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...

Ellie Ray Steinberg, a junior, is the editor of the Arts & Culture section 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. In her previous two years of high school, she could be found onstage in many of the mainstage theater productions and continues her passion for performing arts this year in two theater clas...

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...

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...

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. ...