Alison Walker is a senior at UHS. This is her fourth and final year on the staff as well as her third year as an editor at The Torch. Her favorite subjects in school are history and English In her free time, she enjoys r...

   Cricket is currently a senior at UHS and a Valencia Dual Enrollment student. This is her fourth year as a staff writer for The Torch and her third as an editor. Some of her favorite hobbies include reading, playing video ...

    Alexis Paulino is currently a junior at UHS. This is her first year writing for the school newspaper. Some of her favorite things are music, traveling, and kittens. Her favorite color is black. In her free time Alexis enjoys ...

Leah Hernandez is a sophomore in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and a newly inducted member of the National Honor Society. This is her first year writing for the school newspaper. Leah is passionate about using ...

Brittney Mendoza is originally from Los Angeles California. She is currently in her second year of studying journalism as a newspaper writer, she enjoys exploring writing and reporting. She also enjoys going to church, as it is...

Aliyah Neance, she is currently a Junior. Some things to know about her is that she does run track here at UHS. She's from Miami and she's Haitian. Her favorite subjects are ELA and science, specifically Anatomy. Some of her favorite h...

Yonwai Ng is currently a junior at UHS. Last year he took Journalism and this is his first year as a staff writer for the Torch. His favorite subject in school is history. He loves to sleep, eat, listen to music, and spend time...

Sara Rojas is currently a junior at UHS and this is her first year writing for the school newspaper. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, she moved here 4 years ago. In her free time she enjoys listening to music, painting, and baking....

Ailany Vargas is currently a sophomore at UHS and first-year writer for The Torch. Her favorite hobbies are drawing, painting, and hanging out with her friends, no matter what they do. Music is her peace and joy. Her plan aft...

  Kaliyah O'Brien is currently in the a junior at UHS and a first year Staff Writer for The Torch. Her favorite color is blue with a little dash of pink. She likes to dance. She loves late night drives and listening to music. ...

Hieu Truong is a high school student with a strong interest in sports and computers. He enjoys going to college football games and fishing out in the ocean. He wants to go into the airforce military branch and travel all around...

Xavielys Cortes is a senior at UHS and is proudly from Carolina, Puerto Rico. This is her first year writing for the school newspaper and her second year in a journalism class. She is looking forward to helping with leadership for ...

 Mary Nguyen is currently a sophomore at UHS and this is her first year writing for The Torch. Her favorite artists are Noah Kahan and Zach Bryan, and she enjoys playing their songs on the guitar. After graduation, she aspires t...

Alexander Saenz is a junior at UHS and this year is his first writing for The Torch. Once he turns 17, he plans on getting a tattoo and already has some ideas ready. Alexander has an older brother whom he gets along better with...

   Cassie is currently a sophomore at UHS and this is her first year writing for The Torch. She enjoys thrifting and covering her walls with posters. She also loves hanging out with her friends and collecting trinkets. Her fa...

Dalilah Pastor is currently a junior at UHS and a first-year Staff Writer for The Torch. Her favorite subjects in school are history and science. She loves any creative project she can acquire. After high school, she plans on...

   Jaden Deo is currently a junior at UHS and a second year staff writer at the Torch. He loves history and enjoys playing video games during his free time. His all time favorite hobbies are napping and listening to music....

  Ava Barber-Barilka is a sophomore at UHS. This is her first year writing for the school newspaper. In her free time, she loves to read, write, and bake. She aspires to become an author one day and her favorite book is Percy ...

   Isabel Reymann is a senior at UHS and dual enrolled at Valencia College. This is her second year as a staff writer for the Torch. She’s an officer for our school's BETA club and National Honors Society. In her free tim...