{"id":397,"date":"2025-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjw.ua.edu\/?page_id=397"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:29:03","slug":"mjw-journal-staff-bios-397","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mjw.ua.edu\/?page_id=397","title":{"rendered":"MJW Journal 2025 Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rhyan Darby<\/strong><\/strong>
Hometown: Arlington, Tennessee<\/strong>
My name is Rhyan Darby. I am from Arlington, Tennessee. I am a rising junior at Arlington High School. I enjoy hanging out with my friends and my dog, watching T.V., cooking and listening to music. I love creative writing and aspire to be a film
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Isabella Haff<\/strong>
Hometown: Madison, Alabama<\/strong>
Hello! My name is Isabella Haff. I am from Madison, Alabama, and I am a rising freshman at James Clemens High School. My hobbies include playing soccer and violin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cameron Jenkins
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
<\/strong>Hello, I am from Atlanta, Georgia. I am 14-years-old and want to use journalism to stay around sports in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Lander<\/strong>
Hometown: Sarasota, Florida<\/strong>
Hi! My name is Sophia Lander and I am a rising junior in high school. I am an International Humanitarian Law Youth Advocate-which is how I got interested in journalism in the first place, as I believe that it is important for events to be documented and easily available for everyone, everywhere, all around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Will Lee<\/strong><\/strong>
Hometown: Los Alamitos, California<\/strong>
I like to go by Will and I am a rising sophomore from Southern California. I enjoy writing about topics important to me and playing basketball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pon Peterson<\/strong>
Hometown: Chandler, Arizona<\/strong>
My name is Ava Pon Peterson, and I am an Indigenous rising junior from Arizona. I am a traditional Navajo weaver, Navajo speaker and Beader. I grew up in the city of Phoenix and on the Navajo Nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Allie Rezek<\/strong>
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama<\/strong>
My name is Allie Rezek. I am a rising junior and from Birmingham, AL. I am interested in journalism because I have a passion for writing as a whole and want to experiment with as many areas of it as I can.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mack Rudder<\/strong>
Hometown: Cullman, Alabama<\/strong>
My name is Mack Rudder. I am from Cullman, Alabama, and I recently graduated from Cullman High School. In the Fall, I will be attending The University of Alabama. I was motivated to come to MJW to further my journalistic skills and experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Salem Turner<\/strong>
Hometown: East Point, Georgia<\/strong>
Hello. I\u2019m Salem Turner, a rising high school senior. I am based out of Atlanta, GA. I plan to major in communications\/journalism in college, and I run a film review account on Instagram called GeekCinema\u2019s Reviews (@geekcinemareviews) with over 1.8K+ followers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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