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The News Site of Mills High School

The Thunderbolt

The News Site of Mills High School

The Thunderbolt

2020-2021 Staff

Anjuli Niyogi
Editor-in-Chief

Anjuli Niyogi

Anjuli Niyogi is the current co-Editor-in-Chief of The Thunderbolt, former Opinions Editor and News Editor, and in her fourth and sadly, final year of Journalism. She’s excited to spread news to the Mills community in new forms, with multimedia projects, video journalism, and much more in these unprecedented times. Anjuli spends most of her outside time advocating for mental health awareness and...

Leanna Yu
Editor-in-Chief

Leanna Yu

Leanna Yu is in her fourth year of Journalism as co-Editor-In-Chief. From her previous positions as Culture and Center Spread Editor for The Thunderbolt, Leanna has discovered a new passion for graphic design, digital storytelling, and videography. Her interest in writing and curiosity for current events inspired her to continue pursuing journalism outside of school. Aside from journalism, she enjo...

Karine Chan
Editor-in-Chief

Karine Chan

Karine Chan (12) is entering her third and final year of Journalism as current co-Editor in Chief and former Entertainment editor of The Thunderbolt. Over the years, Karine has developed a strong passion for the entire production cycle of the newspaper and thoroughly enjoys being able to work closely with many other talented writers. Aiding her love for journalism, Karine seeks to land an internship at ...

Justin Condevillamar
News Editor

Justin Condevillamar

Justin Condevillamar is in his second year of Journalism as the current News Editor for The Thunderbolt. The previous year had opened him up to the world of multimedia journalism and the values of spreading knowledge and information across the community. Justin’s interests in informative writing and analyzing opposing arguments has led him to search out different and often less heard viewpoints and...

Angela Dimaano
Features Editor

Angela Dimaano

Angela Dimaano returns to The Thunderbolt in her third and final year as the Features editor and previously the assistant Business and Business manager. She is ecstatic to reunite with her fellow editors to create a memorable and high quality newspaper. Although The Thunderbolt is beginning production of the newspaper in a completely new environment, the editor team, Angela included, pledges to imp...

Bianca Reyes
Center Spread Editor

Bianca Reyes

Bianca Reyes is entering her second year of Journalism as the editor for Center Spread. This is sadly her last year at Mills and, thus, her last year of being a part of The Thunderbolt. Though she regrets not joining the team sooner, she’s glad that she had the opportunity to join such a diligent and creative team. Bianca is excited to express her creativity through her layouts and is enthusiastic...

Madison Wong
Opinions Editor

Madison Wong

Madison Wong (12) is in her first year in Journalism as this year’s Opinions Editor. Although she has never been in the class before, Madison has experienced Journalism second hand and is thrilled to finally be a part of The Thunderbolt. She is excited to read and write about opinions, as she has many strong opinions herself. Madison enjoys running, and is on the cross country and track and field tea...

Melissa Catpo
Staff Writer

Melissa Catpo

Melissa Catpo is a freshman staff writer at The Thunderbolt. She is most excited to watch how the newspaper issues come together and to work with people from different grade levels. Since she was little, Melissa’s favorite subject was English and she’s always been very fond of literature. Melissa’s hobbies include reading, baking, shopping, and hanging out with friends. Melissa has two guinea...

Jordan Hasty
Staff Writer

Jordan Hasty

Jordan Hasty (12) is in her first year of journalism as a staff writer. Writing became one of her biggest interests at an early age, but she never pursued it. In recent years, her interest in reading and writing sparked, and she is very excited to be a part of this experience. In her free time, Jordan enjoys long drives along the coast and having picnics on sunny days. When spending time outside, sur...

Katelyn Chang
Staff Writer

Katelyn Chang

Katelyn Chang is starting off her first year in Journalism as a sophomore in high school. Although she unfortunately decided not to take this class in freshman year, she’s excited to learn more about what it takes to run a newspaper. Writing has always been a passion of Katelyn’s, so working on The Thunderbolt is sure to be an enjoyable experience. Aside from working hard, she loves to spend her fr...

Magdalene Ko
Staff Writer

Magdalene Ko

Magdalene Ko (10) is joining this year’s Journalism team as a staff writer. She is excited to explore and learn all about the newspaper, from the process of writing articles to seeing the end result. Having always enjoyed writing, she looks forward to expressing herself through her articles and collaborating with fellow writers. You can almost always find Magdalene with her head in a book, comple...

Katelyn Lam
Staff Writer

Katelyn Lam

Katelyn Lam is a sophomore and this is her first year in journalism. She is excited to try something new and different and can’t wait to get started! She wants to learn more about how a newspaper is written and the behind the scenes work that is put into making a paper, and by taking journalism, she also hopes to expand her range of interests. Some of her favorite hobbies include reading and by ...

Staff Writer

Joshua Choe

Joshua Choe, or Josh,  is one of the newest amongst multiple staff writers of The Thunderbolt. With a strong interest in writing articles for a newspaper to be read by many people, Josh is delighted with the opportunity to be able to contribute. Some interests he has are playing football, listening to music, and of course, hanging out with close friends. Josh has a passion for the outside world, ...

Staff Writer

Rita Li

Rita Li is beginning Journalism as a Junior in high school. Rita wants to learn how to write articles about school drama and is eager to have an elective that doesn’t relate to math. In her free time, she likes to draw fun, digital comics about her classmates. Being an only child, Rita finds peace in getting to work on her comics in a quiet, distraction free environment. Rita also enjoys playing games ...

Staff Writer

Nagham Masarweh

Nagham Masarweh is in her first year of Journalism as a newbie staff writer at the ThunderBolt. Since she was a child, she found journalism fascinating, yet underrated among youth and felt it deserved more attention. She is excited to use her voice to spread awareness about issues in the world and learn valuable lessons on how to be a true journalist. When Nagham is not stuffing her face in books ...

Staff Writer

Flora Oliva

Flora Oliva, drum roll please, is currently a senior at Mills High School and embarking on her third and final year as a staff writer.

Staff Writer

Maxwell Zaninovich

Max Zaninovich is a freshman looking forward to his rookie year of Journalism as a staff writer. He is hoping to gain some valuable experience as a writer, and join a close knit community. Max is hoping to contribute some high energy to the Thunderbolt team. When Max is not in school, you will likely find him playing basketball with friends or playing video games at his computer. Max is also inter...

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