Sofia Pereda is the Editor in Chief of the 2020-2021 Grotto Newspaper. She began working on staff in her sophomore year and is excited to continue to pursue her love of Journalism. Sofia is currently a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes...

Andrea Valdes-Sueiras was a staff writer for The Grotto junior year. For the 2020-2021 school year she is the newspaper’s Managing Editor. She feels most creative when she’s writing stories for her travel blog, making her...

Julie Barbeite is a junior at the school. She has always enjoyed taking pictures. She likes to edit them and being creative.

Saloua Bourrian is a junior. She loves to travel and explore new places which is what got her into photography in the first place. She loves the fashion industry and all the trends that come with it. She hopes to become an engineer...

Sofia Castellan is a sophomore. This is her first year working on the grotto staff and she is very excited. Sofia is currently a part of many clubs, the Track and Field team and junior varsity soccer team.

Emma Cuesta loves taking pictures and expressing her creativity through them. She’s currently a junior.

Samantha Diaz is a junior at the school, she is a member of both the Varsity Soccer and Track teams, and is also a Peer Minister. Her favorite subjects are English and History, she enjoys fishing, boating and traveling in her...

Emilie Escobar is a sophomore. She loves journalism, loves to take pictures. She is on the school softball team.

Bianca Estevez is part of the 2020-2021 Grotto Newspaper Staff. This is her first year taking journalism and has already fell in love with the photography behind it. She is currently a senior at our school.

Paola Garcia is a sophomore who became a member of the Grotto staff this year. She runs cross country and track for the Lourdes team.

Olivia Giganti is a fellow staff member of the 2020-2021 Grotto Newspaper. She is new to the world of journalism, and is very excited to improve on her photography. Olivia is currently a Junior.

Victoria Manrique is currently a senior and is the President of the French Honor Society as well as a member of Peer Ministry. Her favorite subjects in school have always been the sciences, especially, Health and Environmental....

Olivia McClintock is a junior and this is her first year in journalism. Olivia loves to be able to be creative in her photos and loves to take pictures of nature. She is excited to be apart of the Grotto team this year and improve...

Kathryn Ortiz is a sophomore. She is on the Cross Country and Track and Field team. Kathryn also enjoys taking pictures especially of her friends.

Cecilia Reboredo is a sophomore, and part of the olla grotto staff. She is a member of the 2020-2021 Lourdes Dance Team, and has been since freshman year. Her favorite hobbies include traveling, spending time with friends, and...

Olivia Rodriguez is a Sophomore and this is her first year being part of the Grotto staff. She is part of the Cross Country and Track Team this year, and was on the swim team last school year. Olivia is excited to be a part of...

Alex is currently a senior and enjoys being involved in being in clubs at her school. Her favorite subjects have always been math and science. In her free time she loves to go on adventures, workout, and be with friends. She is...

Sofia Triviño is a sophomore. She is a member of the Lourdes Dance Team. When she is not dancing she enjoys landscape and portrait photography and likes art.

Sofía is currently a junior. She is a part of many clubs at OLLA. She enjoys reading and listening to music. She has also always enjoyed taking pictures so she is looking forward to learning more about photography.

Isabella Nuñez is a sophomore. This is her first year being a part of the grotto staff. She is a member of the junior varsity soccer team. She loves to capture moments on her camera and write about experiences she undergoes....

Gabriella Fernandez is a sophomore at OLLA, she enjoys writing and aspires to be a journalist when she grows up. She is also on the varsity volleyball team.

Emma Crosa is a sophomore and she is new to journalism. She loves to take pictures in her free time and she runs for track and feild for the school.

Paola Lista is currently a sophomore and is the sophomore class president. She is a part of the varsity lacrosse team, swim team, and many school clubs. Paola enjoys writing, editing, interviewing, and photographing for the Grotto,...

Sophia Torres is a Junior and this is her first year as an Olla grotto staff member. Her love for taking pictures has grown through out the years from traveling around the world to even just taking walks around the neighborhood....

Tess Valcarcel is a senior. This is her first year being part of the Grotto staff. She is a member of Lourdes Singers, Peer ministry, and is Vice President of thespian national honor society. Her hobbies include reading, writing,...

Cecilia Cardenas is a senior and has recently become a member of the Grotto Newspaper staff. Being new to the beauties of journalism, she could not be more excited to find out what this journey will bring. She is a member of Peer...

Olivia Garcia is a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy and is part of the 2020-2021 Grotto Newspaper staff. She enjoys traveling, working out, and spending time with family. This is Olivia's first year on The Grotto staff and...

Juliana D'Escoubet is a junior. She loves to travel and explore new places. She speaks French and Spanish. Additionally, she loves reading and baking.

Carolina Rodriguez is a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy and this is her first year as a member of the Grotto staff. She enjoys being president of the Lean In Club and Co-president of the Math National Honors Society. Carolina...

Ana Serratos is a junior at the school. She has been a member of the Swimming and Track teams since freshman year, and this year she also joined the Cross Country team. She loves to spend time with family and friends, travel,...

Mia Kennedy is a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. She is a member of the OLLA TV staff and works as an anchor for news, sports and entertainment. She also works to make packages for OLLA TV broadcasts. She loves to anchor,...

Gabriela Garcia is a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. This is her second year being part of the OLLATV crew. She does many different things as a member such as editing shows, cutting headlines, creating packages, and has...

Amanda Okunski is a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. This is her second year as a part of the OLLA TV crew. Amanda enjoys creating and editing packages for her Broadcast journalism class. In her free time Amanda loves to...

Samantha Bardisa is a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. This will be her second year taking part of the OLLA TV crew. Samatha enjoys using her creativity to make, edit, and interview people for packages in class. As well...

Megan Brown is currently a junior. This is her second year in journalism as a part of the OLLA TV crew. She started last year as a sophomore, and grew a love for it. She loves to edit and report. Aside from journalism, she is...

Alessandra Infante is a Senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. She has been an anchor on OLLATV since her sophomore year and has loved every second of it. Alessandra loves to be a part of the TV crew and helps creates videos,...

Katrina Langer is a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. This is her second year as a part of the OLLA TV Crew. She loves editing packages, anchoring shows, and creating videos. Katrina is also an active member of the Student...

Mia Izquierdo is a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. This is her second year as part of the OLLA TV Crew. She loves to produce videos and report as an anchor. Doing morning announcements throughout middle school helped blossom...

Tatiana Llanso is a member of the OLLA TV crew. She is currently a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. Tatiana joined the crew her sophomore year and continues to enjoy each and every part of Broadcast Journalism. She is also...

Amanda Bardisa is a senior. This is her second year as part of the OLLA TV Crew, and loves to create videos, report, and edit. What has influenced her love of broadcast journalism is her YouTube Channel she created during her...