2018-2019 Staff
Roshan Fernandez
Co-Editor-In-Chief
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...
Rana Aghababazadeh
Co-editor-in-chief
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...
Ruth Feng
Managing Editor
Ruth Feng is a managing editor of El Estoque. Aside from journalism, she likes to watch reruns of The Office and West Wing.
Gauri Kaushik
Managing Editor
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.
Helen Chao
Managing Editor
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.
Chelsea Wong
Beats editor
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.
Charlotte Chui
Copy Editor
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.
Robert Liu
Copy Editor
Robert is currently a sophomore and a first-year member on the El Estoque staff. In his free time, he enjoys playing piano, coding, and reading books of various genres.
Claire Wen
Copy Editor
Claire Wen is a sophomore at Monta Vista and a first-year writer for El Estoque. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching random videos on YouTube and playing with her cat.
Ayah Ali-Ahmad
Entertainment Editor
Ayah Ali-Ahmad is currently a sophomore and Arts and Entertainment editor for El Estoque. In her free time, she enjoys playing on her Nintendo Switch and drinking boba.
Hannah Lee
Entertainment Editor
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.
Alyssa Hui
Entertainment Editor
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...
Emily Xia
Entertainment Editor
Emily Xia is currently an entertainment editor for multimedia. She spends her time on El Estoque writing stories, designing pages and creating graphics. Outside of school, she enjoys playing piano and practicing color guard.
Jahan Razavi
Entertainment Editor
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...
Jai Uparkar
Features Editor
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...
Swara Tewari
Features Editor
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...
Claire Chang
Features Editor
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...
Shuvi Jha
Feature Editor
Shuvi Jha is currently a Features editor for multimedia. She enjoys watching foreign TV, taking Buzzfeed quizzes and re-reading Harry Potter.
Sarah Young
Graphics Editor
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.
Lakshanyaa Ganesh
News Editor
Lakshanyaa Ganesh is a junior, and a News Editor on El Estoque. Outside of journalism, her hobbies include playing her guitar, writing, hanging out with her friends and eating pasta.
Sunjin Chang
News Editor
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.
Andrea Perng
News Editor
Andrea Perng is a senior and news editor. When not writing stories, Perng enjoys playing video games and writing exams for Mock Trial.
Jasmine Lee
News Editor
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.
Stuti Upadhyay
opinion editor
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.
Ankit Gupta
Sports Editor
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.
Anish Vasudevan
Sports Editor
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...
Sreya Kumar
Sports Editor
Sreya Kumar is currently a second year staff writer. She enjoys traveling the world, watching choreography videos and taking photos.
Dhruvika Randad
Staff writer
Dhruvika Randad is a first-year staff writer, as a sophomore, on El Estoque. In her free time, she loves to read lots of books, write poetry, and have fun.
Tabitha Mendez
Staff writer
Tabitha Mendez is currently a junior and a first-year staff writer for El Estoque. She enjoys listening to music, hanging out with family and friends, watching movies, and going on adventures.
Kamyar Moradi
Staff Writer
Staff Writer Kamyar Moradi is a junior and a first year staff writer for El Estoque. He loves almost anything related to sports, to spend time with his friends, and to listen to his favorite artist, Montana of 300....
Flora Peng
Staff Writer
Flora Peng is currently a junior and staff writer for multimedia. She enjoys reading, going on long walks, and hanging out with her friends.
Keshav Taneja
Staff Writer
Keshav is currently a junior and a first year staff writer for El Estoque. He enjoys playing piano, watching sports and hanging out with friends.
Annie Zhang
Staff Writer
Annie Zhang is currently a sophomore on her first year on El Estoque as a staff writer. She spends her free time playing volleyball, watching Youtube, and spending time with her younger brother.
Justine Ha
Staff Writer
Justine Ha is currently a sophomore at Monta Vista and is a first-year staff writer in El Estoque. She enjoys having a good cup of coffee, watching movies, and hanging out with friends while being the designated photographer.
Tina Low
Staff Writer
Tina is currently a sophomore and a first-year staff writer on El Estoque. She enjoys reading, creating content, listening to music and hanging out with her friends.
Elena Khan
Staff Writer
Elena Khan is currently a sophomore and is a first year staff member of El Estoque. She enjoys playing field hockey, hanging out with friends, and traveling.
Brandon Ng
Staff Writer
Brandon Ng is a sophomore and is in his first year on the El Estoque Staff. While not in the middle of reporting, he spends his time playing for Mountain View Volleyball Club, traveling up and down California for matches.
Shivani Gupta
Staff Writer
Shivani Gupta is currently a junior and a first year member of El Estoque's staff. In her free time, she likes to read, listen to music, hang out with her friends, and be in the outdoors.
Herman Saini
Staff Writer
Herman Saini is a junior at Monta Vista High School and is a first year staff writer for El Estoque. He enjoys programming and reading in his spare time. He’s also a part of his school's Bhangra team. ...
Iman Malik
Staff Writer
Iman is currently a sophomore and a staff writer for El Estoque. She is a part of Model UN and Debate clubs at school. In her free time, she enjoys reading, boba and watching Netflix.
Tyler Cho
Staff Writer
Tyler is currently a sophomore and first year El Estoque staff member. In his free time, he enjoys playing club and school volleyball, reading thrillers, listening to Korean R&B, and sleeping when he can.
Laasya Koduru
Staff Writer
Laasya is currently a junior and a first year staff writer for El Estoque. During her free time, she likes to draw and read novels. She also enjoys watching TV shows such as Stranger Things and random Youtube videos.
Aditya Dash
Staff Writer
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.
Katerina Pappas
Staff Writer
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...
Collin Qian
Web Editor
Collin Qian is a sophomore and a first-year member of El Estoque. During his free time, he enjoys coding, designing, reading, and sleeping.
Julia Yang
Features writer
Julia Yang is currently a senior and a features writer on staff and has previously written for entertainment, sports and news. She enjoys dancing, listening to music, eating good food, and spending quality time with family and...
Brian Xu
Opinion Editor
Brian Xu is a sophomore and a first-year member of El Estoque. When he gets free time, he spends it tackling a Rubik's cube, improving his programming skills, or falling into the void we know as Youtube.
Oishee Misra
Opinion Editor
Oishee Misra is currently a sophomore and beats editor for El Estoque. She enjoys trying new food, hanging out with her friends, watching Netflix, and is obsessed with dogs.
Rajas Habbu
Sports Editor and Visuals Editor
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...
Zara Iqbal
Opinion editor
Zara Iqbal is currently a junior as well as Opinion editor and business manager for El Estoque.