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Class of 2025 heads off to the future!

May 21, 2025

Arizona State University Jaelyn Popper

Cornell University Jason Guo

Bay Area Training Academy, EMT Emily Cooper

CSU East Bay Elicia Casto, Natasha Ceja Alvarez, Jillian Epitacio, Joseph Gitonga, Kaitlyn Ilmberger, Jacob Larcina, Wesley Phulps, Jack Portillo, Farhan Sherzad, Brady Tham, Mia Yin

Berkeley City College Shane Cochrane, Karla Gonzalez, Brandon Hopwood, Chaniya Salabao Boise State University Kyle Jordan, Jayda Vaz Boston University Samantha Jew, Amani Multani, Isaiah Yeh California Baptist University Ian Ling California Institute of the Arts Stephanie Feng Case Western Reserve University Jillian Taylor Chabot College Claire Akita, Kaelyn Anderson, Victor Bahng, Xavier BjorkNelson, Rock Bucklin, Toren Cabreana, Damian Caldiero, Katelyn Chang, Laughlin Chen, Phoebe Chiu, Brandon Chung, Adan Contreras, Ashley Cooper, Connor Cooper, Mikaela Critser, Sophia DeMiguel, Charlotte DeWaal, Rogelio Diaz, Olli Dibaba, Emily Duenas, Gabrielle Farias, Dulce Fitzsimons, Avianna Gonzalez, Yonatan Hagos, Ryan Hammonds, Cooper Henselmann, Evan Hepp, Junxi Huang, William Hudson, Emily Huie, Erin Jiang, Christopher Jimenez, Maison Jordan, Asher Krumb, Landon Lai, Weizhe Liu, Kaden Luong, Rico Lupian, Kylie Mei, Malik Munn, Cole Murphy, Lani Ng, Kyle Nguyen, Piper Notari, Sanaa Odetallah, Aiden Olsen, Adam Ornelas, Kikiy Ou, Michael Owen, Fiona Padilla, Violet Patrick, Angie Payhua, Treysi Xiomara Payhua Sulca, Ryan Perez, Alex Perez, Gavin Peters, Anthony Rigo, Xavier Rivera, Giovanni Rodriguez Yanez, Brian Rodriguez Yanez, Matthew Rojas, Bryan Rosales Escobar, Pablo Rubio-Arroyo, Jordan Schneickert, Rachel Shum, Isabel Silva, Parman Singh, Taylor Smith, Luis Solorzano, Monica Sorto, Nikki Steinberg, Austin Tang, Francy Taquire, Johan Taquire, Arthur Tatarkhanov, Annabella Terry, Chase Traylor, Anthony Valverde, Uatesoni Veamatahau, Emma Vu, Dylan Vuong, Nicholas Warren, Kenna Weiland, La’von West, Ayline Wilkinson-Villalobos, Leanne Wu, Rebecca Yeung, Tin Yui Yang, Luciana Zerga Chapman University David Bull, Daniel Priem Chicago State University Hailey Perez College of Idaho Kathryn Pereur College of San Mateo Jazmine Cortez, Alyssa Green, Yusef Scott

CSU Fresno Angelina Zamora CSU Fullerton Amber Ditona, Ayden Janks, Mia Sarno, Peyton Sklut, Verniece Thong, Chloe Tong, Zachary Watson CSU Humboldt, Cal Poly Vincent De Alba, Adiyaan Guha, Ethan Morgheim CSU Long Beach Qaisarah Kamal Fariz, Halina Nguyen, Megan Tran CSU Monterey Bay Owen Seidel CSU Pomona, Cal Poly Mateo Camarena, Vince Jaden Cordova, Valentin Liochev, Matthew Sanchez CSU Sacramento Amanda-Grace Kremer, Mason Yamat CSU San Diego Solae Chappell, Owen Chen, Indiana Chilton, Sydney Mai, MorganMcColm-deJong,Addison Medcalf, Marley Sepulveda, Emily Tonsberg CSU San Francisco Samantha Annuzzi, Anastasia Cacianova, Jocelyn Nguyen, Maria Rizkalla, Nayeli Valdovinos CSU San Jose Ethan Alfonso, Maxim Boychuk, Laila Calvillo, Oliver Castrejon, Beraiah Chan, Mina Chen, Steven Dang, Wenfu Deng, Jason Grayson, Muhammad Hassan, Hayden Holmgren, Karla Hurtado Cortes, Andrew Huynh, Kole Johnson, Javon Johnson, Mario Joseph, Demetrius Kuang, Brian Lam, Jaden Lau, Zifeng Lin, Nadia Maciel, Shanelle Joy Manimtim, Zaid Miakhil, Sofia Myers, Jaden Nguyen, Kenny Phouvanh, Jacob Pogers, Catalina Preciado, Jack Pronske, Avishek Rajbhandary, Tessa Rose, Amanda Sauceda, Xilong Sin, Leila Skaf, Kathryn Stanford, Stanley Sun, Alonzo Villafan, Jalen Vongnarith, Matthew Wang, Alyse Wong, Aiden Worstell, Cesar Yunsan CSU San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Kwan Yeung Chan, Justin Chinn, Daniel Huang, Ada Huang, Paisley Kidd, Samantha Leber, Carrie Lee, Simon Li, Zoie Li, Alex Mascio, Sofia Tom, Matthew Wong, Teresa Yu CSU Sonoma Dorian Carter De Anza College Heidi Chen, Ziyu Li DePaul University Amelie Nicolini

Diablo Valley College Andrew Arias, Tasi-Noelani Blas, Reese Elkaim, Omar Ghanem, Adrian Guzman, Eddy Ho, Sin Yee Lau, Vesemir Pirogov, Cameron Tatum, Andy Wong

Occidental College Haley Crowell

Ohlone College Anthony Mares, Zhang Yihan

Fordham University Bethel Ephrem

Oregon State University Maiya Bachmann, Caitlin Chen, Callan Hsiao-Frates, Sora Louie

Hawai’i Pacific University Samantha Mai

Penn State Sanjana Kumar, Abigail Martin

Indiana University Bloomington Neel Maitra

Pitzer College Isabelle Nicole

JD Academy Isabella Ericksen-Deschler, Lacey Garrison John Paul the Great Catholic University Theresa Cruz Laney College Achilles Caro, Ken Galanida, Justin Lee-Cai Las Positas College Ali Akbarzadeh, Martin Barragan, Diana Barska, Jorge Benavidez, Kloe Bolido, Kilian Charron, Hazel Chen, Samuel Chow, Gianna Ariel Colon, Ayana Croke, Brody Cumming, AJ Cumming, Apekshya Dhakal, Lucas Dickerson, Jayden Diep, Miranda Doan, Cristiano Duarte, Monroe Edwards, Anas Elshobakey, Ethan Fujimura-Engstrom, Aubreyana Galindo, Alex He, Dominic Hodges, Melissa Huang, Nathan Huang, Tosca Hubbard, Aiden Ip, Diego Izaguirre, Lea Langer, Grace Lassalls, Monique Le, Brandon Lee, Queenie Liang, Samantha Libed, Krista Lopes, Andrew Lowe, Emily McNellis, Josie Mendez, Jeremiah Miller, Yovanni Moreno, Abby Murphy, Ava Ng, Luis Nishikawa, Easton Poulos, Erika Rayo, Zenia Rocha, Max Rodden, Janelle Sarimos, Anthony Savva, Jocelyn Schmeck, Evan Servin, Armaan Sherzad, Damien Tavares, Audrey Taylor, Kenny Thai, Nevin Thomas, Kaelyn Trinh, Scott Van, Alexander Witt, Darrel Wong, Charlene Wong, Mikala Wong, Christopher Xiao, Logan Yang, Natalia Zuniga Rivera Merritt College Kennedy Alley, Joselyne Hernandez Morfin, Aliyah Tillotson Military - Army Gianna Nappi, Lucas Villegas Military - Marines Julian Perez Banke, Roberto Wong Zelaya Military - Navy Tang Huang New York University Sydney Yee, Al Lam New York University, Shanghai Joy Wong Northeastern University Alex Chen Northern Arizona University James Massey

*This list is from a senior survey and is not a complete reflection of the graduating class.

Purdue University Devin Hidayat San Francisco City College Kyle Leung

UC Riverside Joshua Batteate, Artemisia Callas, Jacob Lam, Abigail Leung, Sabrina Zhang UC San Diego Matthew Gavin Aguas, Scott Baldwin, Catherine Chen, Terry Deng, Sophia Ireland, Emon Joshi, Cameron Seah, Eric Shao, Jessica Terashima, Jiayuan Wang, Doris Wu, Justin Zeng, Wenzhi Zhao, Max Zhuze UC Santa Barbara Mordecai Araya, Braelyn Bolles, Jordan Silk, Sophie Levine, Lily Zhou

Santa Barbara City College Ethan Lemoine

UC Santa Cruz Nathaniel Berg, Alex Chen, Arabella DeBakcsy, Haylie Do, Yosef Gezahegn, Jalena Guevara, Lucas Hanson, Peter Hearst, Nataani Hernandez, Gavin Hill, Genevieve Onorad, Naeem Qarshi, Myla Sorel

Santa Clara University Ryan Thanos

University of Arizona Sophia Mandish

Santa Rosa Junior College Connor Jeong

University of Hawai’i, Hilo Hakuto Kremer

School of the Art Institute, Chicago Ash Ahmad

University of Hawai’i, Manoa Lauryn Bailado

San Jose City College Armon Johnson, Diego Rico

School of Visual Arts Jalen Gomez

University of Mississippi Olivia Chauvin

Sierra College Maximillian Graf

University of North Carolina Wilmington Corinne Arakawa

Stanford University Sofiia Demianets

University of Oregon Lukas Montero

Trinity University Maizy Dangler

University of Pittsburgh Kate Wierzba

UAL - London College of Fashion Vanessa Long

University of San Diego Jalen Madison

UC Berkeley Sophia Chan, Maya Dughi, Anna Dughi, Christina Huang, Jeff Hui, Skye Kidd, Nathan Le, Lanikai Lependorf, Michelle Li, Kevin Parra, Joyce Xu, Ryan Yang UC Davis Michaella Bazan, Nahum Biruk, Austin Chan, Marton Chen, Tessa Corley, Huafeng Huang, Sarah Janaway, Haley Johnson, Ava Kim, Jenny Li, Sydney Libed, Jolene Lo, Edison Luis, Aaron Ly, Tyler Mele, Bella Nulph, Arthur Sims, Howie Vorabouth UC Irvine James C. Chen, James K. Chen, Alexander Cheng, Abigail Choy, Daniel Lionel, Eric Liu, Tracy Wu, Rayann DeGuia, Angie Deng, Xihe Deng, Kakeru Hirano, Keyan Jazaeri, Elise Ledesma, Frances Lee, Andrew Ma, Hannah Murry, Nancy Nguyen, Alicia Wu, Laina Zhang UC Los Angeles Wesley Hon, Alexandra Lu, Ebenezer Mahteme, Naomi Melak, Jaden Otani, Shreyans Regmi, Katherine Siopack, Joshua Wong UC Merced Max Bardin, Declan Foley, Nathan Quinby, Nathan Wai

University of San Francisco Nicole Chen, Rasnum Guron University of Southern California Louis Fukuda, Bonny Huang University of Tampa Riley Eagan University of the Basque Country Oier Barroso Perez University of the Pacific Susanna Mo, Kiyoshi Sato Utah State University Wyatt Franklin Wentworth Institute of Technology Connor Sershen, Amelia Caistor West Valley College David Colon Westcliff University Taryn Pak Westmont College Kiana Ayllon Willamette University Alexander Wright Yale University Hailey Young

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Editors:

Staff:

Hailey Young

Matthew Wong

Hailey Young has been with The Olympian for two years, leading as editor-in-chief this year.

Valuing journalism’s power to highlight humanity, she’s grateful for those who trusted her to share their stories and those who taught her to do so successfully. She has reported on a wide range of topics impacting campus and community, notably immigration, restorative justice, and DEI. Hailey is excited to be attending Yale University, studying political science in the fall.

Matthew Wong has been with The Olympian for three years, serving as a staff writer, news editor, and now editor-in-chief. He has covered a widerange of topics, from school policy to national news. He enjoyed researching and talking to staff and students for his articles. He will be studying mechanical engineering at Cal Poly SLO.

Maison Jordan

Gavin Peters

Maison Jordan is a three-year Olympian student and editor who focuses on entertainment and video coverage for the paper. They are forever grateful for the opportunities The Olympian has afforded them, including awards and visits to the state capitol. They will be pursuing acting, writing, and cinematography for film and television in college, and cannot wait to move to Los Angeles and continue their life and career in the heart of the entertainment industry.

“Three years, and all I get is this bio.”

Over Gavin’s time here at The Olympian, journalism taught him that he is not a morning person. He has had fun leading editorials and making videos with Maison. After we graduate, Gavin has no clue where he is going or what he is doing, but he is excited knowing that it won’t be here.

Victor Bahng

Maxim Boychuk

With three years in journalism, Victor Bahng spent his second as a copy editor and third as an arts & entertainment editor. He always enjoyed attempting to accurately and concisely present people and information in his stories. He will be going to Chabot Community College, majoring in history.

Maxim Boychuk has been with The Olympian for two years, serving as a staff writer and news editor.

He has really enjoyed writing news and opinion stories, and learning more about many current events. He was written stories that range from the presidential election candidates to protests at our state capitol. One of his favorite memories was traveling to Sacramento to meet a state senator.

He looks forward to be going to San Jose State to study finance this fall.

Erika Rayo

Max Zhuze

In Erika’s first year of journalism, she’s worked as a staff writer. She enjoyed discussing editorial topics with the entire class, and in continuing to study communication/relationships between people in terms of psychology, she has decided to major in neuroscience. This will be challenging, especially as she attends Las Positas to fulfill transfer requirements, but her love for science and community will make it all worth it.

Max Zhuze only spent a year in journalism, but in that short time, he gained invaluable experience as a staff writer. He covered everything from teacher protests to soccer games, constantly embracing the challenge of each new story. One of his favorite memories was visiting Calaveras Big Trees State Park to write about California’s natural beauty. Max is excited for what’s next: studying political science at UC San Diego.

Lucas Villegas

Michael Owen

Lucas has been in The Olympian for one year, and he is one of our video creators. His favorite thing about the class would probably be the Sacramento field trip. He was behind the creation of the Sacramento video and ran a room he called “the video room” for the school paper.

This is Mikey’s first year in The Olympian, taking the position of staff writer. One of his best memories of the class is interviewing different kinds of people and learning how to be a proper journalist. His biggest takeaway from the class is learning how to meet deadlines and get quotes from people. He plans to go to UC Davis to pursue a communications major.

Yusef Scott

Angel Chen

Yusef Scott joined The Olympian his senior year as a staff writer. “I’ve enjoyed learning about how to write articles that others can read and hope to use this skill in the future,” he shared. Yusef is attending the College of San Mateo, majoring in biotechnology with plans to transfer afterwards. Outside of school, his hobbies include movies, traveling, and texting.

Angel Chen joined The Olympian in her senior year as a staff writer. She has written about various topics, ranging from California Proposition 6 to Earth Week. Her takeaway from The Olympian was that news and politics intersect any part of life, inspiring her to involve politics in her future career. She plans to study Earth System Science on a pre-med track in college.