Meet Our Team!
2024-2025 School Year

Editor in Chief
Sophia Dio
Sophia is a junior who rose from the ranks from reporter to editor-in-chief of The Windjammer. She is a passionate, enthusiastic student who finds delight in art in many forms, whether it is dainty fashion, music, ceramics or traditional art. Her journey in Journalism has reawakened her love for writing as she continues to seek for new interests and improvement in her writing and communication skills. She hopes to use her gift of passion to become a dependable leader for her reporters and editorial team. Outside of Mayfair, Sophia can be caught hanging out at a café, reading pop culture articles, or figuring out what outfit to wear for the next day!

Copy Editor
Cesar Guerrero Isaias
Cesar is a copy editor for The Windjammer. In his second year of journalism, he has made remarkable progress in his writing skills. Cesar has been interested in self-expression via writing since fifth grade and aspires to utilize writing as a form of art and expression. He hopes to be able to apply the information and abilities he has gained throughout his time in journalism in the future, as well as to assist others in finding writing to be as great of a hobby as it is for him. He is looking forward to working with his reporters and the rest of the editorial crew to carry on The Windjammer's legacy.
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Copy Editor
Andrea Ramos
Andrea Ramos is a junior starting her second year here on The Windjammer. Starting a brand new year being a part of the editorial staff. Though, she still has a long journey ahead of her when it comes to continuing to improve her skills.
Andrea enjoys drawing, scrapbooking, and reading or watching genres like horror, fantasy, and sci-fi. Andrea wants to be a journalist to explore the world. Furthermore, her future plans as a writer is to either become an author or a critic. To share her analysis and thoughts to others; perhaps even inspiring them with her ideas.

Director of Photography
Robert Foster
Robert is a senior at Mayfair High School and a returning member of The Windjammer. After spending most of their first year learning new camera equipment, the journalism class decided to reward their hard work with a title. Beyond journalism, Robert is one of the founding members of the Mayfair DnD Club and an active participant in it. They are also a member of the GSA (Gender-Sexuality Alliance) and serve as its president. In the future, Robert wants to be a math teacher at Mayfair and work their way up to becoming a college professor.

Video Editor
David Perez
David is a junior at Mayfair High School, and it is his second year being a part of The Windjammer. He is also a member of the baseball team and enjoys participating in various clubs. David's hobbies include making videos, hiking, and cooking. His goal as a member of The Windjammer is help create videos and improve his skills for his future directing career. David is looking forward to his upcoming role in student journalism.

Social Media Manager
Carter Causky
Carter is a junior at Mayfair High School and is a returning journalist for The Windjammer, now serving as the Social Media Manager. He hopes journalism will open up future opportunities, help him make new friends, and improve his writing. In his free time, Carter enjoys golfing, hanging out with friends, sleeping, and spending time with family. He loves to write about world events and sports, and he is also a golfer for the Mayfair High School team. Carter to attend a local college and later transfer to a university after high school.

Reporter
Samara Battle
Samara is a freshman here at Mayfair and wanted to try journalism during her first year of high school because she knew it would be something she would enjoy. Writing comes easy to her when she lets her imagination run wild. Samara also enjoys playing and watching basketball, which led her to try out for and make Mayfair’s team. Journalism is teaching her to step out of her comfort zone in a positive way, helping her become more outgoing and less shy when it comes to talking to new people. In the future, she wants to attend her dream college, UCLA, to study law and become a judge or lawyer.

Reporter
Jade Bernal
Jade wanted to join journalism to become more involved! Jade likes to go to the beach and hang out with her friends. She enjoys spending time doing something fun. Jade is a journalist because she wants to expand her interests in different jobs and figure out where she wants to go in the future. She plans on becoming a realtor or a lawyer.

Reporter
Ian Casey
Ian is a freshman at Mayfair High School, and he is one of the people that joined so he could write multiple articles for The Windjammer this year. He is interested in listening to music albums and playing sports. He also likes to talk about serious topics or questions where you can just ponder or think about it. He's hoping to see that he can be really intrigued by journalism and write articles that he can really enjoy doing because it correlates to his thinking of expressive writing and how it could help you release built-in anger and be happier. He just hopes that he can have a good year.

Reporter
Melody Clarke
Melody is a freshman who joined journalism to get involved and challenge her writing skills—especially while also taking English 9 Honors. She enjoys listening to music, spending time with friends and family, and celebrating Halloween. Melody plays the right side in her favorite sport, volleyball, and is also involved in ASB. In the future, she hopes to become a psychologist or work in the medical field. And lastly, she absolutely loves Disneyland.

Reporter
Dann Rainer Del Rosario
Rain is a senior high student who loves being a writer and working with an amazing team. He joined journalism for only the spring semester, but being a journalist has also improved his writing skills. It has also helped him with his other activities. As a writer, he mostly writes about sports since he is an athlete at Mayfair. Rain played volleyball from freshman to junior year as well as became a member of the Filipino Club. After high school, he is going to attend a community college in Cerritos and transfer to Cal State Long Beach for nursing.

Reporter
Israel Diaz
​Israel is a senior in high school and this is his first year being a part of journalism. Having a passion for philosophy and wanting to become an author, he takes this class to find the creative side of writing. Israel was a part of the Mayfair Boys Soccer team for three years. Aside from school, he has had a love for club soccer since he was eight. His goal as a student journalist is to have well written articles and more interest in reading them too as it will help improve his writing style. After he graduates, Israel plans to attend Long Beach City College to continue his studies and achieve his dreams as a commercial pilot.

Reporter
Sara Gonzalez
Sara Gonzalez is a senior at Mayfair High School. She loves traveling and reading, and often spends her time hanging out with family. Sara was born in Lancaster—in the middle of a desert on a farm—and moved to Bellflower when she was around six. Personal writing has always been a hobby for her outside of school and academic assignments. She sees writing as a way to fit beauty into something as simple as words. Sara joined journalism for the chance to be part of something that brings awareness and to gain more experience in the world of journalism.

Reporter
Lily Greenwood
Lily is a junior at Mayfair High School, and this is her first year in journalism. She’s a member of the DnD Club and participates in Mayfair Theatre. Her hobbies include drawing, making and listening to music, doing puzzles, and riding her bike. Lily is kind, upbeat, and loves spreading comedy and positivity. Her goal as a journalist is to share exciting and important news with the students of Mayfair. Ultimately, her dream in life is to write stories that will inspire generations to come.

Reporter
Landon Guetzkow
Landon is a hardworking and dedicated student at Mayfair High School who combines a can-do attitude with artistic vision as one of the illustrators for The Windjammer. Outside of journalism, he is involved in a range of activities, including ASB, the DND Club, Cross Country, Track and Field, French III, and several AP classes. Landon is super social and into anime, video games, history, and cats. He joined journalism to get creative and try out fresh, fun projects. Looking to the future, Landon aims to attend Stanford University to major in history and become a university professor.

Reporter
Sakpisethpagna Hoy
Pagna is a senior at Mayfair, and it is his first year joining journalism. He hopes to not only experience new things but also make new friends in his senior year. Pagna is interested in studying math; he hopes to find a math-related job in the future. While he had not been planning to join journalism, he is excited to become a journalist and write about any interesting topic that he may come across. Whenever he is not in school, Pagna finds many ways to keep himself busy -- sleeping, hanging out with friends, playing video games, or reading are all of his fail-safe plans to lessen his boredom.

Reporter
Chibuike Iwuanyanwu
Chibuike, or Chibu for short, is a junior at Mayfair and the captain of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team, proudly maining King K. Rool. Beyond gaming, he also enjoys reading, cooking, and staying active through fitness. He hopes to spice up The Windjammer with his narrative flair and passion for well-developed storytelling. He's passionate about his work, driven, and hardworking, which he believes will make him a great member of The Windjammer's team. After high school, Chibu hopes to attend UCI and major in computer science, with a focus on game design and programming.

Reporter
Olivia Jennings
Olivia Jennings was a reporter for the Mayfair Windjammer in the 2024-2025 school year.

Reporter
Russell Ketchum
Russell is a sophomore who has many interests. He is someone who can find out about any topic and be intrigued, often branching out into different kinds of media and hobbies. He enjoys art, music, and history. Despite this, he is often found at home researching and playing games. He joined Journalism because it seemed intriguing and to find ways to be involved in his new school. Having transferred to Mayfair in his second semester, after six years of being homeschooled was difficult, but The Windjammer and its team quickly made him feel welcome.

Reporter
Ary Lopez
Ary Lopez is a 12th-grade tuba player for the Mayfair Monsoon Marching Corps who loves not just exploring the world but also writing about it. He enjoys covering the exciting parts of sports as well as school changes and policies involving students and teachers. This amazing student comes from the region of Oaxaca, Mexico (San Jose Etla), and has loving parents and amazing brothers. Ary hopes to become a lawyer one day and work alongside law enforcement.

Reporter
Celena Mendez
Celena, a dedicated student at Mayfair, passionately documents school events, conducts interviews, and reports on the news. Alongside her active involvement in school activities, she pursues journalism as a way to sharpen her writing and speaking skills. She often spends her days with her beloved cat and enjoys shopping and socializing with friends. Through her role as a student journalist at Mayfair, Celena consistently shows her commitment to capturing and sharing the happenings within her school community.

Reporter
Patch Su'a
Everything by everyone can be represented by anything and anyone—that's why Patch is here. He joined journalism in hopes of exploring literary analysis and expanding on every topic under the sun. His pursuit of art sparked a love for expression in all forms, from a word's silence to the symphony of a canvas. “Anything can be interesting if you look at its history,” he says. It doesn’t necessarily mean everything is deep; it just makes it more interesting. He’s not as formal as he seems—just take the time to get to know him. Bring up something you like, and he’ll set off to learn about it like clockwork.

Adviser
Mr. Cross
His Lordship, the Reverend Austin Graham Cross, BA, is the current adviser for The Windjammer. Having been a student journalist himself and Editor-in-Chief of Los Alamitos High School's Griffin Chronicle during the 2012-2013 school year, Lord-Reverend Cross has come to rule over the lands with an iron fist and terrorize countless tender youth. May all tremble in his terrible wake. Mr. Cross also enjoys cooking, mythology, heavy metal, and language learning. He owns a cat and a dog.
2023-2024 School Year

Editor in Chief
Daisy Ruiz
Daisy is a senior who enjoys writing and hopes to broaden their horizons while working with an amazing team. Outside of their writing interests, they enjoy being a part of other teams, such as the Girls Golf team here at Mayfair and actively participate in Girl Scouts. They also enjoy listening to music, baking and taking candid pictures wherever they go. In their future, they strive to continue writing as well as attend Mt. San Antonio and get their certification in Air Traffic Controlling.

Copy Editor & Illustrator
Ruth Manzo
Ruth is an aspiring artist who loves any creative outlet and is also a Copy Editor and the Illustrator for the Windjammer. Their main goal as a writer for the Windjammer is to spread well-written articles and better their skills. They not only love creative things, but comforting things such as hot chocolate, rainy weather and relaxing with a book -- preferably true crime. They're looking forward to expressing their creativity as a Monsoon!

Copy Editor
Jaiyah Harrison
Jaiyah is a petite girl who likes to think about scientific information and research. She is one of the Copy Editors for the Windjammer. She has been known to be social, but is actually very quiet and self-reserved. Jaiyah is also interested in annotating text and underground history. As a writer Jaiyah hopes to be able to show others more in-depth research in music and people. Jaiyah’s main reason for being a journalist is to try something new and seek new information from others in school and of course outside.

Copy Editor
Valerie Reyes
Valerie is a Senior and one of our returning members. She loves music, sports and likes to give voice to those that are often overlooked. In her spare time, she likes to go for runs and watch Lupin. She hopes on helping others to grow in writing and strengthen her ability on seeing things from different perspectives. She embraces her Latina culture. After her high school years, Valerie would like to continue her education to study to be either a doctor or a physical therapist. She hopes to attend a two-year community college and then transfer to CSUDH.

Social Media Manager
Mayte Sonnenberg
Mayte is a Senior and returning journalism student who has risen to the rank of Social Media Manager. She enjoys writing and often does it in her free time. She joined journalism not only to excel in her writing skills, but also to be open to opportunities in the future. She loves writing about sports and entertainment. When Mayte isn't writing, you can catch her at the equestrian center or in her room blasting music. After completing high school, Mayte hopes to learn more about journalism and possibly have a career in journalism.

Video Editor
David Perez
David is a sophomore at Mayfair High School and it is his first year being apart of The Windjammer. David is part of the Baseball team and enjoys participating in different clubs. David's hobbies include making videos, hiking and cooking. David's goal as a member of The Windjammer is to help make videos and improve their skills for their own directing career. David is looking forward for his upcoming role in student journalism.
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Reporter
Marissa Molano
Marissa is a senior and a returning journalism student. She enjoys reading and writing during her free time. Marissa hopes to excel in her writing skills and that is why she joined journalism. She loves writing about entertainment and opinion articles. Outside of school you can find her on a soccer field or in her room reading and blasting music. When high school is over, Marissa plans to study abroad and major in social ecology and minor in English.

Reporter
Lizette Najera-Perez
Lizette is a senior here at Mayfair and it's her second year in journalism. Lizette did journalism again because she potentially wishes to pursue it as a major and it's a fun class. She is a also huge fan of Marvel and DC comics. In her free time she reads, runs, listens to music and watches shows & movies. Some of her favorites are "Perks of Being a Wallflower", "Gotham and Anne with an E." And her favorite artists include Avicii and 5SOS. After Lizette graduates from Mayfair she hopes to attend CSUDH or UCI and major in English or finance.

Reporter
Ray Benavidez
Ray Benavidez, a first year journalist, has joined The Windjammer as a sophomore. He is very intrigued in discussions and debates regarding both serious topics and silly "what-ifs". During his free time he often chats with his friends and spends time working on himself. Most of his family has actually went to Mayfair when they were younger and some even go right now. He also likes long walks on the beach.

Reporter
Carter Causky
Carter is a sophomore at Mayfair High School who is a first year journalist. His writing interests include interviews, sports recaps and world events. Carter is very interested in sports and is a golfer for the team here at Mayfair. He also enjoys watching football and going to the Friday night games. He takes journalism to possibly become a journalist in the future. After high school, he plans to go to college or university.
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Reporter
Isabella Delgado
Isabella is a senior and is in her first year of journalism! Though being a journalist wasn’t originally in her plans for senior year, she’s incredibly excited and hopes that through this, she becomes more comfortable talking to unfamiliar people. Analyzing books and movies is something she enjoys doing and is excited to get the opportunity to do so this year. Her hobbies include crocheting, embroidery, painting, and jewelry making (just to name a few). Isabella is currently planning to major in art history, aiming to become a museum archivist.

Reporter
Sophia Dio
Sophia is a sophomore who finds delight in the many forms of art. She is a passionate student who loves digital and traditional art; photography and trendy, adorable fashion. As a writer, she enjoys reading articles that cover art and music -- especially K-Pop. She joined journalism as a chance to improve her writing skills, make room for new interests and be able to express herself through articles in The Windjammer. Sophia hopes that her time here as a reporter will be a wonderful experience.

Reporter
Violet Easter
Violet is a sophomore at Mayfair. They're a first-time student in journalism; even though it's their first year they still have a lot of ideas to bring to the table. They love listening to music, writing, spending quality time with those close to them and is a huge animal lover.

Reporter & Financier
Robert Foster
Robert is a junior and is a first time member of journalism. After being asked to join The Windjammer many times, he finally relented and joined. Robert likes to play D&D and was the founder of Mayfair's D&D Club. Robert is also president of of Mayfair's GSA (Gender-Sexuality Alliance) Club. Robert also likes to play a variety of games with their friends. Robert wants to become a college professor in mathematics. He chose this profession due to their likes of teaching and math.

Reporter
Sara Gonzalez
Sara Gonzalez is a junior at Mayfair High School. She loves traveling and reading, and generally spends a lot of her time hanging out with family. Sara was born in Lancaster in the middle of a desert on a farm and moved to Bellflower when she was around 6. Personal writing has always been a hobby for her apart from school and educational writing. Sara finds writing as an opportunity to fit beauty into something as simple as words. She joined journalism for an opportunity to be apart of something that can bring awareness and gain more experience in the world of journalism.

Reporter
Celena Mendez
Celena, a dedicated student at Mayfair, passionately documents school events, conducts interviews and reports on news. Alongside her commitment to the cheer team and active involvement in school activities, Celena pursues journalism as an avenue for honing her writing and speaking abilities. Often she spends her days with her beloved cat while also taking pleasure in shopping and socializing with friends. Through her role as a student journalist at Mayfair, Celena demonstrates her commitment to capturing and sharing the happenings within her school community.

Reporter
Cesar Guerrero-Isaias
Cesar is a sophomore at Mayfair High School. He is in his first year of journalism and looks forward to working for The Windjammer and with other journalists. He aspires to be able to improve his skills by using The Windjammer as a way to write, socialize and express himself via the articles he creates. Cesar has been intrigued in self-expression through the form of writing since 5th grade, and has been wanting to use writing as a style of art and expression. He wishes to be able to use skills acquired from being a journalist to further improve himself.

Reporter
Julian Guerrero
Julian is a senior at Mayfair He joined journalism his junior year, roped in by the possibility of creating political cartoons, but was forced to drop the class on the first day due to a schedule conflict. Now back, he hopes to do the exact same thing -- though perhaps with a few more goals in mind. He has several hobbies, including but not limited to drawing, making music, writing poetry and collecting rocks. He hopes to one day be a rock star.
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Camie Idzinski
Camie is a senior at Mayfair High School who loves to stay involved. When she's not busy with academics, she's probably putting time into some extracurriculars -- Marching Band, Track and Field, Mayfair Girls Up, UNICEF, Leo Club, and even picking up a shift at work. In her free time, you might see her volunteering at your local food bank; she might even be advocating for social justice with the 63rd Assembly District or the ALA CAGS Alumni Foundation. She plans to pursue a career in news broadcasting/journalism with a bend towards politics.

Reporter
Ary Lopez
Ary Lopez is a co-tuba player for the Mayfair Moonsoon Marching Corps who loves not just exploring the world, but writing about it. He likes to write about not just the exciting parts of any sport, but also about school changes and policies involving students/teachers. This amazing student comes from the region of Oaxaca, Mexico (San Jose Etla), lovely parents and amazing brothers (one begin Eitan who is in 7th grade). Ary wants to be a a lawyer one day, working alongside law enforcement.

Reporter
Andrea Ramos
Andrea Ramos is a sophomore starting a new year as a journalist. Andrea enjoys spending time with her family and loves watching anime. Most of the time, she reads fantasy novels and listens to 70's and 80's music. She will most likely be covering movies and TV series. The next thing she might cover are her opinions on this campus. Some of the reasons why she decided to become a journalist was to improve her writing in order to later become an author. Once she becomes an author, she plans on inspiring others with her writing.

Reporter
Soleil Falcon
Soleil Falcon is a confused freshman in unpredictable Mayfair High School. Soleil takes a liking to many interests (which isn't hard because she's interested in any topic) such as reading, rollerblading, drawing, chess and singing. After getting permission from Lord-Reverend Cross, Soleil joined the The Windjammer! Although she is new to journalism, she has found writing to be therapeutic in the past and is excited to be working with her classmates.

Reporter
Sarahi Quiahua
Sarahi likes to be involved in various activities both outside and inside of school. She participates in sports, such as soccer, and other clubs. She also enjoys reading and writing while reading because it helps her better comprehend what she is reading. Sarahi participates in yearbook, which helped encourage her to join journalism. She also joined journalism because being a reporter seemed like an interesting job that included photography, which she also enjoys and hopes to minor in.

Adviser
Mr. Cross
His Lordship, the Reverend Austin Graham Cross, BA, is the current adviser for The Windjammer. Having been a student journalist himself and Editor in Chief of Los Alamitos High School's Griffin Chronicle during the 2012-2013 school year, Lord-Reverend Cross has come to rule over the lands with an iron fist and terrorize countless tender youth. May all tremble in his terrible wake. Mr. Cross also enjoys cooking, mythology, heavy metal, and language learning. He owns a cat and a dog.