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The Growling Wolverine

The Student News Site of Aliso Niguel High School

The Growling Wolverine

The Growling Wolverine

2025-2026 Staff

Kayla Williams
Editor-in-Chief

Kayla Williams

Kayla is a senior at Aliso Niguel High School and is excited to serve as Editor-in-Chief of The Growling Wolverine. Now in her third year on the staff, she is passionate about storytelling and plans to pursue a career in broadcast...

Evie Scherffius
Senior Editor

Evie Scherffius

Evie Scherffius is a Senior at Aliso Niguel High School in her second year of writing for the Growling Wolverine. She is a senior editor in the newspaper this year and enjoys playing softball.

Nicole Aguirre
Senior Editor

Nicole Aguirre

Nicole is currently a senior and is excited for her third year being a part of the Growling Wolverine as a Senior Editor! In her free time, Nicole loves to dance and spend time with her friends. She hopes to grow her writing s...

Neka Jazaeri
Senior Editor

Neka Jazaeri

Neka Jazaeri is a senior at Aliso Niguel high school, and a senior editor of the growling Wolverine. She is a three year member of newspaper, and love being able to get involved within the community through it. She currently works...

Ashley Vasquez
Layout Editor

Ashley Vasquez

Ashley is a junior who is looking forward to continuing the newspaper this year as a layout editor. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, watching her favorite movies like Trolls Band Together, drinking Snapple and...

Ted Kim
Layout Editor

Ted Kim

Ted is a Senior at Aliso Niguel High School and is excited for his last year here. He spends his free time playing sports, going camping and hanging out with friends. Ted is excited for the upcoming challenges of what The Growling...

Kate Jameson
Copy Editor

Kate Jameson

Kate is a Senior at Aliso Niguel High School and this is her first year with the Growling Wolverine. She is a part of the Girls Volleyball program and she has played for all 4 years. When she’s not playing volleyball, she enj...

Davon Roberts
Copy Editor

Davon Roberts

Davon is currently a sophomore at Aliso Niguel High School. He is also concurrently enrolled at Saddleback college to learn about the Japanese language. In his free time he enjoys reading books, playing video games, and watchi...

Nima Etemadi
Copy Editor

Nima Etemadi

Nima is a junior and excited to join Newspaper for the first time as a copy editor. He is looking forward to writing and editing articles with subjects that are important to the school. He enjoys reading, hiking, and is the fou...

Charlotte Giler
Copy Editor

Charlotte Giler

Charlotte is a junior at Aliso Niguel High School. She is a part of Aliso’s Varsity Softball program. She is very excited to start her second year of writing for the Growling Wolverine. She is currently a Copy Editor for the...

Yas Eftekhari Dadkhah
Copy Editor

Yas Eftekhari Dadkhah

Yas is a junior at Aliso Niguel High School and this is her second year in The Growling Wolverine. She’s passionate about writing and enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Yas is really excited for another year!...

Maycen Mellor
Photographer

Maycen Mellor

Maycen is a sophomore at Aliso Niguel High School. She is excited for her first year in newspaper. Maycen is a part of the ANHS Tennis Team. She enjoys reading, going to the beach, and hanging out with her friends. Maycen is exc...

Zahra Arbab
Photographer

Zahra Arbab

Zahra Arbab is a sophomore at Aliso Niguel High School and this is her first year in Newspaper. Zahra enjoys fashion, photography, listening to music, and spending time in the city. She is excited to expand her creativity, conne...

Tala Tabatabaei
Marketer

Tala Tabatabaei

Tala Tabatabaei is currently a sophomore at ANHS. This is her first year in the newspaper and she is so excited to be a part of The Growling Wolverine. Tala enjoys listening to music and spending time with her family and friend...

Viana Salamati
Marketer

Viana Salamati

Viana is in her sophomore year and it is her first year as a member of Newspaper on the marketing team. She loves going to the beach, shopping, and scrolling through Pinterest and Tumblr. She enjoys watching 2000s teen dramas, han...

Kayla Pahn
Marketer

Kayla Pahn

Kayla is in her sophomore year and it is her first year as a member of Newspaper. She is excited to report on important events and to be on the Newspaper marketing team. Kayla is the JV captain of the girls tennis team and is...

Marleen Soto
Comic Artist

Marleen Soto

Marleen Soto is a senior at Aliso Niguel and is in their third year of the Growling Wolverine. They like collecting keychains and plushies. They also enjoy listening to music, sleeping, and drawing. Marleen is thrilled to be a com...

Miyako Cross
Comic Artist

Miyako Cross

Miyako is entering her second year of Newspaper as a junior, and she looks forward to reporting on topics that pertain to Aliso Niguel’s students and the local community. Miyako is a visual art enthusiast who loves learning a...

Sommer Aossey
Staff Writer

Sommer Aossey

Sommer Aossey is a sophomore at Aliso Niguel high school, and this is her first year writing for the Growling Wolverine. She is part of Aliso Niguel’s girls wrestling team as a JV wrestler. She is passionate about writing and...