2017-2018 Staff
Ankit Gupta
Ankit Gupta is currently a junior and sports editor. Previously, he was a visuals editor. In his free time, he plays chess and hangs out with his dog, Rufus.
Hannah Lee
Hannah Lee is a sophomore at MVHS and the entertainment editor for multimedia. She enjoys listening to music, trying new dessert places and pursuing business ventures.
Sunjin Chang
Sunjin Chang is currently a senior, news and public relations editor. Previously she was a visuals editor. In her free time she enjoys listening to music, playing the piano and taking a nap.
Roshan Fernandez
Roshan is a senior and co-editor-in-chief for his school's publication El Estoque. He enjoys writing, reporting, interviewing and photography. He was previously a sports editor and a visuals editor in his junior and sophomore...
Ruth Feng
Ruth Feng is a managing editor of El Estoque. Aside from journalism, she likes to watch reruns of The Office and West Wing.
Himani Yalamaddi
Himani is a senior at MVHS and a second-year staff member. She enjoys trying new things, going to different places and being outdoors.
Daniel Lin
Lin, a senior and third-year staff member of El Estoque, serves as Webmaster for elestoque.org. Lin was Copy Editor and Special Report Editor in 10th and 11th grade, respectively.
Aditya Dash
Aditya Dash is a first year staff member of El Estoque Online. Interested in sports, he spends most of his free time on the NBA and the NFL. Aside from playing basketball, he is very enthusiastic about Neuroscience and Biology.
Anish Vasudevan
Anish is currently a junior and a sports editor for El Estoque. He participates in football on the school varsity team and enjoys playing basketball with his friends. In his free time he watches Sportscenter on ESPN and dreams...
Gauri Kaushik
Gauri Kaushik is a managing editor on staff and has served previously as a News editor. In her free time, she enjoys rereading Harry Potter and going to the park with her dog Jackie.
Jai Uparkar
Jai Uparkar is a junior and a second-year staff member. She previously served as a multimedia news editor, and now serves as a print features editor. She plays tennis and in her free time, she likes to take Buzzfeed quizzes and...
Anirudh Chaudhary
Anirudh is a staff writer for El Estoque. He is currently a senior at Monta Vista High School. He enjoys watching science-fiction movies and can be commonly seen sporting a Bob Ross t-shirt.
Chelsea Wong
Chelsea Wong is a currently a senior and a beats editor for El Estoque. She is a movie buff and would discuss about anything and anybody that is nominated for any year of the Oscars.
Andrea Schlitt
Andrea Schlitt is a senior at MVHS and a third year staff member. She enjoys exploring issues that matter through different mediums. She currently serves as a copy editor for El Estoque and previously served as a news editor and...
Katerina Pappas
Katerina Pappas is a staff writer at El Estoque and a former Features editor. They are a senior at Monta Vista and in their free time they like to listen to music and watch movies. Their favorite artists include Brockhampton and...
Jacob Wee
Jacob Wee is a first-year staff member on El Estoque Online. In his free time he enjoys playing Fortnite and basketball. ...
Rajas Habbu
Rajas is a second year staff writer and a current visuals and sports editor. In his free time, he enjoys playing volleyball both in school and in a competitive club. He also enjoys neuroscience and wishes to pursue a career in...
Alyssa Hui
Alyssa Hui is currently a junior and an entertainment editor for El Estoque. She loves to dance and is also apart of the MVHS's dance team. In her free time, she likes to play with her dogs,, hang out with friends, read books...
Sarah Young
Junior Sarah Young is currently a Graphics editor for El Estoque. In her free time Sarah likes to draw, read and take walks in the park. She is currently trying to get better at drawing landscapes and hands.
Ishani Singh
Ishani Singh is currently a junior and second year staff writer. She enjoys writing, reading and dancing in her free time.
Stuti Upadhyay
Stuti Upadhyay is currently a junior and an opinion editor for El Estoque. Stuti enjoys playing soccer, hanging out with her friends and family, reading books, watching movies, doing anything outdoors.
Rucha Soman
Rucha is a second year staff writer for El Estoque. In her free time she likes to play soccer, dance and watch Netflix.
Maggie McCormick
Maggie McCormick is a senior and has been on staff for one year. She likes to swim, play guitar and code. In fall 2018, she will be starting school at University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif.
Sreya Kumar
Sreya Kumar is currently a second year staff writer. She enjoys traveling the world, watching choreography videos and taking photos.
Anthony Moll
Anthony Moll is a senior and second year staff member of El Estoque. He enjoys covering the various sports programs at MVHS. He is also a part of the MVHS baseball team and hopes to continue playing at Trinity University in San...
Emma Lam
Emma Lam is a senior and a third year member of El Estoque. She enjoys pitching creative ideas in her section as well as designing pages. She currently serves as a copy editor and in the past has served as a Special Report Editor...
Helen Chao
Helen Chao is currently a senior who likes an afternoon snack of hot coffee and cookies. She is currently one of three managing editors and was formerly a Features section editor.
Carol Lei
Carol Lei is a senior and a first-year staff writer for El Estoque Online. She enjoys playing tennis, hiking and drawing in her free time.
Akshara Majjiga
Akshara Majjiga is a senior and third year staff member for El Estoque. She has formerly served as Managing Editor and Sports Editor.
Vivian Chiang
Vivian is a third year staff writer and former Features and Opinion editor on El Estoque. In her free time, she likes to make videos, listen to music, and hang out with friends.
Michelle Wong
Michelle Wong is currently a senior for El Estoque. She was formerly the print entertainment editor.
Claire Yang
Claire Yang is currently a sophomore at MVHS and an opinion section editor for multimedia. Aside from reporting and writing for El Estoque, she enjoys listening to music and doodling.
Zara Iqbal
Zara Iqbal is currently a junior as well as Opinion editor and business manager for El Estoque.
Shuvi Jha
Shuvi Jha is currently a Features editor for multimedia. She enjoys watching foreign TV, taking Buzzfeed quizzes and re-reading Harry Potter.
Swara Tewari
Swara Tewari is a features editor for El Estoque and a junior at MVHS. This is her second year on staff. She really enjoys reporting and writing on important topics and telling the overlooked stories on campus. Besides writing...
Anjini Venugopal
Anjini Venugopal is currently a senior and previously served as beats editor for El Estoque. She is quite fond of music and coffee. When she isn't reporting, she's likely to be found sitting with a book.
Priya Reddy
Priya Reddy is a senior at MVHS, a third year staff member and a managing editor. Priya was a multimedia Special Report editor her sophomore year and a print Special Report editor her junior year. She likes to read, watch trashy...
Jasmine Lee
Jasmine Lee is a junior and a first-year news editor. In her free time, she is putting together soundtracks for various developers, editing stories and playing with her puppy.
ZaZu Lippert
ZaZu Lippert is a senior and this is her third year on staff. She previously served as the News and Special Report editor. When she's not working on El Estoque, she can be found in the theater working on a play or musical, dancing,...
Claire Chang
Claire Chang is a senior at Monta Vista and is the print features editor for El Estoque. Before she was a features editor, she was both a multimedia and print news editor. She runs for the school's cross country and track teams...
Ilena Peng
Ilena Peng is a senior with a love for tea, books and journalism. Formerly, Ilena was one of two editors-in-chief, as well as a news, entertainment and business editor.
Jennie Chen
Jennie Chen is a senior and third-year staff writer on El Estoque, and has previously served as the beats editor and the PR editor. In her free time, she enjoys reading various articles and blog posts.
Mallika Singh
Mallika Singh is a staff writer for El Estoque. She is a senior at Monta Vista High School. In her free time she enjoys playing guitar, singing and spending time with friends.
Charlotte Chui
Charlotte Chui is a junior and arts & entertainment editor for El Estoque. She previously served as a multimedia copy editor, and this is her second year on staff.
Nathan Stevens
Stevens is a senior at MVHS and ataff writer for El Estoque. He enjoys watching complex TV, writing as well as hanging out with friends in his free time.
Jahan Razavi
Jahan is a junior and second year writer on El Estoque as well as being an Entertainment editor for print. He has participated in several international engineering conferences and his papers can be found on Google Scholar and...
Rana Aghababazadeh
Rana is a third-year member of El Estoque and is currently a co-editor-in-chief. She is a former sports editor and enjoys covering basketball and volleyball. In her free time, she enjoys playing movie scores on the piano and watching...