Team Fresh Faces 2009-2010

Morgan Snyder
West Valley, freshman, 15.
Favorite activities: Taking pictures.
Favorite food: Ice cream.
Favorite music: Rock and roll.
Favorite films: “Pirate Radio.”
Favorite books: “The Outsiders.”
Three words to describe yourself: Creative, nature, free.
Greatest achievement: The 2010 Valley Workshop: Stories in Your Backyard.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? Seaside, Ore. or Hawaii to see my uncle David and aunt Barb.
What would you do with $1 million? Find a charity and give all the proceeds to that charity or my church.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Tim McGraw.
Who is your hero? My family.
Biggest fear: Hydrophobia.
Greatest wish: For the world to realize there is no need for war.
When and where were you the happiest? When I am surrounded by the people I love or doing what I love most.
Most treasured possession: My camera.
Favorite place in your hometown: The arboretum.
What do you like most about your school? The classes and people.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Living life to the fullest in Hawaii or Seattle.
Why did you want to be on Unleashed? To start my career as a freelance photographer.

Kimberly Rene Heether
East Valley, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Reading, riding my Jet Ski, being with friends.
Favorite food: Little Caeser’s Italian Cheesy Bread.
Favorite music: Country.
Favorite films: “Pay It Forward,” “A Walk To Remember.”
Favorite books: Anything by Jodi Picoult.
Three words to describe yourself: Outrageous, loquacious, tenacious.
Greatest achievement: Getting accepted to Seattle Pacific University and George Fox University.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? Australia.
What would you do with $1 million? Buy a 2010 Lamborghini Reventon Roadster.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Barbara Walters.
Who is your hero? My Aunt Nancy.
Biggest fear: Not being all I can be.
Greatest wish: For my brother to find God.
When and where were you the happiest? At Rimrock. I was with my best friend for my family reunion and we were riding my Jet Ski in the rain.
Most treasured possession: My iPod and my camera.
Favorite place in your hometown: The Olive Garden or Codey’s shop. It’s a tie.
What do you like most about your school? My teachers.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Settled and being an anchor woman and surrounded by those I love.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? To begin my journey. One day I will think back to Unleashed after finishing the morning news broadcast and say with a smile, “Yup, that’s where it all started.”

Hannah Rose Naughton
Davis, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Golfing, soccer, reading, dancing, swimming, hanging out with friends, and laughing. Life without a good gut-busting, teary-eyed laugh every day wouldn’t be very exciting.
Favorite food: Cereal. I could eat it every meal. Wake up with some Frosted Flakes, munch on some Captain Crunch at noon, then maybe throw in some Special K with Strawberries for dinner, just to be healthy.
Favorite music: Anything you can turn up really loud in your car and sing all the lyrics to. Not that heavy metal stuff, though; that scares me. I like music with a good beat.
Favorite films: “She’s the Man,” “P.S. I Love You,” “The Notebook,” “The Italian Job,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and many more.
Favorite books: “My Sister’s Keeper,” “Jane Eyre,” the Harry Potter series and “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Three words to describe yourself: Tall, gangly, very pale.
Greatest achievement: Making it to state in golf, and keeping up with my super-busy schedule.
All-expenses-paid trip: I would sail around the bright blue waters and pink beaches of the Caribbean.
What would you do with $1 million? Donate most of it to Children’s Village, and keep some of it for gas money, which, thanks to good old Dad, I have to pay for.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Andy Samberg from “Saturday Night Live.” Meeting the whole SNL cast would be even better.
Who is your hero? Mom and Dad. I can’t say enough about them. They do so much for me, and I love them very much.
Biggest fear: Having something terrible happen to my family or a close friend.
Greatest wish: A cure for cancer.
When and where were you the happiest? When my little sister Fiona was born on Feb. 16, 2001.
Most treasured possession: My alarm clock. Without it I wouldn’t get to school until noon.
Favorite place in your hometown: The Yakima Country Club golf course. Not necessarily to golf — even though I love to golf — but to take long walks on. It is gorgeous.
What do you like most about your school? Its diversity. Everyone at Davis is accepted, and there aren’t really cliques. Davis has great teachers, the International Baccalaureate program, and an inviting atmosphere.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Ten years? I’m not even sure what I’m doing tomorrow.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? This is my fourth and final year on Unleashed, and I hope to make the best of this great opportunity to have a voice in the local newspaper. Being on Unleashed has been such an amazing experience. It has taught me many lifelong skills and helped me step out of my comfort zone.

Colleen Fontana
Davis, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Reading, writing, playing volleyball, hanging out with friends, playing piano, Ultimate Frisbee, drinking iced tea, sledding.
Favorite food: Spaghetti and peanut butter, but not together!
Favorite music: Anything fun! Especially Regina Specktor, Coldplay, John Mayer and the “Slumdog Millionaire” soundtrack.
Favorite films: “Get Smart,” “Princess Bride.”
Favorite books: “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “My Sister’s Keeper,” “Where the Wild Things Are.”
Three words to describe yourself: Spontaneous, driven, outgoing.
Greatest achievement: Surviving International Baccalaureate.
All-expenses-paid trip: Ecuador.
What would you do with $1 million? Shop for just a few things, then cure swine flu and buy schools and food for children in Third World countries.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Audrey Hepburn.
Who is your hero? My sister.
Biggest fear: Losing someone I love.
Greatest wish: To work at National Geographic.
When and where were you the happiest? Dancing to “Dancing Queen” with my family and friends on a ferry boat at my brother’s wedding.
Most treasured possession: My camera, Benji.
Favorite place in your hometown: Franklin Park on summer evenings for Ultimate Frisbee.
What do you like most about your school? The diversity.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Traveling, writing, taking pictures, and changing lives.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I love meeting new people. I have such a passion for learning their stories and sharing those stories with others. Unleashed will help me to write about things I love and learn about things I know nothing about.

Jasmine Okbinoglu
Eisenhower, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Wind surfing, tennis, hanging out with friends, music, drawing, sleeping and eating
Favorite food: I love the good kind.
Favorite music: The Beatles, Atiye, Cake, Daft Punk, Weezer, Harvey Danger, Modest Mouse, Muse, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Ratatat, The Ramones, Queen, Mystery Jets, The White Stripes, The Strokes, The New Pornographers, We Are Scientists, The Offspring, Yalin, Little Boots, Tarkan, Oasis, Teoman, The Spice Girls, Sons and Daughters, The Rolling Stones … I’ll stop now.
Favorite films: “The Princess Bride,” “Remember the Titans,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Zoolander,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “The Breakfast Club,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Horton Hears a Who.”
Favorite books: “Little Women,” anything by Jane Austen, “Anna Karenina,” “The Princess Bride,” stuff by Oscar Wilde, “The Age of Innocence.” I just love to read.
Three words to describe yourself: Stubborn, caring, nice.
Greatest achievement: I feel like I’m too young to have a really great achievement.
All-expenses-paid trip: Morocco.
What would you do with $1 million? Save some for college, buy a convertible Bentley, travel across Europe, and donate the rest.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. He was one of the most amazing men in history.
Who is your hero? Ataturk, my mom, and my sister Tulin.
Biggest fear: Losing my family and friends.
Greatest wish: For my family and friends to be happy.
When and where were you the happiest? Whenever I’m in Turkey. I love it. Especially last summer when I got to see my best friend Aymila again after not seeing her for four years. I also had the opportunity to learn how to windsurf with my friends Arman and Berkan. Oh, and whenever I eat Turkish food I’m pretty happy.
Most treasured possession: My memories.
Favorite place in your hometown: I love every part of my hometown of Izmir, Turkey.
What do you like most about your school? It’s Ike. Enough said.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Probably working on my Ph.D.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? It’s one of the best opportunities in the nation. What I say in Unleashed can make a difference.

Jenna Davison
Eisenhower, junior, 16.
Favorite activities: Art, and volunteering at the humane society.
Favorite food: Pizza A’ Fetta at Cannon Beach, Ore.
Favorite music: I like country. Right now I am listening to Jason Aldean.
Favorite films: “Pride and Prejudice,” “Dirty Dancing.”
Favorite books: “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Time Traveler’s Wife.”
Three words to describe yourself: Kind, studious, animal-lover.
Greatest achievement: My Student of the Year awards.
All-expenses-paid trip: The Galapagos Islands.
What would you do with $1 million? Pay off my parents’ bills, and pay for college.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Michael Phelps.
Who is your hero? My mom and Anne Frank.
Biggest fear: Failure.
Greatest wish: To save lives.
When and where were you the happiest? Cannon Beach, Ore.
Most treasured possession: My car.
Favorite place in your hometown: Starbucks or any bookstore.
What do you like most about your school? My friends.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? In residency for cardiothoracic surgery.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? For the challenge. I also enjoy writing and taking photos.

Emmanuel “Manny” Rodriguez
Toppenish, junior, 17.
Favorite activities: Church, student leadership, tennis, singing, camps, peer counseling, Teens Against Tobacco Use, yearbook, reading, Power of Hope.
Favorite foods: Pozole, cheese zombies, sopes, lettuce.
Favorite music: Gospel, soul, R&B, contemporary Christian, soft rock.
Favorite movies: “Freedom Writers,” “Pay it Forward,” meaningful movies that inspire.
Favorite books: The Bible, “Love that Dog,” “The Shack,” “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Three words to describe yourself: Diligent, well-rounded, compassionate.
Greatest achievement: Being elected ASB president for the 2010-2011 school year and making it to state for choir two years in a row.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip where would you go: To the Grand Canyon and sing at the top of my lungs!
What would you with $1 million? Give 10 percent as tithes for my church, help my parents/family financially, and pay for college.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Cassie Bernal.
Who is your hero? Jesus Christ. He made the ultimate sacrifice for me.
Biggest fear: Giving up and not having sufficient time on presentations.
Greatest wish: A cure for diabetes.
Most treasures possession: My Bible.
When and where are you the happiest: When I’m singing on the praise and worship team at church or when I’m taking creative risks at Power of Hope camps.
Favorite place in your hometown: Safeway. They have the bombest trail mix in the world!
What do you like most about your school? The diversity, the Performing Arts Center, and the lunch ladies!
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Graduated from college as a practicing occupational therapist and possibly married.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? It’s a tremendous platform to give my high school and community the positive acknowledgment it deserves and to meet new people, make friends.

Hannah Kivi
Riverside Christian, sophomore, 15.
Favorite activities: Hanging out with my best friend, playing softball, four-wheeling, going to the beach, listening to music, and stargazing.
Favorite food: I’m in love with Zesta Cucina’s chopped salad.
Favorite music: I listen to a lot of alternative. But my favorites would have to be Paramore, Owl City, JET, Coldplay, Relient K, Phoenix, Death Cab for Cutie and many others.
Favorite films: “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
Favorite books: The Bible. It’s everything I need. I recently read “The Host” by Stephanie Meyer. That would have to be my second favorite.
Three words to describe yourself: Outgoing, random, optimistic.
Greatest achievement: The ones I am most proud of are in sports or my writing.
All-expenses-paid trip: Italy.
What would you do with $1 million? Share it.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? I don’t think I could pick just one.
Who is your hero? My dad. I wish I was more like him.
Biggest fear: Needles!
Greatest wish: To go to college in Boston.
When and where were you the happiest? I’m the happiest when I’m by the ocean, just sitting and admiring everything. Other things in life just seem to melt away.
Most treasured possession: My lucky necklace. I never take it off.
Favorite place in your hometown: North Town Coffeehouse is pretty cool.
What do you like most about your school? I love that we can express our faith freely. I also love how small our school is. We are like a big family.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Wherever God wants me to be.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I want to gain a voice and share what I believe with the Valley.

Alex Braman
Davis, sophomore, 15.
Favorite activities: Listening to music.
Favorite food: Pasta.
Favorite music: Lostprophets, Hadouken!, Enter Shikari, Nine Inch Nails.
Favorite films: None.
Favorite books: Anything interesting.
Three words to describe yourself: Tall, intelligent, iPod.
Greatest achievement: Surviving life.
All-expenses-paid trip: The moon.
What would you do with $1 million? Burn it.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? James Smith.
Who are your heroes? James Smith, Ian Watkins, Trent Reznor.
Biggest fear: Not being arrogant enough.
Greatest wish: For the sun to orbit the Earth.
When and where were you the happiest? Europe.
Most treasured possession: My iPod.
Favorite place in your hometown: My home.
What do you like most about your school? It’s easy.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? I see yourself older.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? My mom made me. And to make new friends.

Sean Nagle-McNaughton
Davis, sophomore, 16.
Favorite activities: Fractal geometry, tennis, reading, inventing, acting/drama, metalworking, swimming, being with my friends and playing with my dogs.
Favorite food: Fettucine alfredo.
Favorite music: Gaelic Storm, E.S. Posthumous, Owl City, Paul Simon, Ratatat, Matt Nathanson.
Favorite films: “Mystery Men,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Secondhand Lions.”
Favorite books: “The Phantom Tollbooth,” “Physics of the Impossible” and any book by Terry Pratchett.
Three words to describe yourself: Curious, clever, compassionate.
Greatest achievement: Getting on Unleashed this year!
All-expenses-paid trip: Scotland and Ireland with a couple of friends.
What would you do with $1 million? Buy a new computer, put money in my college fund, and send all the kids from Discovery Lab School to the Shakespeare festival in Ashland, Ore.
If you could meet anyone, whom would you choose? Michio Kaku, because he is a physics god.
Who is your hero? Albert Einstein, because schools said he was a failure and yet he turned into a world-renowned figure who contributed to humanity.
Biggest fear: Getting shots, spiders, falling out of my kayak.
Greatest wish: To make my mark in history — in a good way!
When and where were you the happiest? I try to be happy all the time, wherever I am, whatever I’m doing.
Most treasured possession: The stuffed toy koala my grandparents sent me from Australia when I was 2.
Favorite place in your hometown: Anywhere in my historic Barge-Chestnut neighborhood.
What do you like most about your school? Working with the abundance of great teachers and people.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? In graduate school after hitchhiking around Australia and Asia after college.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I think that the youth of Yakima are an important resource for the community and that Unleashed is an effective tool for presenting our voices. Besides, it is FUN!

Karen Mendoza
Mabton, sophomore, 16.
Favorite activities: Reading, writing, church youth group, playing guitar.
Favorite food: Chinese.
Favorite music: Anything that makes me smile.
Favorite films: “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Hancock,” “The Italian Job,” “August Rush.”
Favorite books: “Just Listen,” “Love, Rosie,” “Someone like You.”
Three words to describe yourself: Energetic, caring, outgoing.
Greatest achievement: I’ll let you know.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? London.
What would you do with $1 million? Buy a car, build my parents’ dream house, save up for college, buy many, many, MANY books.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? He who created the heavens and the earth — God.
Who is your hero? My parents.
Biggest fear: SPIDERS!
Greatest wish: To live a long and fulfilling life.
When and where were you the happiest? The summer of my 15th birthday. My parents took me to Orlando, Fla.
Most treasured possession: I value the people in my life, not so much my possessions. Everything I own can be taken away, but if I still have my loved ones, I’m happy.
Favorite place in your hometown: My backyard.
What do you like most about your school? Most of all the population of the student body.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? 10 years older.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? It gives me the opportunity the get my voice out there, to reach more people.

Azalea Koestler
Selah, senior, 16.
Favorite activities: Diving, gymnastics, youth group.
Favorite food: Honey-glazed chicken drumsticks.
Favorite music: Not anything in particular.
Favorite films: “Equilibrium,” anything with Ryan Reynolds in it.
Favorite books: “Don Quixote,” “The Macho Paradox.”
Three words to describe yourself: Eclectic, eccentric, energetic.
Greatest achievement: In progress.
An all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? Black Rock, Ireland.
What would you do with $1 million? Build and operate a no-kill animal shelter.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Thomas Fiss.
Who is your hero? Jackson Katz.
Biggest fear: Wheelchairs!
Greatest wish: To be healthy.
When and where were you the happiest? Growing up on the farm in Selah, when I was 8 to 11 or so.
Most treasured possession: My stuffed animal, Sheepy.
Favorite place in your hometown: King’s Row.
What do you like most about your school? The principal.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? I will be making the world a better place, in some way or another.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? My favorite thing to do is write.

Mia Walsh
Davis, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Dancing around the kitchen with my sisters, giggling uncontrollably with my mom, watching old “90210” episodes with my sisters, making my dad laugh.
Favorite food: My mom’s tomato sauce, whipped cream, Wheat Thins.
Favorite music: I love country music and dance music. My two favorite songs right now are “Alright” by Darius Rucker and “Say Hey (I Love You)” by Michael Franti & Spearhead.
Favorite films: “The Family Stone,” “Step Up 2,” “Sex and the City: The Movie,” “Twilight,” “Casino Royale.”
Favorite books: “Gone with the Wind,” “Jane Eyre.”
Three words to describe yourself: Entertaining, empathetic, eccentric.
Greatest achievement: Surviving my solo in Outward Bound.
All-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? First, I would fly to Seattle with my parents and pick up one of my sisters, then we would fly to Washington, D.C., and pick up my other sister, and finally we would fly to a small beach in Naples, Italy, where we would eat fresh seafood, get beautiful tans and swim in the ocean.
What would you do with $1 million? Give to the World Wildlife Fund.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Nancy Pelosi.
Who is your hero? Gandhi has always been my hero! He was one amazing little man who inspired great men like Martin Luther King.
Biggest fear: Being left alone.
Greatest wish: To always be happy.
When and where were you the happiest? On a family vacation — with my dog, too — to the Oregon coast when it was raining. We were all happy and relaxed, playing board games and drinking coffee.
Most treasured possession: My cornicello.
Favorite place in your hometown: The Toppenish community swimming pool.
What do you like most about your school? I love the variety of teenagers.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Living on a ranch in a large house with my sisters and parents next door.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? To share the voice of other teenagers and have the opportunity to experience journalism as a career.

Hannah Elizabeth Souers
West Valley, sophomore, 16.
Favorite activities: Fastpitch, cross-country.
Favorite food: Salmon.
Favorite music: Linkin Park.
Favorite films: “Transformers,” “Twilight,” “X-Men,” “Planet of the Apes.”
Favorite books: The “Twilight” series, and all books by Anthony Horowitz.
Three words to describe yourself: Unique, entertaining, freckled.
Greatest achievement: Finding a few awesome friends.
All-expenses-paid trip: Tour Europe, ending in Greece.
What would you do with $1 million? Go to medical school.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Shia LaBeouf.
Who is your hero? My parents.
Biggest fear: Scary movies in the dark.
Greatest wish: Full-ride scholarship to school of my choice.
When and where were you the happiest? Cedar Point, Ohio, two summers ago.
Most treasured possession: A hat signed by David Cook.
Favorite place in your hometown: Nine Mile Falls in Spokane.
What do you like most about your school? It’s new and big.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? In college or settling down with a job somewhere.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? It’s a new opportunity to push yourself.

Laura Aguilera-Flemming
Ike, junior, 16.
Favorite activities: Reading, traveling, hanging out with my friends, shopping, going to movies, eating.
Favorite food: Enchiladas.
Favorite music: Katy Perry, Colbie Caillat, Theory of a Deadman, Drake, Hollywood Undead.
Favorite films: “Mean Girls,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “Disturbia.”
Favorite books: “Thirteen Reasons Why,” Sarah Dessen books, “Before I Die.”
Three words to describe yourself: Social, open-minded, goofy.
Greatest achievement: Passing my Spanish for Native Speakers Class my freshman and sophomore years.
All-expenses-paid trip: Spain.
What would you do with $1 million? Travel the world.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Marilyn Monroe.
Who is your hero? My dad.
Biggest fear: Failure.
Greatest wish: To be happy in life.
When and where were you the happiest? When I’m with the person I love the most.
Most treasured possession: My phone.
Favorite place in your hometown: My neighbor’s house.
What do you like most about your school? The fashion marketing class I’m taking through YV-Tech.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Successful, with a job as a fashion magazine editor, and happy.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I love writing and learning about what’s going on in the community.

Tedra Kay Spencer
White Swan, sophomore, 15.
Favorite activities: I love writing, helping make my community a better place, working and spending time with little kids, making others smile, and just hanging out with all my friends.
Favorite food: Anything spicy.
Favorite music: Country!
Favorite films: “P.S. I Love You,” “Beauty and the Beast.”
Favorite books: “P.S. I love You.”
Three words to describe yourself: Special, unique, friendly.
Greatest achievement: Finally realizing that being jealous is completely and irrevocably pointless.
All-expenses-paid trip: Salt Lake City.
What would you do with $1 million? Take my family on a vacation around the United States.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Anyone whose life I have affected.
Who is your hero? My best friends.
Biggest fear: To lose someone I love deeply.
Greatest wish: To travel all over the world, meet people from random places like Salt Lake City or Mobile, Ala.
When and where were you the happiest? Sitting in my room, after getting off the phone with my best friend, just thinking about how much life is worth.
Most treasured possession: The ring and chain I got on March 30, 2009, and that I wear around my neck every day.
Favorite place in your hometown: My school.
What do you like most about your school? The fact that it is so small that you can get to know everyone.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Trying hard to become successful and just living life the way I want to.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? It is a fantastic learning experience. Plus, I love to write.

Kateri Town
La Salle, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Taking photos, playing on the computer, playing video games, watching movies, reading and listening to music.
Favorite food: Lasagna.
Favorite music: Passion Pit, MGMT, The Smashing Pumpkins, Metric, Gorillaz, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Postal Service and more.
Favorite films: “Juno,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Garden State,” “Elizabethtown,” “Kill Bill,” “Mean Girls,” “Clerks,” “Fight Club” and “Star Wars.”
Favorite books: “Ender’s Game,” Sarah Dessen novels, “Choke,” “Fight Club,” “Invisible Monsters,” “Speak,” “Bloomabilty,” “1984,” “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Three words to describe yourself: Sarcastic, amused, driven.
Greatest achievement: Being published in major Seattle newspapers, attending the Native American Journalists Association conference.
All-expenses-paid trip: Road trip across Europe, as long as I could figure out driving on the wrong side.
What would you do with $1 million? Buy presents for everyone I care about, donate some and pay for college
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? The members of Passion Pit; I want to tell them their music gives me butterflies.
Who is your hero? My parents. They put up with me and seem to enjoy doing it.
Biggest fear: Not having enough time to do what I want, failing to reach my goals.
Greatest wish: Working for Rolling Stone magazine.
When and where were you the happiest? This summer. I was with my entire family and my great boyfriend for the first time in a long time.
Most treasured possession: My Canon Rebel! It was the nicest gift anyone has ever given me. I cried when I opened it.
Favorite place in your hometown: North Town Coffeehouse, Borders.
What do you like most about your school? I love the community service aspect. I’ve participated in two immersions, and I love the feeling I get knowing that I’m helping someone.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? I hope to be working for a newspaper and changing the world with my camera. I want to be married and maybe have kids. For the most part, I truly hope I enjoy what I do and don’t join the large amount of people who hate waking up in the morning.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I want to finish my last year and continue to be published. I love having a voice in the community.

Georgia Gempler
Davis, sophomore, 15
Favorite activities: Reading, watching movies, playing music, painting furniture.
Favorite food: Sushi.
Favorite music: Reggaeton, 1950s music, hip-hop, contemporary.
Favorite films: “An Affair to Remember,” “Apollo 13,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “The Birdcage,” “Pride and Prejudice,” the “Thin Man” series, and many others.
Favorite books: “The Wind Singer,” “Ozma of Oz,” The Redwall series.
Three words to describe yourself: Caring, diligent, intelligent.
Greatest achievement: Being selected to be a part of Unleashed!
All-expenses-paid trip: Any city in Europe. I have always liked history, and I feel so much more connected with it when I can actually experience it for yourself. Europe has so much rich history and classical iconic images that it has always been one of the places that I would most like to visit.
What would you do with $1 million? I would save only what would be needed for a college education, then spend time traveling around the world or country on a low budget to meet people who are truly in need of money. This way I would be able to make sure that it went directly into the most deserving hands.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? It would be someone who has been absolutely trashed by the media, like a celebrity-gone-wrong or a political figure. I have always wondered what goes on in the minds of people like that, and meeting one would be a good way to find out!
Who is your hero? People who do what they believe even when they are ridiculed.
Biggest fear: Nuclear war.
Greatest wish: For the world to be united as one planetary entity instead of separate countries.
When and where were you the happiest? During Christmas at home about five years ago when I got the entire Redwall series to read and enjoy.
Most treasured possession: My computer, the machine of the modern age.
Favorite place in your hometown: Essencia Artisan Bakery.
What do you like most about your school? You can be yourself and people will embrace you. You don’t have to conform to someone else’s idea of who you should be.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Living in a foreign country with a job that I love, or still in school working my way toward doing something in life that I enjoy.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I want to be on Unleashed because it allows me to present my ideas to the public in a way that not many young people get to experience. It also allows me to get to know many people that I would never speak to by writing stories and columns for the newspaper.

Alyssa Noelle Wickenhagen
Highland, freshmen, 14.
Favorite activities: Soccer, writing, basketball, track, being with friends and family, cooking.
Favorite food: Chinese.
Favorite music: Mostly alternative and country.
Favorite films: “A Lot Like Love,” “She’s the Man.”
Favorite books: The “Twilight” series, and all books by Jody Picoult.
Three words to describe yourself: Happy, funny, caring.
Greatest achievement: Becoming a Unleashed team member.
All-expenses-paid trip: Australia.
What would you do with $1 million? Invest three-quarters of it and spend one quarter of it.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Abby Wambach.
Who is your hero? Abby Wambach. And my two sisters.
Biggest fear: Paper cuts, small spaces.
Greatest wish: To travel the world as a journalist.
When and where were you the happiest? At Ghormley Meadow Christian Camp in the summer.
Most treasured possession: My stuffed animal monkey that I got when I was 4.
Favorite place in your hometown: My house.
What do you like most about your school? That it is small.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Finishing up college, and looking for a job in journalism
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? Because I love to write, and Unleashed seems like a great opportunity to achieve my dreams.

Hannah Besso
Davis, sophomore, 15.
Favorite activities: Soccer, reading, tennis, watching movies, hanging with friends, skiing.
Favorite food: Bananas.
Favorite music: Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Kanye West, Sara Boreillis.
Favorite films: “Princess Bride,” “Zoolander,” “She’s the Man,” “Wayne’s World.”
Favorite books: “Book Thief,” “The Truth About Forever,” the “Harry Potter” series.
Three words to describe yourself: Caring, fun-loving, athletic
Greatest achievement: Bat mitzvah.
All-expenses-paid trip: Spain.
What would you do with $1 million? Buy a summer house in Costa Rica, give some to charity (kids in Africa), save some.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Hitler (so I could punch him in the face), and President Obama.
Who is your hero? Zachary Rau, my math teacher freshman year.
Biggest fear: Failure.
Greatest wish: To be happy.
When and where were you the happiest? Costa Rica this summer.
Most treasured possession: My family.
Favorite place in your hometown: The soda fountain at Franklin Park.
What do you like most about your school? We’re the Davis Pirates!
How do you see yourself in 10 years? I will be working my dream job after having finished college.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? So I can give a voice to kids.

Lety Clark-Olivero
Eisenhower, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Soccer, texting, eating, laughing, talking and having a great time with my loved ones.
Favorite food: Chicken fettuccine alfredo. But I also love ice cream and Little Caesar’s breasticks with marinara.
Favorite music: Anything I can boogy to.
Favorite films: “Finding Nemo,” “Stepbrothers,” “The Notebook.”
Favorite books: “A Swiftly Tilting Planet.”
Three words to describe yourself: Loud, assertive, passionate.
Greatest achievement: My two national journalism awards.
All-expenses-paid trip: Back to Turkey.
What would you do with $1 million? Make the world a better place and expand my shoe collection into the hundreds.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Mahatma Ghandi.
Who is your hero? I have many heroes. But the closest ones to me are my friends and family.
Biggest fear: Loneliness.
Greatest wish: For a Lotus Elise.
When and where were you the happiest? In turkey with my best friends.
Most treasured possession: The “iBrick,” aka my cell phone. Gotta love it.
Favorite place in your hometown: Franklin Park or my bed.
What do you like most about your school? Its girls soccer team.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Married and working.
Why do you want to be on Unleashed? I love to write.

Amanda Lee Marquez
Grandview, freshman, 14.
Favorite activities: Shopping, texting, pretending I’m part of the paparazzi with my camera, swimming, listening to music.
Favorite food: Tacos, nachos, macaroni and CHEESE, frosting.
Favorite music: Lil Wayne, hip hop, R&B.
Favorite films: “Finding Nemo,” “13 Going on 30,” “Andre,” “Mean Girls,” “The Notebook.”
Favorite books: “The Notebook,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
Three words to describe yourself: Original, silly, go-getter.
Greatest achievement: Being selected for Unleashed!
All-expenses-paid trip: Paris, the fashion capital of the world!
What would you do with $1 million? Go on a trip somewhere far away and exotic, and take all my friends and family, including pets.
If you could meet anyone: Oprah! She’s a pretty inspirational lady.
Who is your hero? My middle school principal, Jack Dalton. He’s awesome!
Biggest fear: Having something stop me from accomplishing any of my goals for my future.
Greatest wish: A pet panda bear. They look cute and cuddly, and I would be helping the world by decreasing their endangered population!
When and where were you the happiest? Talking on the phone with a cute guy, late at night (heehee).
Most treasured possession: My camera! I take it everywhere because you never know when you might encounter a “Kodak moment.”
Favorite place in your hometown: Eli and Kathy’s Family Restaurant.
What do you like most about your school? Everyone knows everyone, so we generally all get along.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Maybe graduating from Harvard, or some other Ivy League college, and enjoying the rest of my 20s carefree.
Why do you want to be on the Unleashed team? I think this is a great opportunity to get a teen’s voice heard and something that can possibly open other doors for the future.

Sandy Hanses
West Valley, freshman, 14.
Favorite activities: Soccer, photography, water skiing, youth group, camp.
Favorite food: Enchiladas.
Favorite music: All kinds.
Favorite films: “Disturbia,” “My Sister’s Keeper.”
Favorite books: The “Twilight” series.
Three words to describe yourself: Full of fun.
Greatest achievement: Soccer. I started playing as a little girl, and it’s become a passion of mine. It’s an achievement in progress; the goal is to learn all I can to take it to the next level.
All-expenses-paid trip: Back to Europe, probably Italy.
What would you do with $1 million? Donate some, travel some.
If you could meet anyone, who would you choose? Audrey Hepburn.
Who is your hero? My parents.
Biggest fear: Drowning, yikes!
Greatest wish: To travel the world and see many exotic places.
When and where were you the happiest? Being in Sweden last summer with all my friends doing what I love to do: soccer! It was an amazing experience.
Most treasured possession: My Bible.
Favorite place in your hometown: Ghormley Meadow Christian Camp in Rimrock. (That’s close enough to Yakima, right?)
What do you like most about your school? Socializing.
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Beginning my career.
Why do you want to be on the Unleashed team? I want to learn more about one of my favorite hobbies, photography. Being on Unleashed will be a great opportunity for me to learn more about it and gain more experience.