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Golden Gate Xpress

The Student News Site of San Francisco State University

Golden Gate Xpress

The Student News Site of San Francisco State University

Golden Gate Xpress

Fall 2021 Staff

Garrett Isley

Garrett Isley

Garrett Isley is a photographer from San Diego, CA. He is a senior photojournalism major at SF State covering arts and cultural events across San Francisco. When he doesn’t have a camera in his hand, you can find him skating,...

Emily Calix

Emily Calix

Emily Calix (she/her) is currently the campus editor of Golden Gate Xpress. Emily is a senior at SF State, majoring in journalism and minoring in international relations. She has lived in the Bay Area her whole life, moving a...

Chris Ramirez

Chris Ramirez

Chris Ramirez is a senior at SF State who will graduate in May. He is double majoring in journalism and German and minoring in political science. He serves as editor-in-chief for SF State's student publication, the Golden Gate Xp...

Anaïs-Ophelia Lino

Anaïs-Ophelia Lino

Anaïs-Ophelia Lino serves as city editor and this is her third semester on Xpress. She is a senior at SF State and in her final semester. She feels bittersweet leaving the department but is grateful for what she's learned. She is ...

Amaya Edwards

Amaya Edwards

Amaya Edwards lives in Alameda, where she was raised with her sister and brother. She is finishing her last year at SF State; majoring in Photojournalism with a minor in Race and Resistance studies. Edwards loves shooting portraits...

Ashley Lyn Osorio

Ashley Lyn Osorio

Ashley Lyn Osorio is a first-generation, pansexual Filipino-American from the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an International Relations major and Japanese minor. Osorio hopes to work in refugee assistance programs around the world....

Paris Galarza

Paris Galarza

Paris Galarza is a photojournalism major and a senior at SF State. He is from South San Francisco and likes to photograph, but is always willing to work out of his comfort zone. Outside of school, Galarza likes to travel, bake. ...

Nicolas Cholula

Nicolas Cholula

Nicolas Cholula grew up in Orange County, Calif., where he first picked up a film camera while working at a thrift store and quickly fell in love with photography. Nicolas chased his passion into community college, where he too...

Morgan Ellis

Morgan Ellis

Morgan Ellis is a staff photographer for Xpress. She moved to San Francisco last year to pursue her Photojournalism degree with a minor in Museum Studies. Ellis is excited to use her photography to meet new people and create beautiful...

Albert Gregory

Albert Gregory

Albert is the multimedia editor and a fourth-year print/online journalism student at SF State. He is a freelance writer/photographer, and his work has appeared in The Press Democrat and USA Today. Albert was born in Portland,...

Matthew Cardoza

Matthew Cardoza

Matthew Cardoza (he/him) is the copy editor for Golden Gate Xpress. He is majoring in journalism and minoring in political science. He was born and raised in San Francisco, and still lives in the city. He was previously a part o...

Marlyn Sanchez Nol

Marlyn Sanchez Nol

Marlyn Sanchez Nol was born in Salinas Cal, also known as the salad bowl of the world, but grew up visiting Jalisco Mexico for large amounts of time when she was growing up. This shaped her into the woman she is becoming and the...

Jensen Giesick

Jensen Giesick

Jensen Giesick is a senior at SF State. She is a Print and Online Journalism major and Holistic Health minor. Giesick is originally from Bakersfield, Ca, and moved to San Francisco three years ago. Her hobbies include photography,...

Albert Serna Jr.

Albert Serna Jr.

Albert Serna Jr. is a queer Chicano journalist from the San Gabriel Valley outside of Los Angeles. He is a senior print/online major and has been reporting in some way, shape or form for about 13 years. He most recently wrote...

Elizabeth Agazaryan

Elizabeth Agazaryan

Elizabeth Agazaryan is a student at San Francisco State University majoring in Photojournalism with a minor in Anthropology. While photographing and writing, she has covered various levels of sports. She looks forward to expanding ...

Kyran Berlin

Kyran Berlin

Kyran (she/they) is a returning member of the Xpress staff as Online Editor. She transferred to SF State mid-pandemic from her hometown of Albuquerque, NM, and is currently living in Los Angeles. They are an avid podcast consumer...

Sabita Shrestha

Sabita Shrestha

Sabita Shrestha is the Xpress visuals editor for Spring 2022. She is finishing her last semester at SF State with a major in Photojournalism and minor in Labor Studies. Originally from Nepal, Shrestha came in the U.S. for an undergraduate...

Jack Davies

Jack Davies

Jack Davies (he/him) is a journalism major in his final year of school. He is minoring in international business. He loves to watch sports and write about them, but also has an interest in potentially traveling the world as a...

Miles Voci

Miles Voci

Miles Voci was born, raised and currently residing in San Jose. He is in his final year at SF State and a print/online journalism major/history minor. Voci loves hanging out with loved ones, watching and studying movies, traveling,...

Cameron Lee

Cameron Lee

Cameron Lee is in his last semester at SF State and is looking forward to creating interesting visuals for both the newspaper and magazine. He is a San Francisco native and freelance photographer and is into everything tech, photography,...

Eve DeBord

Eve DeBord

Eve (she/her) is the campus editor for Xpress Newspaper. This is her last semester at SF State and she will be graduating with her B.A. in Journalism and minors in Queer Ethnic Studies, Criminal Justice and Philosophy. DeBord...

Samantha Laurey

Samantha Laurey

Samantha is a freelance photojournalist on staff at San Francisco Examiner. She is a local to the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically the East Bay in Martinez, Calif. Her work has focused on topics ranging from LGBTQ+, gender...

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli

Sebastian Miño-Bucheli is a photographer, videographer, and coffee enthusiast at the Golden Gate Xpress while majoring in Photojournalism and minoring in Latin American Studies. Previously a transfer student from Los Angeles...

Matthew Faludi

Matthew Faludi

Fourth (and hopefully last) year Journalism major at SF State currently serving as Arts and Entertainment editor for the Golden Gate Xpress. Currently residing in San Francisco's outer Sunset district. Faludi's writing has also...

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