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Kelly Mattson, Staff
Kelly Mattson is a Junior at Jesuit High School who is excited to report unique stories and make fun sports related videos that highlight the people in her community. When she is not in school or playing golf or basketball, you can usually find Kelly hanging out with her friends and family, who would all describe her as hardworking, fun, creative, and determined. Aside from sports, her other hobbies include reading, working out, and practicing her two instruments: the guitar and the piano. Growing up in Beaverton, Oregon alongside her twin, little sister and parents, Kelly quickly developed an affinity for anything sports and music related as a result of coming from a musical family and always watching professional sports broadcasts. From a young age, Kelly has taken an interest in writing, journalism, and content creation, and is excited to learn how to create and edit content, write about the latest Jesuit news, and learn as much as possible when it comes to media production.
Iman Foster, Staff
Iman Foster is an ambitious and hard working Junior at Jesuit High School. After seeing media in her life through the news and sports, it sparked an irreplaceable interest in her heart. Since it is Iman’s first year in media, she is hoping to learn more about regular and sports reporting, as well as the process behind interviews. Iman is hoping to cover and write many stories regarding the sports side of our community at Jesuit. After taking a year in student government and announcing many assemblies, Iman is curious to find out how similar reporting games and announcing assemblies are. Outside of academics, Iman is also a dual sport athlete. Over the past few years, she has been on the varsity volleyball team which won state this past year, and the varsity track and field team. All of her life, sports have taught Iman many life lessons that have contributed to her personality and changed her life. In her free time she also enjoys spending time with family, friends, laughing, baking, and shopping. This year, Iman hopes to join the sports side of Jesuit media to help share the side of sports that she loves and gets to see everyday.
Lucia Barone, Staff
Dedicated and hardworking, Lucia Barone is a sophomore attending Jesuit High School who is just getting introduced to the world of media. Lucia is interested in writing about issues that can be found in Jesuit’s community but also go beyond, affecting our nation and our world. She wants to write about issues including climate change, social justice, new scientific discoveries, as well as other worldwide conflicts and events. Lucia lives in Lake Oswego with her parents and her older brother. She has two dogs, a Goldendoodle named McKenzie and an Australian Labradoodle named Sophie. She and her family love to hang out with her dogs, go swimming with them in the Willamette, and bring them on hikes and trips. Outside of school, Lucia enjoys doing a multitude of activities including: reading, baking, track and field, LEGOs, and spending time with her family, friends, and dogs. Her friends would describe her as loyal, adventurous, inquisitive, ambitious, and kind. Lucia enjoys traveling the world and learning about different histories and cultures. Some of her favorite places she has traveled to are Costa Rica, Belize, and Ireland and she hopes to visit many more countries in her lifetime. Overall, Lucia is looking forward to learning the art of media through photography, videography, and journalism.
Sam Kaempf, Staff
Sam is a junior at Jesuit High School who is passionate about videography and photography. While this is his first year taking a media production class, he has previous experience commentating baseball games on JCTV. He is particularly interested in covering the sports world at Jesuit High School. Sam's passion for media began with some truly terrible iMovies he made when he was 10, but has only grown from there. Outside of being behind or in front of a camera, Sam enjoys running on both the Cross Country and Track and Field teams at Jesuit. When not running long distances, Sam enjoys being out in nature, hiking, biking or swimming. Sam lives with his mom, brother and his dog, Louie.