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Meet The Team
Tiffani Knowles
Faculty Advisor
Tiffani Knowles is a former newspaper reporter, editor, radio & television producer and a proud alumna of Barry University. She currently freelances for several publications and is honored to be the faculty liaison to our award-winning student newspaper.
"Be the change you want to see in the world."
(305) 899-4572
Isabel Pulgarin
Managing Editor
Sophomore, Communications & Media Studies Major
"Say what you need to say. Do what you need to do. Love who you want to love."
Layout Editor
Nicole Dashtaki
Freshman, Graphic Design Major and CIS Major with a Specialization in Digital Media
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
- Albert Einstein
Mariajose Fernandez
Staff Writer
Sophomore, Public Relations & Advertising Major
"She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future."
- Proverbs 31:26
Victoria Rivera
Staff Writer
Sophomore, English Major, History Minor
"The poets leave hell and again
behold the stars."
- from Dante's Inferno
Litzy Grijalba
Staff Writer & Social Media Coordinator
Sophomore, Public Relations & Advertising Major, Television & Digital Media Minor
"Count your blessings, not your problems."
Brendalis Puig
Staff Writer
Junior, Communications & Media Studies Major, Television & Digital Media Minor
"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anyone but oneself."
- Virginia Woolf from "A Room of One's Own"
Viviana Corbisiero
Staff Writer
Sophomore, Psychology and
Spanish Majors
"Everything happens for a reason."
Carrion Almendra
Staff Writer
Junior, Public Relations & Advertising Major
"If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead."
Anna Galaktionov
Web & Digital Editor
Junior, Music Education Major, Education Minor
"On Christ the solid rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand."
- Edward Mote
Alyssa Leal
Graphics Editor
Junior, Graphic Design Major
"If you're happy doing what you're doing no one can tell you you're not successful."