Olivia Brazier – Editor-in-Chief
Olivia is 16 and is in her junior year of high school. She is the Editor in Chief of the Lighthouse because she loves writing and because she wants to create connections in the TVE community. When she graduates from college, she would love to work as a journalist for a real newspaper! Right now,…
Blake Killion – Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Chief Videographer
Blake Killion is a seventeen year old filmmaker, artist and writer in his senior year of high school. This is his first year in journalism as Assistant Editor-In-Chief and Chief Videographer. He hopes to learn more about TVE and its members through journalism for The Lighthouse, having been a member for all of his teenage…
Lucas Garcia – Science Editor
Lucas Garcia is a 17-year-old high school senior who has been homeschooling for five years. He lives with his parents and two younger brothers in Pleasant Hill, California. He loves streaming video games, drawing, and other things with his friends on his youtube channel. Lucas is working on a concept for a video game that…
Emma Ruggiero – Arts and Culture Editor
Emma Ruggiero is 17 years old and is in her junior year of high school. Her job as part of the Lighthouse Staff is the position of Arts and Entertainment Editor. She was part of the TVE Yearbook Club for the past two years, and this is her first year as part of the TVE…
Lucie Ruggiero – Videography, Visual Storytelling
Lucie Ruggiero is in Visual Storytelling for the Videography section of The Lighthouse. She is 16 years old and in the 10th scholastic year. She has been doing journalism (yearbook committee) for three years. Lucie is in journalism because she loves telling stories and discussing world issues. When she is not doing schoolwork, Lucie can…
Elise Brazier – Copy Editor
Elise is a fourteen-year-old in eighth grade and has been homeschooling since first grade. This is her first year working in journalism, though she has been writing fantasy and fiction since she was about eight years old. She has written and edited the manuscript for one novel and is working on editing her second. Once…
Brianna Killion – Copy Editor
Brianna is a 15-year-old 9th grader who has been homeschooled all her life. She lives at home in five acres of forest with her parents and older brother in Castro Valley, California, where she likes to write, draw, read, sing, and participate in her friend’s livestreams. This is her first year working in journalism, though…
Dominic Kauffman – Comic Strip Editor / Cartoonist
Dominic Kauffman is 11 and is the cartoon artist for the Lighthouse newspaper. He joined the paper so he could draw comics, something he has wanted to do since he first read Calvin and Hobbes. He dances ballet for the Contra Costa Ballet, and also plays soccer. He enjoys wood carving animals and playing Minecraft.…
Cy Bernardi – Sports Editor
Cy Bernardi is 15 years old and a sophomore in high school. He lives with his parents and has no pets or siblings. This is his first year at the Lighthouse, and he is looking forward to his position as Sports Editor. He has been homeschooled since 3rd grade, and his favorite subjects are math…
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