Category: Youth Advisory Board

Alex is a junior at Forest Hills Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and she is a 2023 WJMC alumnus. Her experience there changed her life and gave her so many wonderful experiences. She is part of her school newspaper, and is the student director for her school theater. She decided while she was at WJMC that she wants to be a social media manager, and she is so grateful for that realization. She is looking forward to taking part in this new experience!

Caroline Schilling is from Noblesville, Indiana and is a current senior at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is actively involved with Irish Connection, the student news outlet at her school. She is Editor-in-Chief of her school newspaper and a member of the yearbook staff. Caroline hopes to pursue a career in journalism.

Madison Harvey is a senior at McHenry Community High School in McHenry, Illinois. In school, she is National Honor Society President, a cofounder of Business Professionals of America, a member of Student Council, Spanish Honor Society, Warrior Student Media, Varsity Softball, and Student Leadership Team. Outside of school, Madison enjoys playing softball, reading, photography, and volunteering. She attended WJMC in the summer of 2023 and had an incredible experience. Her time at the conference confirmed that journalism is her passion, and she encourages others to take the leap of faith and attend WJMC. 

Adam is a junior at Paul J. Hagerty High School in Central Florida. He is passionate about debate and has competed at several competitions including nationals. He aspires to pursue a career in media and journalism. Outside of his academic pursuits, Adam is a boxing enthusiast, with Naseem Hamed being his favorite boxer of all time. 

Marceline is currently a 16 year old junior at Edmond Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. They have lived in Edmond their whole life, but cannot wait to get out and explore the world through journalism. They are the copy editor for both the school-sponsored yearbook and newspaper, and also writes freelance articles for an online nonprofit organization during their free time. Marceline is passionate about poetry, current world affairs, and family research. Marceline attended WJMC as a correspondent in July 2023, and they are excited to return and make a positive impact on the conference.

Addy Cowley is 18 years old and is an aspiring investigative journalist. She grew up in four different countries, where she acquired an obsession for travel and adventure that accompanies her everywhere she goes. Addy currently writes freelance for the Climbing Wall Association, where she uses her expertise and connections to deliver the most relevant and interesting content to her readers. Addy loves to read historical and journalistic nonfiction, rock climb, and paint, and can often be found working at her favorite climbing gym. The lessons she learned during her WJMC experience genuinely changed her as a person, and she is beyond excited to share that passion with a new year of National Youth Correspondents. 

Kaylee attended WJMC in 2023 and came back a different person. She decided to take the next steps to advance her path, graduating a year early with most of her AA; Kaylee plans to become a specialist in nutrition. She has the goals and aspires to write a book and to start a blog. Kaylee is very friendly, time managed, organized and loves helping where she can. 

Angie is currently a senior at Cupertino High School from Cupertino, California. She serves as the features editor for her high school journalism publication and is looking to pursue journalism and film in the future. Her experience at WJMC was one of the highlights of her summer and she hopes to help others have the same educational and lovable experience. Angie is a part of her school’s marching band and winter percussion, and enjoys dancing, making crafts, watching movies and reading in her free time. 

Alyna K. Almero was a National Youth Correspondent during the WJMC program of 2023. There she learned a variety of different journalism and networking skills that have helped her gain enough confidence that she had not seen in herself before. Although she had attended the program just for the opportunity to go, she had found much more than just journalism experience and even gave her much more confidence and thought about her career and future. As accepted into the WJMC Youth Advisory Board, she hopes to give the very same experience and emotions she herself had felt in her experience to the next youth correspondents of WJMC 2024.

Blaise Bowers is an aspiring Filmmaker, Businessman, and Lawyer with a love for multimedia studies. Blaise lives in Broomfield, Colorado, and plans to attend college in California. Blaise attended WJMC in 2023 and fell in love with the program. Even though he does not plan on pursuing a career in Journalism, he says that WJMC changed his life through the connections he made and experiences he had at George Mason University