Category: Youth Advisory Board

Noelle Santana is a WJMC 2022 Alumna from Bristol, Pennsylvania. She currently attends Bristol Sr-Jr High School as a 3rd year student. In her freetime, Noelle loves to spend her time exploring the world around her. Noelle also participates in various school clubs such as Mock Trial, Model UN and Unified Student Council. She is also a student-athlete that participates in Varsity Cheerleading, Varsity Girls Basketball, Unified Sports, and Track and Field. When Noelle graduates high school, she plans to attend college where she will obtain a degree in Communications. Noelle enjoyed every second of her time at WJMC and cannot wait to help others gain the same experience as she did.

Noelle Santana is a WJMC 2022 Alumna from Bristol, Pennsylvania. She currently attends Bristol Sr-Jr High School as a 3rd year student. In her freetime, Noelle loves to spend her time exploring the world around her. Noelle also participates in various school clubs such as Mock Trial, Model UN and Unified Student Council. She is also a student-athlete that participates in Varsity Cheerleading, Varsity Girls Basketball, Unified Sports, and Track and Field. When Noelle graduates high school, she plans to attend college where she will obtain a degree in Communications. Noelle enjoyed every second of her time at WJMC and cannot wait to help others gain the same experience as she did.

Madison Jolley is a seventeen-year old senior from Voorhees, New Jersey. She writes for her school’s newspaper, The Voyager, and loves to write about local news, entertainment, and politics. When she’s not writing compelling articles, she enjoys watching shows on Netflix and Hulu, listening to R&B music, traveling, running, and spending quality time with friends and family (and her teacup yorkie, Lola). She looks forward to working with her fellow WJMC YAB members and helping to create future WJMC events!

Madeline Misterka is a high school senior located in Central Indiana who serves her school publication, the HiLite, as Managing Editor. On staff, she writes articles for all sections of the publication, manages social media accounts, teaches photography, and makes vector graphics. She is a member of Rho Kappa social studies Honor Society, National Honor Society, and Quill & Scroll Journalism Honor Society, with intents to pursue political and policy-based journalism. She credits WJMC for introducing her to her passion for political policy and hopes to promote the same love of journalism and communications for future correspondents.

Gabriella Henderson, who goes by Gabby, is from Ruther Glen, Va, and she is currently a junior in high school. She is a feature editor for her school’s newspaper. She hopes to begin studying to be a political journalist once I graduate high school. She’s beyond grateful for the opportunity she’s been given to come back to WJMC apart of the Youth Advisory Board!

Emmalina is currently a junior at South Lakes High School in Virginia and is the Co-Editor in Chief of her school paper, the South Lakes Sentinel. Her two main passions are reading and writing, and after her experience at WJMC, she intends to pursue journalism or communications as a career path. Outside of school, Emmalina enjoys playing soccer and tutoring students in writing. She is excited to consult on the Youth Advisory Board of 2023.

Chayil Dozier is from Chicago, Illinois. She enjoys reading, writing, and having good conversations. Chayil plans to become either a Broadcast Journalist or a column writer. She attended WJMC 2022 as a rising-senior.

Caroline Becker is a junior at Eastern High School in Voorhees, New Jersey. After attending WJMC this past summer, she fell in love with journalism. She spends most of her time running track and cross country and swimming. She is beyond excited to have been selected for the Youth Advisory Board, as WJMC was a life changing experience for her and she would love to continue her journey with the program for as long as she can.

Callie Kozak is 17 years old and a senior at Clinton High School (CHS) in Clinton, New York. She is the president of Student Council, and a member of the National Honor Society, the Tri-M Honor Society, the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, and the Leaders of Environmental Awareness and Protection club at CHS. Callie is also the captain of the Varsity Cheerleading Team. During her senior year, Callie is completing two internships: WKTV, the local television news station, and The Waterville Times, the local newspaper. In her free time, she attends dance classes at Dance From The Heart in Sherrill, NY for the competition team, tutors, drinks coffee, reads, and spends time with her friends. After attending the Washington Journalism and Media Conference, Callie is set on pursuing a career in communications and journalism and looks forward to exploring new opportunities within the field.

Brooklyn Mangrum is a senior at Harmony High School. She is a WJMC 2022 Alum and looks forward to pursuing a career in journalism as well as television film and video in college. She participates in different activities including high school cheer and a blooming in June program. On top of that, she is a dual-enrollment student at her local community college. She is excited to be a part of the WJMC Youth Advisory Board and can’t wait to share her experience.