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Tag: 2019

Aisabella Vialpando

AISABELLA VIALPANDO

Aisabella Vialpando attended WJMC in 2018 and currently lives in Temecula, California. She attends Great Oak High School as a Senior. Aisabella has always had a passion for journalism and will be going into the communications field as she continues her schooling. She hopes to make future youth correspondents’ time at WJMC just as memorable and life changing as it was for her.

Sawyer Treat

SAWYER TREAT

Sawyer Treat is a high school senior currently living in Leesburg, Virginia. She is from a military family. This military lifestyle afforded her the opportunity to spend eleven of her eighteen years of life growing up in Europe; a fact she takes pride in. Sawyer’s passions consist of reading, writing, traveling, and photography. This year she is Assistant Editor of her high school’s yearbook, and hopes to major in photojournalism at The University of Washington next fall.

Shirin Faqiri

SHIRIN FAQIRI

Shirin Faqiri is a high school senior at Loudoun County High School and a current resident of Leesburg, VA. She is one of the Assistant Editors of her yearbook staff in hopes of majoring in Journalism at JMU next year. Shirin is distinguishable for her love of outer space and of tea. She looks forward to being a part of the Youth Advisory Board for the 2019 WJMC conference.

Reese Riedel

REESE RIEDEL

Reese Riedel is a rising junior at Samuel Clemens High School and the vice president of her school’s broadcasting club, Clemens Broadcasting Network. An alumni of WJMC 2018, She plans to attend college for broadcast journalism and film. Reese Hopes to go into a career for documentary cinematography and reporting. Reese Riedel lives in Cibolo, Texas.

Rebecca Morgan

BECCA MORGAN

Becca Morgan is a high school senior from Caseville, Michigan. She attended WJMC in 2018 as member of the Maroon group. She credits the experience as prompting her to pursue journalism as a career. Becca currently plans to study journalism and literature in college, and hopes to pursue writing as a career.

Peyton Dauley

Peyton Dauley is a junior in high school from Mashpee, Massachusetts. In 2018, she attended the Washington Journalism and Media Conference as a part of the Maroon group, and she is excited to help plan next year’s conference! Peyton hopes to be able to encourage writing careers for a new generation of Youth Correspondents, as WJMC did for her. Outside of school, she enjoys reading, writing, photography, and watching Netflix.

David Suppes

Davis Suppes is a senior at Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the anchor for his school’s daily live-stream of the school announcements, and he has had a passion for journalism for some time. At wjmc he had the experience of a lifetime and enjoyed every minute of hanging out with new people and learning from so many prestigious workers in this field. Next year Davis plans to attend the University of Missouri to continue pursuing his passion for journalism, and he knows WJMC is going to help him along the way!

Samantha Charles

Sam Charles, a south Texas native, is incredibly excited to be a part of the Youth Advisory Board and help plan WJMC 2019. She’s an avid reader and writer of all things fiction. A drama kid at heart, she loves musicals and plays but prefers starring as the crew instead of being on stage. Most of all, Sam is an adventurer with a love of conquering her own fears.

Elise Ramacciotti

Elise Ramacciotti currently lives in El Segundo, California. This year she started the El Segundo High School newspaper, The Bay Eagle, and is the Editor-in-Chief. She loves musical theater, and starred as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde the Musical this past spring. In her free time she likes to eat sushi and perform mini concerts in the car. She can not wait to participate in YAB and prepare for the upcoming summer!

Meleah York

Meleah York is a senior from Keller, Texas. They attended WJMC in 2018 and had a wonderful learning experience. Meleah keeps busy as the Editor-in-Chief of their school newspaper and a member of the marching band. Additionally, they enjoy spending time with family and friends, but they are also looking forward to leaving home for college. Meleah is very excited to be apart of making WJMC an amazing experience for future correspondents!