It’s a Friday afternoon in July and the weather is scorching hot. As children laugh while they play and adults chat nearby, the sounds of horns, chimes and bells cut through the lively neighborhood. It’s a familiar jingle on Eastside Avenue. Families make their way...
Maria Alegria hopes her journalism amplifies the voices of people in her hometown of Santa Ana. Since she joined her school newspaper as a sophomore at Middle College High School, Alegria looks to inform her community about news and student life. “I just want to give...
From serving as one of Mt. SAC Early College Academy’s first-ever journalism students to the editor-in-chief of its paper The Academy Chronicle, rising senior Payton Zarceno is an empowered youth making an impact on her community in West Covina. Zarceno joined her...
