Announcements Week of Nov 11

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Destiny Diaz, Cindy Cincire, Ana Oxlaj, Alison Mayen, Brianna Martinez Garcia, Samantha Suarez, Katie Loza and Leroy A Smith, Jr

November 11, 2025

Script Writer – Alison Mayan (English and Spanish)

Director – Alison Mayan (English)

On Air Talent – Leroy Smith(English), Alison Mayan(Spanish)

Camera – Ana Oxlaj (English and Spanish)

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Grips/Lights – Samantha Suarez

Behind-the-scene Photographer – Katie Loza, Brianna Martinez

Video Editor – Ana Oxlaj (English and Spanish)

Slide Production – Destiny Diaz, Cindy Cincire

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About the Contributors

Destiny Diaz, Photographer

Destiny Diaz is a student athlete who is in her senior year and will be graduating 2026 at Augustus F. Hawkins High School. In her free time she likes to listen to music, and she likes to go shopping. Destiny is currently on Hawkins High School girls varsity volleyball team, but she also played for the girls soccer team in her 11th grade. Destiny is a fun and loving person, She likes to be active. One of Destiny’s goals is to go to Cal State Los Angeles. Her career goal is to be a travel nurse.

Cindy Cincire, staff photographer

Cindy Cincire is a senior, class of 2026. She’s known among her friends for her sense of humor and her ability to give good advice when needed. When she’s not doing her makeup or working, Cindy enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring new places. She loves the feeling of peace. She knows it won’t come easy but her goal in life is to be a registered nurse because she has always been passionate about helping others regardless of what she has going on.

Ana Oxlaj, Photographer

Ana Oxlaj is 16 years old, born on July 31, and is a Junior (class of 2027). She is the youngest of six siblings and the last one in high school. She tends to enjoy music, her favorite subject is math, and she enjoys meeting new people. She wants to help people out in any way she can and dreams of becoming a Social Worker in the future. She wants to be more involved in school this year, so she plans to join more clubs and participate in school activities.

Alison Mayen, Photographer

Alison Mayen (she, her) is a senior class of 2026 graduating class. She used to spend her afternoons at practice for the school dance team. However, this year she’s dedicating herself to school and being the Dance Team’s team manager. In her free time, she likes to binge read books, watch superhero shows and procrastinate everything in life. She enjoys going out with her friends and capturing memories by taking pictures. She used to be a dog person until she got a beautiful beige cat named Romeo, who she calls her son. Her future ambitions are to attend a college here in Los Angeles to get an Associates degree and become a Radio-graphic Technician.

Brianna Martinez Garcia, Photography

Brianna Martinez Garcia is in the class of 2026. This is her second year at Augustus Hawkins High School. After two big impacts in her life, which were when she moved from New Jersey to Florida and now California (Los Angeles). She really enjoys listening to music and wants to learn more about photography. The goal she has for the future is to attend university for marketing. She loves to have quality time with friends and family and she is that friend who will be there for them in the good and bad times.

Samantha Suarez, Staff Photographer

Samantha Suarez (she/her) graduating in 2026. She loves going out with friends, enjoys taking photographs of nature and drinking iced vanilla lattes. Another interesting fact is that her main goal in life is to become a nurse after she graduates high school. You can find her talking with teachers in the hallways or saying hello to friends. She was the softball team manager her junior year in Hawkins HS. She learned how to take home run scores and even made new friends. Her teachers think she’s respectful, caring and has great teamwork skills.

Katie Loza, Marketing

Part of the class of 2028, Katie Loza is a student with big ambitions. She likes the little things, “It doesn’t have to be extravagant,” and she’s not afraid to go beyond what’s normal for her age. Something unique about Katie is the fun she finds in drawing funny illustrations. She loves finding ways to make people laugh and smile. One of her biggest dreams in life is to use her skills to give back to the community. She is always working hard to make herself and her family proud.

Leroy A Smith, Jr, staff photographer

Leroy Smith (he, him) is a 12th grader (class of 2026). He is a student athlete who used to play soccer on his national team in Belize City but he moved to the US to chase his dreams. He also plays football and runs the 400m and triple jump for Hawkins HS track and field. For football, he thought he was not going to like the sport because of the violence. He did it because one of his friends asked him to join and he did not have anything to do and he didn’t know anyone else. He started it as something to do for fun. Now he’s all in. As for track and field, he was not the fastest but he was the best triple jumper on the track team. He made it all the way to finals then to city. Leroy is not just breaking records on the field. He’s also breaking records in the classroom. According to Principal Malta, he is going to break a school record by being the youngest person to graduate from Augustus Hawkins at 16. This means he’ll be 16 years old in college and he plans to have a college degree when he graduates at 20 years old.