Axel enjoys listening to music. He likes journalism with his friends Sean, William, Caden and Liam. He enjoys surfing in his free time, going two to four times a week. He is half Filipino and half Australian. He was born and rai...
Haddie Roller is a part of Montera book club and plays futsal and soccer. Haddie likes reading, playing sports and painting with watercolors. Haddie Roller decided to join journalism because she was interested in interviewing ...
Kira’s favorite things to do are reading and watching mysteries, petting her dog and eating dessert. She participates in the Library Book Club, API club and is in advanced band class. She joined journalism because she likes to...
Laila Sallami is a 7th grade student who goes to Montera Middle. She enjoys playing sports and finding new hobbies to try out. She decided to do journalism because she wanted an opportunity to write about the world. Her goal for t...
Michael Truong is a 7th grade student at Montera Middle School. Some hobbies he enjoys are photography, collecting collectibles like pokemon cards, albums, and etc. He also enjoys reading mangas, manhwas, and manhuas in the gen...
Mina Locher is a yearbook club member, on a PGF softball team, and plays club volleyball. She has played violin for over four years, and joined the journalism elective for her love of writing, and to equip the writing style of a...
Nala is the Editor in Chief of the Montera Matador. She is an 8th grade student who has done journalism for 3 years. She likes writing stories, drawing, volleyball and studying. She is excited to continue writing for the school...
Nia Mabrey is a 7th grade student who goes to Montera middle school. She has many hobbies but her main one is doing cheerleading and playing volleyball sometimes. She hopes that she will pass her grade and continue to get good ...
Olive participates in soccer, futsal, and violin. Her hobbies include doing nail art and ice skating. She joined journalism to try something new and hopes to produce articles for the toro newspaper this semester....
Olivia Mendes is a 7th grade student at Montera. She likes soccer, ice skating and writing. This year she has joined journalism because of her love for writing and stories.
Owen Lee joined journalism because he likes reporting on interesting and important stories. He likes biking, running, and eating food. He hopes to write many articles this year to help spread the word of important updates for M...
Sam likes to play sports and video games in his free time, as well as hang out with his friends. Sam has never been in journalism before this class, but hopes it will be fun.
Sean is a student that attends montera middle school. He likes playing video games and basketball. He hopes to write a good report on a basketball team. He is also on the Montera soccer team.
Sebastian Flandin joined journalism in August of 2025. He enjoys sports, such as soccer, tennis, and snowboarding. He also enjoys reading, and is a car nerd. He also aims to write articles related to sports, and Montera travel....
Wyatt Barker is a 8th grader born in Chicago, Illinois, he has been living in Oakland since 2023. Wyatt has previous journalism experience, taking a class in LA at his past Middle school. He has 2 little siblings. He likes to ...
Ziere Barnes-Hill is an 8th grade Montera student who enjoys spending time with his friends and family. He wanted to be a Student Life journalist because of his connections with students and people with different backgrounds and ...
