Jacob Benaquista is a third year Encinal Media staff member. After two years in Publications he transitioned to The Echo staff to serve as Co-Editor-in-Chief. He is in the class of 2025 and joined Echo because he wanted to experience student life from a different perspective. Some things he enjoys are listening to music, collecting vinyl records, and getting boba.

Zebvian Agustin is a first year staff member for Echo. Interested in covering a variety of topics, Zeb joined journalism to learn more about different issues and share relevant information with readers. Zeb focuses on producing clear and informative content. Outside of writing, Zeb enjoys playing with his teammates on the football field. Zeb looks forward to contributing to the Echo team.

Peter Mai is a Encinal Senior who after 3 years of varying elective classes is brining skills from classes such as Marketing and Technology and using them to serve as Echo Staff. Though being class of 2025 he has chosen to continue with is Journalism journey because of his love for reporting and particularly the writing process Some of the other things he does outside of Encinal would be rotating some of his free time for the Alameda Food Bank.