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Your World. Your Stories. Everyday.

METEA MEDIA

Your World. Your Stories. Everyday.

METEA MEDIA

2024-2025 Staff

Tenaya Simpson

Tenaya Simpson

Tenaya is a senior, and this is her second year on The Rein staff. This year, she is a returning staff member, and her specialties are photography and design. Her current hobbies include crocheting, baking(she occasionally almost burns...

Talula Hayes

Talula Hayes

Talula is a senior and this is her second year part of The Rein staff. She is returning as the Co-Editor in Chief of Yearbook with a focus surrounding student life. During her free time she loves to participate in the fall plays...

Grey Bauer

Grey Bauer

Grey is a senior and this is their second year being a part of The Rein staff. This year they’re returning as the photography section editor. Outside of school, you can find them painting, writing, playing video games with friend...

Frida Veraza

Frida Veraza

Frida is a Senior and this is her first year in journalism and is a part of the photography team. In her free time, she spends time with family and her two dogs Lola and Zoe. She enjoys horror movies and is always looking for new m...

Ace Kaylyn

Ace Kaylyn

Ace is a senior at Metea and it’s his first year on staff as a graphic designer. He likes to draw and occasionally write in while surfing the web. When he isn’t procrastinating on homework, he indulges in making stories f...

Francesca Tolentino

Francesca Tolentino

Francesca is a junior, and this is her first year being on staff as a graphic designer. Besides making graphics, she will occasionally do photography or write a story. Outside of school, she enjoys volunteering at church, listeni...

Pahi Tiwari

Pahi Tiwari

Pahi is a sophomore and this is her first year on staff. Aside from being a staff member, she is an artistic roller skater and singer who loves cinema and performing. When she isn’t busy working on a story, she is probably wit...

Elliott Thacker

Elliott Thacker

Elliott is a junior, and this is her first year on the journalism staff as a Spotlight reporter. When she’s not thinking about her next story, you can find Elliott either playing soccer or talking about her pets. She also enjoys...

Braiden Stone

Braiden Stone

I am Braiden Stone and I Joined Journalism because I have a great passion For taking photos and working with people and I feel like this is a great opportunity to do both! I also like to play board games and be outside in the mid...

Struan Somerville

Struan Somerville

Struan is a Sophomore and it’s his first year on staff as a graphic designer. When not reporting, he is in the Marching Mustangs Color Guard, playing viola, or binge-watching Drum Corps International. His favorite color is purple an...

Zoe Rountree

Zoe Rountree

Zoe Rountree is a Senior at Metea Valley High School and this is her first year on staff. Zoe enjoys editing videos, reporting on politics, and listening to music. When she's not doing one of these things you can find her hanging...

Sweeti Patel

Sweeti Patel

Sweeti Patel is a Junior, and a Perspectives writer for Newspaper. She's a creatively driven student who enjoys her hobbies such as editing, writing, and digital art. If not found in a classroom, you'll probably find her sleepi...

Emma Nicholls

Emma Nicholls

Emma Nicholls is a Sophomore and this is her first year on staff. When she doesn’t have her nose in a book, she is re-watching Gilmore Girls or volunteering backstage for theater. In addition to running a podcast, she is on...

Mia Murphy

Mia Murphy

Mia is a junior in perspectives writing, it is her first year on the journalism staff. While not writing for the Stampede you can find her listening to music or playing guitar in her spare time. She also has fun baking, spendi...

Erwayne Lacsina

Erwayne Lacsina

Erwayne is a junior at Metea and is in his first year of Newspaper Journalism as a Photographer. He enjoys playing video games and listening to all kinds of music in his free time. He is a big fan of movies and his favorite movi...

Saavi Krishnan

Saavi Krishnan

Saavi Krishnan is a sophomore and it is her first year on staff. When she isn’t writing stories she spends her time helping out her mom’s storytelling business or baking cookies. In her free time you can find Saavi watchin...

Apurva Kashyap

Apurva Kashyap

Apurva Kashyap is a senior at Metea Valley High School and is currently in her 1st year at Newspaper. She is on the Photography team and has enjoyed photography for as long as she can remember. Apurva likes to play volleyball...

Esther Kabanda

Esther Kabanda

Esther Kabanda is a Junior at Metea Valley and this is her first year on staff as a Perspectives Reporter! She enjoys writing poetry and short stories in her free time, especially if it’s raining. Apart from that, she is a devot...

Olivia Hernandez

Olivia Hernandez

Olivia Hernandez is a senior and this is her first year on staff. She is on Metea Valley’s varsity soccer girls' team. Olivia likes to hang out with her friends and play soccer in her free time and loves her family and pets.�...

Gino Colasanti

Gino Colasanti

Gino is a Junior at Metea Valley and this is his first year as a sports reporter. He enjoys watching football, traveling, and playing soccer. He also loves listening to all different types of music. 

Sakeenah Amatul

Sakeenah Amatul

Sakeenah is a junior and a spotlight reporter this year. She enjoys talking to different people, listening to music, and doing anything exciting. Outside of school, you will find her drawing, writing, or reading. ...

Amenah Allami

Amenah Allami

Amenah is a sophomore and this is her first year on staff. She loves to listen to music, hang out with her friends and napping during the day. You’ll usually see her pulling out her phone to take pictures of sunsets, lakes or a...

Azaa Battsogt

Azaa Battsogt

Azaa might be the coolest person ever. She is a junior and a reporter on the Stampede for the second time. She is also a member of color guard and chinese honor society. When she isn’t staying after school, she is probably a...

Bella Sieben

Bella Sieben

Bella Sieben is a Senior and this is her second year writing for The Stampede as a headlines reporter. She is in both varsity track and field and on the cross-country team at Metea Valley. In her free time, she enjoys spending ...

Lily Senese

Lily Senese

Lily Senese is a senior and this is her second year on staff. She is on the Metea Valley varsity soccer team. In her free time, she likes to hang out with friends and family. She also enjoys playing soccer and bonding with her tea...

Emily Peña

Emily Peña

Emily Pena is a junior and this is her first year writing for The Stampede as a headlines reporter. She loves to paint, draw, and watch true crime documentaries. When in the comfort of her own home, she likes connecting her music ...

Rayma Miller

Rayma Miller

Rayma Miller is a Junior and this is her second year on staff as Persepectives Editor. Apart from The Stampede, she is a part of the varsity softball team and the clubs, Aspiring Health Professionals and Animal Rehab and Rescue. In...

Ryder Preston Brown

Ryder Preston Brown

Ryder is a junior and this is his second year on staff as a multimedia editor, videographer, and podcaster. He enjoys creating, journaling, and listening to music at almost full volume. He also enjoys sprinting like Bernie Sa...

Mansi Bajaj

Mansi Bajaj

Mansi Bajaj is a junior, and this is her second year as a Copy Editor on staff. She loves writing, reading, and (her favorite activity) sleeping. You can find her in the library hunched over her Chromebook as she tries to fini...

Luisa Bernardino

Luisa Bernardino

Luisa is a Junior in her second year in the Journalism Staff. Now as the Graphic Design and Photography Editor, she can be found throughout many school events reporting. When she isn’t feeling burnt out, she may be drawing, ...

Samruddhi Patil

Samruddhi Patil

Samruddhi Patil is a junior. This is her second year on staff, where she serves as Managing editor. She likes to read, write, process information, and teach herself philosophy. When she’s not waddling around in the newsroom...

Carlos Sanchez

Carlos Sanchez

Carlos is a senior at Metea and returning for his second year on The Stampede as the sports editor. He plays soccer and enjoys listening to different genres of music. He is a big fan of cars, like the Kimera Evo 37 and 1969 Corv...

Jordan Jones

Jordan Jones

Jordan is a senior and is involved in all kinds of things around Metea! This is his second year on staff, where he will serve as the Magazine Editor-In-Chief. Connecting with his community and talking about all types of things is wh...

Dhiya Ashlyn D.S.

Dhiya Ashlyn D.S.

Dhiya is the Online Editor-In-Chief, and she is a junior at Metea. She enjoys music, art, cinema, being nosy, and bharatanatyam. She continues to spend an unnecessary amount of time daydreaming about and watching Tamil movies...

William Donofrio

William Donofrio

Will is returning to News Paper Journalism and is looking forward to researching and writing a variety of different stories. He is a Senior, He runs track, and plays soccer. He also has a variety of interests including Meteorol...

Nama Koganti

Nama Koganti

Nama Koganti is a senior and this is her second year on the Stampede staff as the Spotlight Editor. Outside of journalism, Nama enjoys traveling, hanging out with her friends, shopping, listening to all types of music, and watc...

Isabelle Leofanti

Isabelle Leofanti

Isabelle Leofanti is a senior and this is her third year on staff as the Lead Investigative Reporter. She is on the varsity soccer team and varsity swim team here at Metea Valley High School. She enjoys hanging out with her fri...