Meet The Team

Managing Editor

Kristen Adams

You’ll most likely find Kristen around the halls of SCA as she is Business of Cinematic Arts major and Screenwriting minor. She also has a passion for music - particularly that of Harry Styles. Perhaps that’s because she shares a birthday with Styles!

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Managing Editor

Dara Udobong

Kelsey Cheng

Adrian Mendoza

Adrian is a Political Science major and avid reader. They firmly support using audiobooks to keep up with reading on a busy schedule.

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Social Media Manager

Kelsey Cheng

Kelsey leads our social media at Trojans360 after working with the blog for five semesters. When she’s not studying at Hoose Library of Philosophy for her cognitive science major or computer programming minor, you might catch her boogie boarding at the beach.

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Staff Writers

RJ Edrolin

RJ Edrolin is a Cinema and Media Studies major and Law and Social Justice minor. When she's not freezing in Norris, she enjoys listening to divorced-dad rock and avoiding having to leave her room.

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Roxette Primero

Roxette moved to USC from Colorado and is a PR and Advertising major with a consumer behavior minor. You will always catch her watching her favorite shows and movies and If you don't find her at Annenberg Hall finishing up her school work you can find her exploring the city of LA with some of her closest friends.

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Noah Etoka

Noah Etoka is a Public Relations student who is also pursuing a Music Industry minor. He loves going to concerts around LA and volunteering with cats. You can typically find him with his headphones on, working on a playlist, or rewatching The Lego Movie for the millionth time.

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Emma Wong

Emma Wong is a junior majoring in Public Relations and Advertising with a love for uncovering hidden gems, whether it's a cozy local coffee shop or a trendy new restaurant. She has fallen in love with traveling and is always on the lookout for her next adventure.

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Avery Thunder

Avery Thunder is from Reno, NV, and is studying Political Science. She enjoys obsessing over The Sims 4, taking six-hour naps with her cat, and drinking coffee at 9 p.m. You usually can’t find her because she hides from most people.

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Heather Mimikos

Heather is a Journalism and Narrative Studies major who loves to write about and for her communities. She also loves to spend time crocheting and trying new foods!

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Ela Rybak

Ela is a Business Administration student who is fascinated by the fashion world. Unsurprisingly since she loves predicting the next season’s upcoming trends, she’s also a consumer behavior minor. As you might expect from her photo, she’s obsessed with all things avocado and believes it belongs in everything from sandwiches to pizza to soup!

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Donal Buckley

You might find Donal studying or working on a project for his Creative Writing major at Leavy Library. Back home, he often spends his free time watching reality competition shows or playing Super Mario games.

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Kayla Bowens

Kayla spent eight years as a competitive gymnast before coming to USC to study Business Administration and Cinematic Arts.

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Sammie Yen

Sammie Yen is an interdisciplinary storyteller, major foodie, and NYT Games enthusiast. Pursuing both Narrative Studies and Communications degrees, she loves all creative media related to sports, arts, and culture.

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Angelina Li

Angelina is a Sociology major on the Pre-Law track. She is often at the McCarthy courtyard reading for classes, although said readings may (falsely) appear to be Chinese shopping websites.

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Melanie Marie Guevara

If you’re looking for Melanie, you’ll probably find her making a cup of strawberry sparkling matcha while listening to Yaelokre on blast. Besides that, you’ll find her scribbling on her tablet. She’s a design major who specializes in illustration– Always ready with a stylus in hand to bring visual art to our writers’ stories.