Newsletter Team 2026-27
Lexie Allison (she/her) -Newsletter Editor

Major: English, Law and Society minor, 3rd Year
Hometown: El Dorado Hills, CA
Campus Involvement: Member of Cal Poly's PolyPhonics choir.
Career Interest: Become a lawyer.
Fun Fact: The movie Lady Bird was based on my high school.
Email: lealliso@calpoly.edu
Annabelle Contreras (they/them) - Design Lead

Major: Microbiology, 3rd Year
Hometown: Marina, CA
Campus Involvement: SPilipino Cultural Exchange Cal Poly Red Cross Club
Career Interest: Medical school and pursue a medical career
Fun Fact: I love to collect Kirby figurines!
Email: acontr75@calpoly.edu
Aurora Arellano (she/her)

Major: Environmental Earth and Soil Sciences, 1st Year
Hometown: Oxnard, CA
Campus Involvement: Distance Club; research with Dr. Ryoko Araki.
Career Interest: Environmental scientist that works with water or soil and get to constantly travel and be outside
Fun Fact: I love listening to '70s rock and collecting vinyl albums!
Email: agarella@calpoly.edu
Ronan Casey (he/him)

Major: Business Administration, Information Systems concentration, 2nd Year
Hometown: Morgan Hill, CA
Campus Involvement: Cal Poly Entrepreneurs, Intramural Basketball/Volleyball, and Cal Poly Fighting Game Club
Career Interest: Systems Analyst & Entrepreneur
Fun Fact: I'm the best Yoshi player in Smash Bros. Ultimate on campus!
Email: rzcasey@calpoly.edu
Kaia Fujinaka (she/her)

Major: Kinesiology, Gerontology minor, Exercise Science concentration, 2nd Year
Hometown: Hilo, HI
Campus Involvement: Hui o Hawai'i, PT/OT Club
Career Interest: Occupational Therapist
Fun Fact: I watch a movie a day!
Email: kfujinak@calpoly.edu
Adelaide Guy (she/her)
Major: Biochemistry, 2nd Year
Hometown: Cupertino, CA
Campus Involvement: Mustang Band, Alpha Chi Sigma pledge, Researcher w/ (Dr. Hamachi)
Career Interest: Medical school eventually after spending a year or two as an EMT
Fun Fact: I play trumpet!
Email: adguy@calpoly.edu
Makenzie Martin (she/her)

Major: English, 1st Year
Hometown: Chico, CA
Campus Involvement: Pi Beta Phi (sorority)!
Career Interest: Editor/writer/marketing
Fun Fact: I won a national contest and got one of my poems professionally published!
Email: mmart641@calpoly.edu
Aaliyah Paggi (she/her)

Major: Business Administration, Entrepreneurship concentration, 1st Year
Hometown: Three Rivers, CA
Campus Involvement: Entrepreneurship Club, the Women in Business Club, and the Delight Club
Career Interest: I am interested in starting a small business.
Fun Fact: I owned a small goat business in high school.
Email: apaggi@calpoly.edu
Zora Sowinska (she/her)
Major: Comparative Ethnic Studies, English minor, 4thYear
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Campus Involvement: PULSE Safe Sex Lead, VP Ethnic Studies Student Association English teaching assistant
Career Interest: Fiction editor for diverse authors and audiences.
Fun Fact: I used to eat the same cereal, Great Grains, every morning until I was in college!
Email: zsowinsk@calpoly.edu



