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Golden Gate Xpress

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Golden Gate Xpress

The Student News Site of San Francisco State University

Golden Gate Xpress

Spring 2022 Staff

Rashik Adhikari

Rashik Adhikari

Rashik Adhikari is a student at San Francisco State University majoring in photojournalism and minoring in Critical Social thought. Rashik is originally from Nepal and currently lives in Richmond, Eastbay. Rashik is graduating...

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,...

Sarah Bowen

Sarah Bowen is a journalism major and campus writer for Xpress. Before transferring to SF State in the spring of 2021, she attended University of Oregon for two years. Sarah is originally from Los Angeles. When not writing, she...

Esteban Renteria

Esteban Renteria

Esteban Renteria is a junior at SF State. He is a photojournalism major with a minor in education. He is a photographer for the Golden Gate Xpress and Magazine. Esteban is from San Diego but is currently living in the San Francisco...

Karina Patel

Karina Patel

Karina Patel is the photo editor of Golden Gate Xpress and a senior at SF State. She a photojournalism student minoring in management and looking forward to graduating in May. After being raised in Daly City all her life, Ka...

Myron Caringal

Myron Caringal

Myron Caringal (he/they) is the engagement editor for Golden Gate Xpress and Xpress Magazine. He is a transfer student at SF State majoring in journalism and minoring in critical social thought. Myron is originally from Orange ...

Rene Ramirez

Rene Ramirez

Rene Ramirez (he/him) is a fourth-year photojournalism major with a minor in race and resistance studies at SF State and is the multimedia editor for Golden Gate Xpress. He is from the Bay Area where he runs and owns his magazine, FI...

Sarah Bruno

Sarah Bruno

Sarah Bruno (she/her) is the copy editor at Golden Gate Xpress. She is a senior at SF State and will be graduating in Spring 2023. She is a Print and Online Journalism major with a Literature in English minor. Sarah lives in San F...

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez

Hello! My name is Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez. I currently live in San Francisco, but I'm from San Jose. I enjoy music, reading and creative writing. I have worked in many student run publications as both a staff reporter and an ed...

Jensen Giesick

Jensen Giesick (she/her) is a reporter for the Golden Gate Xpress. She's majoring in journalism and minoring in holistic health. Jensen was born in Bakersfield, California but resides in San Francisco. She interned at Embarcad...

Isabella Vines

Isabella Vines

Isabella Vines (she/her) is the diversity editor for Golden Gate Xpress. She's a senior at SF State, majoring in communications and journalism with a minor in race and resistance studies. Isabella is from and resides in the Bay Area...

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 ...

Bianca Heredia

Bianca Heredia

My name is Bianca, but I also go by “Bee”. I am a fourth year Photo Journalism major with a minor in Business Administration. I am a Los Angeles native but San Francisco has always felt like home so I decided to move here two years...

Abraham Fuentes

Abraham Fuentes

Abraham Fuentes (he/him) is a photojournalism major with a minor in political science at SF State. He is the photo editor for Xpress Magazine. He is a Sonoma County, California native and lives in Santa Rosa, California. Abraham ...

Maximo Vazquez

Maximo Vazquez

Maximo Vazquez (Any Pronouns), is a 21-year-old fourth year SF State Student majoring in Photojournalism and minoring in Spanish. Originally from La Mirada, California, Maximo is set to be graduating in the spring of this year...

Lisa Moreno

Lisa Moreno

Lisa Moreno (she/her) is the editor-in-chief of Golden Gate Xpress and was formerly the campus editor. She was born in the East Bay and has a passion for covering grassroots movements and homelessness. Previously, Lisa served a...

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...

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...

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...

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