Management Staff
Editor in Chief
Talia Meyer
Hi there! I'm Talia Meyer, a rising senior at Pacific Bay high school. I enjoy participating in theatre and martial arts. I'm so excited to be serving as your Editor in Chief this week!
Digital Editor in Chief
Kylah Battershall
Greetings and Salutations! I'm Kylah, a rising senior from Northgate High School in the Bay Area. I enjoy participating in Drama, Speech and Debate, Model UN, and Golf! Excited to be the Digital Editor in Chief!
Assistant Editor in Chief &
Debate Moderator
Rudra Patel
Hello! I'm Rudra, a rising senior at Modesto High School. I am an avid debater and love to build legos. I am excited to be the Assistant Editor and Chief and Debate Moderator for Boys and Girls State!
Publisher
Faid Kassim
Hello everyone! My name is Faid Kassim and I am a rising senior at Oakmont High School. I participate in all things health/medicine at my school and am super excited to learn how I can be a leader at Boys and Girls State and for my patients as a future doctor. I am looking forward to working with you as your publisher!
Copy Editor
Upton Ta-Beadle
Good morning, afternoon, and evening. I'm Upton Ta-Beadle, a rising senior at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. I joined the CBGS media team because I love journalism and its profound impacts on shaping political/social cultures. At B&G State, we are all radical agents of change and I hope I can enable everyone in the media team to capitalize on this potential.
Culture Staff
Editor
Jack Tull
Hi, I'm Jack Tull! I'm a rising senior in San Francisco. My interests are football, baseball, and movies!
Editor
Camille Tychsen
Hi! I am a rising senior at Bishop Montgomery High School! I love the beach and pop culture!
Editor
Lauren Healey
Hello! I'm Lauren Healey, and I'm from Santa Clarita. I love playing soccer and reading in my spare time. I also love anything media related, and while I may not have the most experience, I'm excited to learn and engage with it more!
Reporter/Editor
Eli David
Rising senior at Carmel High School. Runner, piano player, animal welfare advocate.
Reporter/Editor
Zachary Lee
I am a rising senior at Alameda High School in the Bay Area! I am excited to be at CBGS, and want to give everyone the platform to be the best version of themselves that they can!
Reporter
Melissa Gómez
Hello everyone! I enjoy learning, analyzing and sharing peoples perspectives on current events going on around their environment.
Reporter
Miki Harris
hi there! my name is miki harris and i’ve been in publications for multiple years. i love sleeping, hiking, and reading. i am honored to be a co-leader of the culture section at cbgs!
Reporter
Stella Miller
Secretary of HS & NHS
Reporter
Fabian Gonzalez Navarro
Coleville High school senior who's really good at grafitti art and poster making
Reporter
Clemence Wong
Hi! I'm Clemence Wong, and I'm from the Bay Area. I love creating, vlogging, and digital designing!
Reporter
Laurel Merrick
I'm the too woke friend
Photographer
Chelsea Rose Tan
Hi, I’m Chelsea Rose Tan, a senior at San Marcos High School in San Diego, California. I am involved in AFJROTC and FFA and have held several leadership positions. I am Known for being caring, selfless, and having a gold heart, I enjoy playing badminton and hope to study medicine and become a Nurse Practitioner in the future.
Photographer
Jerita Pingol
rising senior at St. Patrick St. Vincent High School, plays volleyball, loves teaching kids, and trying new foods
Photographer
Tessa Ocegueda
Hi everyone my name is Tessa and I'm a rising senior from South El Monte High School! I love to work with others and create new ideas to better this program.
Photographer
Cindy Flores
Rising senior from South El Monte High School! I have about 16 different pets and I love them all! I am also a cancer survivior and I love sharing my story!!!
Photographer
Victor Bahena
Im a rising senor this upcoming year and am willing to go beyond my limits to make this a great week for me and for others as well, im a city photographer for Breads and will do great things here
Photographer
Madelyn Girgis
Rising Senior At Rosary Academy. Photographer. Play Lacrosse and Basketball
Photographer
Oscar Park
Rising senior at North Hollywood High School in Los Angeles. Photographer & Golfer
Photographer
Genia Moretti
Filmmaker and Photographer from NorCal. I make short films, documentaries, and I run the yearbook. I attended California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) last July for the Film department.
Photographer
Gage Dunham
I like to take photos
Photographer
Nhi Nguyen
Hi, I'm a student from Kennedy High School in Fremont. I like taking photos and videography.
Photographer
Madison Pangburn
Hi everyone! My name is Madi and i am so excited to be apart of the Media team at California Boys & Girls state! I love to interview and brainstorm media ideas!
Photographer
Yilin Sun
Hi everyone, my name is Yilin Sun and I'm a rising senior from Pacific Acacemy in Irvine and I'm very excited to join media. I love visiting musuems and photogtaphy exhibitions
Photographer
Morgan Price
New Photographer, Rising Senior, Commissioner, Mediator, and so much more
Staff
Brandon Le
Wazzzuppp i'm Brandon Lee, and I'm rising Senior at Costa Mesa high school in my free time I skimboard
Elections Staff
Editor
Tanvi Chaudhury
Hi! I'm Tanvi and I'm a rising senior at Foothill High School. I'm super excited to be on the media team!!
Editor
Holden Kim
Rising senior at Harvard-Westlake School and CEO of HW Media
Editor
Kaden Van Uffelen
Student from Yuciapa High school, sponsered by post 426. Prepared to ask the dificult questions in surch of truth and greatness.
Reporter/Editor
Shouryan Mohammed
Hello everyone! I'm Shouryan and I'm a rising senior at Irvine High School. I love business, engineering, and advocacy through journalism!
Reporter/Editor
Rudraansh Korlakunta
Hi I am rising senior at Gregori High School, I am president of a couple clubs on campus and I really enjoy speech and debate as well as pickleball
Reporter/Editor
Matthew Wang
Rising Senior at Mission San Jose High School
Reporter
Cole Bitterlich
What's up! I'm Cole and I'm a rising senior from Portola HS in OC.
Reporter
Mateo Gallegos
Editor for the AAPLE Times and Director of Social Media for AAPLE
Reporter
Jerry Oung
I like photos
Photographer
Riya Manoj
Hi! I'm Riya, from Chino Hills from the San Bernardino county. In my free time, I love playing tennis with friends, taking photos, and going to the beach!
Photographer
Bella Cho
I am a rising senior at Pacific Academy in Irvine. I love photography and am very excited to join media!
Photographer
Grant Shady
Rising Senior at San Juan Hills High School
Executive, Legislative, Judicial Staff
Reporter
Jack Feng
Former Editor-In-Chief of El Monte High School school newspaper
Photographer
Jackson Bedrosian
Upcoming senior at Paso Robles High School. Photography + digital designs.
News Updates Staff
Editor
Lila Chase
Hi, I'm Lila and I'm a rising senior at San Marin High School. I love journalism and brownies!
Editor
Olive Washburn
hi!, My name is Olive, I'm from Oakland, and I'm excited to be a reporter/editor!
Editor
Violet Washburn
My name is Violet Washburn and I am from Oakland! I am my school's Yearbook design editor, and I love to run and play the guitar.
Editor
Locklan Fambrini
Hey I Locklan My city is young and Iwotk on video editing in my spare time
Reporter/Editor
Olivia Suminaga
Hi, I'm Olivia! I am a rising senior at Torrance High School with plans to pursue communications.
Reporter/Editor
Emma Wallace
Hi, my name is Emma Wallace and I am from Lincoln, CA! I love swimming, reading, and playing video games in my free time. I am so excited to be a part of the media team here at CBGS and share my writing!!
Reporter/Editor
Gavin Woodard
Hi I'm Gavin, I snowboard and like snakes. I also surf!!!!!
Reporter/Editor
Emily Ota
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Reporter
Ryan Park
Hey! My name is Ryan Park and I go to the Science Academy STEM Magnet.
Reporter
Miles Leung
Hi my name is Miles Leung, I'm from Orange County and I love video production and film! I'm looking forward to making some great videos for our news!
Reporter
Abigail Campos
Hi! I'm Abby Camp, I hope you enjoy my content I do it all with love!
Reporter
Arnav Rastogi
I do news updates! Rising senior from Fremont.
Reporter
Felix Davis
Taken a writing class
Reporter
Kristerlynn Dulcius
Hi, I am a rising senior from Marin County, and my name is Kristerlynn-E. K. Dulcius-Oriscar. In my free time, I enjoy exploring new and current interests. I really look forward to my position in the media.
Opinions Staff
Editor
Riya Upadhyaya
Hi! I'm Riya and I'm from Amador Valley High School. I'm the incoming Editor-in-Chief at my paper, and I'm so excited to contribute to this team and bring relevant news to CBGS.
Reporter/Editor
Chloe Jo
Been in the school paper since sophomore year
Reporter/Editor
Amanda Macasaet
ASB Activities Coordinator; mostly created scripts and emcee for school events. Additional resource for reaching out to the student body, with experience in AP Lang and extracurricular writing classes.
Reporter/Editor
Hayley Clark
I am a student at Sacramento Country Day School and I'm experienced in writing novels, plays, and nonfiction. I wrote and produced my play Armageddon, which is currently in the process of publishing.
Reporter
Matt David
Carmel highschool rising senior, jazz pianist and track athlete
Reporter
Andrew McLendon
Writer and debator
Media Staff
Videographer
Ashley Du
I am a student from Westridge School for Girls in Pasadena. I enjoy taking photos and directing musicals.
Videographer
Aiden Chang
Videographer + Video Editing; Hi, I'm a student from Loyola High School of Los Angeles and I love to play the guitar (acoustic and electric), write poetry, and I like to cook.
Reporter/Editor
Jayden Galindo
Motivated ASB student, Dancer, and Avid student who wants to persure a career as a dipolmat or a Lawyer. I am from San Diego who spends most their time at the beach and loves drinking matcha, spending time with my friends and family
Reporter/Editor
Nandika Tiwari
Rising senior at Vista del Lago high school passionate about public speaking and part of the Vista Voice paper!
Reporter
Asher Burdeny
Currently a Junior at The Athenian School. Leader of Conundrum Club. Founder of a successful podcast and growing business ventures. I’m deeply interested in building businesses and projects from the ground up with an emphasis on growth strategy and messaging.
Reporter
Valentin Garcia
Videographer + Video Editing,
Reporter
Roselyn Zuniga
Media Staff
Staff
Mahima Ramachandran
Hey everyone! My name is Mahima and I'm a rising senior at the Quarry Lane School. In my free time I love to draw, meet new people, and I run my own podcast. I'm super excited to be part of CBGS Media's podcast section!
Staff
David Blevins
Hi, I'm David!
Staff
Jonathan Doh
Excited to share what's going here with everyone.