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- FALLAN PATTERSON, ADVISER, is a former newspaper reporter turned teacher who loves all things news. She’s written for the Sun Sentinel, the Miami Herald and the Osceola News-Gazette, as well as others. She teaches Journalism 1 and English 2 in addition to advising staffers on The Lariat. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their two kids, soaking up rays at the beach, doing yoga and writing her true crime novel.
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- CHRIS GOMES, ONLINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, is a senior, president of Model United Nations, vice-president of Mock Trial and in charge of public relations for National English Honor Society. When he’s not actively writing for the Lariat, Gomes can be found listening to music along with keeping up with professional sports and social issues or traveling to another city. He is unsure of his career path at the moment, but hopes to pursue a career as a lawyer, government job, or something in the field of psychology.
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- ELENA ASHBURN, PRINT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, is a very busy senior. In school, she is the recording secretary for Troupe 0784. Outside of school, she does a lot of stuff, but you don’t need the list of her activities. It’s boring anyway. Her proudest accomplishment is speaking at the same conference as First Lady Jill Biden and publishing an article that was read by the Secretary of the Army. In her very limited free time, Ashburn enjoys being outside, traveling with her family and friends, crafting and hanging out in Ms. Wilfong’s class. She hopes to graduate without falling victim to senioritis and eventually move to Sweden to live in a little red house by herself, surrounded only by flowers and the occasional moose.
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- KAYLA GATES, MANAGING EDITOR, is a senior and self-proclaimed writer. She furthers her passion for journalism through her active involvement in various extracurricular activities. Gates is the President of the National Honor Society and the National English Honor Society. During her leisure time, she volunteers as a youth soccer coach and scoops ice cream at a local parlor. For fun, Gates frequents concert venues and enjoys spending her weekends by the beach.
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- NICOLE NADLER, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, is a junior who loves getting involved. She is Class of 2023 Vice-President, a member of Interact club, and Model United Nations Secretary. Outside of school you can often find her at Cali Coffee or working as the City Coordinator for Soflo Solutions and the host of her own global podcast What’s New With Nikki. Nicole dreams of being a Political Analyst or a Chief of Staff and often has passions attributing to that cause. She enjoys finding new coffee shops and furthering her taste palette for cheesecake.
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- EMILY MORENO, HEAD EDITOR, is a sophomore who joined The Lariat this year. Apart from school Emily dances as part of the senior company at Academy of Arts and studies all styles of dance. In addition to dancing there she works at their front desk. She also volunteers at her church and started a project to help homeless women. Emily loves spending time with her family, watching MARVEL movies, playing piano and listening to music (especially Niall Horan). She’s looking forward to her first year on the paper and first year of in-person high school.
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- OLIVIA GIL, HEAD EDITOR, is a wide eyed junior with a passion for fashion, film, music, art and literature. When not writing for The Lariat, Gil can be found raving about one (or all) of the items above. This self-proclaimed “culture connoisseur” joined The Lariat staff to support her love for writing and hopes to pursue a career in journalism. If she can make it through her last two years of high school of course.
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- JENNA HEDRICK,GENERAL EDITOR, is a sophomore who loves to socialize. Even though she’s nervous, she’s excited to jump into her first year of being on The Lariat Staff. She is a member of the Art Club, First Priority Club and the National English Honor Society. When not writing for the paper, you may catch her on the singing team at her church, babysitting or playing beach volleyball. Jenna has a passion for fashion and takes every chance she gets to get new clothes. Jenna also has a collection of all different kinds of bracelets.
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- ORIAN TZIPORA-HAROSH, GENERAL EDITOR, is an overachieving sophomore who willingly took AP Chemistry as her science class of choice this year. With many passions, crystal collecting is one of her main hobbies when not in school. Harosh also collects manga and watches anime, a hobby she picked up at the beginning of last year. She can many times be found with her head in a book or listening to Chase Atlantic, her favorite band. She loves spending time at the beach or pool but hates being outside in nature.In the future, Orian aspires to have a job in the medical field or relating to law.
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- ADDISON ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER, is a senior and has been a part of Thespians and several of Troupe 0784’s productions as well as First Priority. He enjoys film, music and books. He plans to go out of state for college and pursue a career as a pastor.
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- ASHLYN COHEN, STAFF WRITER, is a sophomore and is experiencing her first year with The Lariat Staff. She’s addicted to the gym and Bahia Bowls. In Ashlyn’s spare time you may catch her bawling her eyes out over doing homework for chemistry. Ashlyn plays defense on the Girls Academy soccer team with Florida United and has been playing soccer since she was 4. She is a part of the National English Honors Society and junior treasure of the Best Buddies club.
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- LILY MITCHELL, STAFF WRITER, is a sophomore and new to the Lariat. When she’s at school, she spends the whole time drawing dragons. Whenever she’s not at school, her entire life and personality revolves around softball, spending around 30 hours a week playing and the rest of the time coaching and umpiring. Her dream is to study forensics at FSU, while training for the olympics. Fun fact is she hates all fruit and her blood stream is basically energy drinks at this point.
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- LUCIA CORREA, STAFF WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR, is a junior and loves to draw in her free time. Although shy most of the time, she loves to hang out with friends and be outside. Her leisure activities include reading, swimming and being with family. She loves animals, has two dogs of her own, and loves eating ice cream while watching a great movie.
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- MALIA LAHEY, STAFF WRITER, is a sophomore, and this is her first year on The Lariat. Lahey is a staff writer and in addition to the Lariat she also fills her schedule with sports. Lahey plays on the school varsity Soccer team and the Flag Football team. She’s also on the JV Volleyball team, in Lahey’s words, “I make myself laugh and that’s all that matters,” she’s a part of SGA and loves listening to music.
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- MELISSA SAROSI, STAFF WRITER, is a junior at Cooper City High School. Due to the pandemic, for almost two years she sat in her room wondering what she would eat for breakfast the next morning and now she’s thriving in newspaper. Not sure how that happened. Fun fact is that she hates brownies and cookies, weirdo. She’s pretty swag but only if Mrs. Patterson agrees. Other than that she’s pretty boring.
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- NINA RAMIREZ, STAFF WRITER, is a senior and a member of multiple extracurricular activities, such as Teen Council and National English Honor Society. She furthers her passion for writing by joining The Lariat and reading literature whenever she can. She also does hip-hop dance at “Dancers Gallery” as a form of fun and releasing positive energy. She’s also an active member of the Early Childhood Education program and loves listening to music, being social and meeting new people.
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- SHIRA AROSHAS, PHOTOGRAPHER, is a junior, and plays for the school’s varsity volleyball team, and also adores reading books, playing her electric guitar,and painting. Photography has always been dear to her heart and she’s beyond grateful to be sharing her art with the school.
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