Member Directory

Lilly Nguyen introduces herself as a journalist and storyteller by trade. Master of show tune car karaoke by passion. A graduate of Cal State Long Beach's journalism program, she can be found running around Long Beach and Orange County with a recorder and a camera in hand.

Erin Dobrzyn graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a degree in journalism. She has worked with NBC Los Angeles as an investigative journalist intern and is an international poet laureate. When she’s not writing, Erin also works as a veterinary nurse.

Amber Galloway is a hardworking high school student from Compton, but resides in Los Angeles. She plans to major in Education. She likes to creatively express herself in any fashion. She loves helping people and sees Journalism as way to do that. When she is not doing school work or extracurricular activities, she enjoys gardening fruits and vegetables, reading, and drawing.

Yesenia is a Polytechnic High School student who is also the editor-in-chief in the journalism class. She enjoys listening to Michael Jackson.

I'm 17 years old, and I'm a senior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. After graduating, I will be attending college locally to major in journalism. I've loved writing since I was a little girl, writing exaggerated and elaborate stories about the people and things in my life. I'm an introvert so my free time is spent watching my faves on Netflix.

Nicole Fish is a journalism major and graduating senior at Cal State Long Beach. When they are not in the Daily 49er newsroom at school, they can be found writing, making music or reading in the sun.

Wallace Burney is a 16-year-old student attending St. Anthony High School and joined the VoiceWaves program this Fall.

Hi! I'm a 17-year-old theater nerd in my last year of high school. I'm also a film geek or more formally known as an aspiring filmmaker. Both acting and filmmaking have been something close to my heart, and I'm glad that I found these passions at such a young age. So bottom line: I'm a geek and a nerd which makes me Top Dork, and if this were a cliché teenage movie, I'd be the one who gets the guy in the end.