year graphic designer. In his free time, he enjoys making music as a two-year saxophonist, along with reading comics and watching movies. Coming from a family who plays music, Xiloj serves as the family’s first-ever saxophonist, hoping to create music in the future and improve his skills by practicing many hours a week. His favorite ar...

Isabella Rodriguez, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, she likes to cook, bake and play volleyball with her friends. ...

Laila Murra, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. For fun, she likes to listen to music, hike, participate in photography, work out, play volleyball and hang out with friends and family. She is a player on the Van Nuys High School junior varsity volleyball team and is an outside hitter. Murra often listen...