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Redwood Bark

Redwood Bark

Redwood Bark

2022-2023 Staff

Chloe Bishop
Editor-in-Chief

Chloe Bishop

Chloe Bishop is an Editor-in-Chief for the Redwood Bark. She loves everything school spirit related, country music and potatoes.

Kelly Chuang
Editor-in-Chief

Kelly Chuang

Kelly Chuang is a senior at Redwood High School and an Editor-in-Chief for the Bark. When she's not doing schoolwork or running between meetings, she enjoys curating Spotify playlists, reading classics and playing sudoku.

Sam Kimball
Editor-in-Chief

Sam Kimball

Sam Kimball is a senior at Redwood High School and is an Editor-in-Chief for the Bark. He enjoys playing sports, hanging out with family and friends and cooking.

Shyla Lensing
Editor-in-Chief

Shyla Lensing

Shyla is a senior at Redwood High School and an Editor-in-Chief for the Bark. She loves to read, run, eat cookies and take selfies with her dog.

Dani Steinberg
Head Copy Editor

Dani Steinberg

Dani Steinberg is a senior at Redwood High School and a Head Copy Editor for the Bark. In her free time, Dani enjoys spending time with friends and being active.

Rori Anderson
Head Copy Editor

Rori Anderson

Rori Anderson is a senior at Redwood High School and is a Head Copy Editor for The Redwood Bark. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her friends, reading and watching the sunset.

Charlotte Fishburne
Copy Editor

Charlotte Fishburne

Charlotte Fishburne is a junior at Redwood High School and is a Copy Editor for the Bark. In her free time, she enjoys rowing, spending time with friends and being outdoors.

Maya Winger
Copy Editor

Maya Winger

Maya Winger is a junior at Redwood High School and is a copy editor for the Bark. She enjoys listening to music, watching the sunset and spending time with friends and family.

Ella Erwig
Copy Editor

Ella Erwig

Ella is a current junior at Redwood High School and is a copy editor for the Bark. Ella likes to spend time with friends, play tennis and take her dog to Blackie's Pasture in her free time.  

Mia Ginsburg
Copy Editor

Mia Ginsburg

Mia is a junior at Redwood High School and she is a copy editor of the Bark.  In her free time she enjoys hiking, climbing and spending time with her friends.

Hannah Herbst
Copy Editor

Hannah Herbst

Hannah is a junior at Redwood High School and a copy editor for the Bark. She loves coxing for Marin Rowing, going on long hikes and drinking lots of coffee.

Sawyer Barta
Copy Editor

Sawyer Barta

Sawyer is a junior at Redwood High School and a copy editor for the Bark. She enjoys learning about new cultures and languages through world travels and foods and is partial to the snow, sweaters and smoothies.

Ella Kharrazi
Copy Editor

Ella Kharrazi

Ella Kharrazi is a senior at Redwood High School and a Copy Editor for the Bark. She enjoys traveling and spending time with friends.

Sofia Ruliffson
Copy Editor

Sofia Ruliffson

Sofia Ruliffson is a senior at Redwood High School and is a copy editor for the Bark. She enjoys traveling, going to the beach and spending time with her friends.

Alexandrea Coe
Copy Editor

Alexandrea Coe

Alexandrea Coe is a senior at Redwood High School and is a Copy editor for The Redwood Bark. She enjoys listening to music, being outdoors and spending time with family and friends. ...

Lily Reese
Copy Editor

Lily Reese

Lily Reese is a senior at Redwood and a copy editor  for the Bark. In her free time, Lily enjoys hiking, surfing, camping and all things outdoors. You can either find her chasing down new music, spending time with family or at...

Anna Royal
Copy Editor

Anna Royal

Anna Royal is a senior at Redwood High School and is a Copy Editor for The Redwood Bark. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family, traveling and being involved in her school through clubs and more.

Matthew Marotto
Feature Editor

Matthew Marotto

Matthew Marotto is currently a junior at Redwood and a Feature Editor for the Redwood Bark. He races in cross-country mountain bike events nationally and enjoys spending time in nature.

Coco Boyden
Feature Editor

Coco Boyden

Colette Boyden is a junior at Redwood High School and is a Feature editor for the Redwood Bark. She enjoys playing soccer, hanging out with friends, going to the beach and traveling.

Erica Block
News Editor

Erica Block

Erica is a junior at Redwood High School and a News Editor for the Bark. She enjoys listening to music, traveling and watching sunsets with her friends.

Kate DeForrest
News Editor

Kate DeForrest

Kate DeForrest is a junior at Redwood High School and a News editor for the Bark. She enjoys going to the beach, being a swim coach and spending time with her family and friends.

Ben Choucroun
News Editor-on-Call

Ben Choucroun

Ben Choucroun is a senior at Redwood High School, and the News Editor-on-Call for the Redwood Bark. He enjoys writing about and discussing politics, mountain biking, political activism, reading, cooking, and spending time with...

Isabella Wagner
Sports Editor

Isabella Wagner

Isabella Wagner is a current junior at Redwood High School. She is a sports editor for the Bark. Isabella loves spending time at the beach with her friends and family. She also plays field hockey and beach volleyball. Her favorite...

Stella Bennett
Sports Editor

Stella Bennett

Stella Bennett is a senior at Redwood High School and the Sports Editor for the Redwood Bark. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends, playing sports and traveling.

Jordan Kimball
Sports Editor-On-Call

Jordan Kimball

Jordan Kimball is a junior at Redwood High School and is the Sports Editor-on-Call for the Bark. He enjoys playing sports, traveling and going to the beach with family and friends.

Mayson Weingart
Lifestyles Editor

Mayson Weingart

Mayson Weingart is a junior at Redwood and is a Lifestyles Editor for the Bark. She enjoys playing volleyball, spending time with friends and watching sports.

Claire Silva
Lifestyles Editor

Claire Silva

Claire Silva is a senior at Redwood and a lifestyles editor for the Redwood Bark. She enjoys hiking with her dog, karaoke and skiing.

Aanika Sawhney
Opinion Editor

Aanika Sawhney

Aanika Sawhney is an Opinion Editor for the Bark and a junior at Redwood High School. She is part of the drama program and is an executive producer for Redwood TV.

Ava Razavi
Opinion Editor

Ava Razavi

Ava Razavi is a senior and an Opinion Editor for The Redwood Bark. She enjoys singing, reading, iced tea and spending time with her loved ones.

Emily Block
Review Editor

Emily Block

Emily Block is a junior at Redwood High School and a Review Editor for the Bark. She enjoys going to the beach, spending time with her friends and traveling.

Sydney Johnson
Review Editor

Sydney Johnson

Sydney Johnson is a junior at Redwood High School and is a Review Editor for the Redwood Bark. She enjoys spending time with friends and going to the beach.

Will Parsons
Video Editor

Will Parsons

Will Parsons is a junior at Redwood and is a video editor for the Bark. He enjoys hanging out with friends, surfing and playing lacrosse in his free time....

Caitlin Beard
Podcast Editor

Caitlin Beard

Caitlin is a senior and Podcast Editor for the Bark. She loves plants, reading, music and going to the beach.

Carsen Goltz
Staff Illustrator

Carsen Goltz

Carsen Goltz is currently a junior at redwood. She is excited to contribute art to the Redwood Bark this year as a staff illustrator. In her spare time, Carsen likes to mountain bike, draw, listen to music, and is currently playi...

Calla McBride
Staff Illustrator

Calla McBride

Calla McBride is a senior at Redwood High School and is a staff illustrator for Bark. She enjoys hiking, spending time in Tahoe and Christmas more than anything.

Julia Frankus
Staff Illustrator

Julia Frankus

Julia Frankus is a senior at Redwood high school and a staff illustrator for the Bark. In the classroom Julia loves writing and science; outside the classroom, you can find her dancing, running or spending time with her family...

Cameryn Smith
Social Media Manager

Cameryn Smith

Cameryn Smith is a junior at Redwood High School and is a Social Media Manager for the Bark. She enjoys dancing, shopping and eating french fries.

Natalie Welch
Social Media Manager

Natalie Welch

Natalie Welch is a Senior at Redwood High School and the Social Media Manager for The Redwood Bark.  She loves to write satires and watch true crime tv shows.

Sarah Goody
Multimedia Designer

Sarah Goody

Sarah Goody is a senior and multimedia designer for the Redwood Bark. In her free time, she enjoys running her non-profit organization, rewatching episodes of Brooklyn 99 and spending time with friends.

Gil Ladetzky
Business Manager

Gil Ladetzky

Gil Ladetzky is a junior at Redwood High School and a business manager for the bark. He loves playing basketball, going on adventure with friends, family dinners and Sol Food.

Sam Sumski
Business Manager

Sam Sumski

Sam Sumski is a junior at Redwood High School. He is a Bark Business Manager and enjoys playing sports and hanging out with his friends and family.

Wyatt Turkington
Business Manager

Wyatt Turkington

Wyatt Turkington is a senior at Redwood High School and the business manager for the Redwood BARK. He enjoys spending time outside and getting good food.

Bowen Rivera
Data Analyst

Bowen Rivera

Bowen Rivera is a junior at Redwood High School and a data analyst for the bark. He enjoys writing, baking, and listening to music.

Ava Carlson
Reporter

Ava Carlson

Ava Carlson is a junior at Redwood High School. She enjoys spending time with friends, running, coffee and finding new music.

Grace Gehrman
Reporter

Grace Gehrman

Grace Gehrman is a current sophomore and reporter for the Redwood Bark. She enjoys reading, volunteering at her local library, eating spicy foods and traveling. And though she has never been to Hawaii, she has been to a frightening...

Pasha Fooman
Reporter

Pasha Fooman

Pasha is a senior at Redwood High School and a Reporter for the Bark. He enjoys watching movies with friends, hikes and going to the beach.

Michael Seton
Reporter

Michael Seton

Michael is a junior at Redwood high school who is a Reporter for the Redwood Bark. He likes to play video games, read books, run and look at space. That is why he is a part of the Redwood Track team.

Elsa Block
Reporter

Elsa Block

Elsa Block is a junior at Redwood High School. She is a reporter for the Bark. She enjoys dancing with her competitive team and spending time outdoors with friends.

Andie Johnston
Reporter

Andie Johnston

Andie Johnston is a junior at Redwood High School who is a reporter for the Bark. Andie loves to play lacrosse and water polo. In her free time, Andie loves to surf and bake. She is very energetic and funny. Andie loves pickles...

Gabriella Rouas
Reporter

Gabriella Rouas

Gabriella Rouas is a junior at Redwood High school and is a reporter for the Redwood Bark. Gabriella likes to spend her time reading books and exploring new places around the Bay Area!

Kyler Wang
Reporter

Kyler Wang

Kyler Wang is a senior at Redwood High School and a reporter for the Redwood Bark. He enjoys playing sports and going to the beach.

Lili Hakimi
Reporter

Lili Hakimi

Lili Hakimi is a junior at Redwood High School and is a reporter for the Bark. She enjoys going to the gym, hiking, listening to music, and working as a camp counselor.  

Emilie Erickson
Reporter

Emilie Erickson

Emilie Erickson is a senior at Redwood High School and a reporter for the Bark. Emilie runs cross country and enjoys skiing, traveling, eating yummy food, and spending time with her friends.

Arjun Aujla
Reporter

Arjun Aujla

Arjun Aujla is a senior at Redwood High School and the beat reporter for the boys basketball team. Arjun is going to play golf at the University of Rochester and plans to study journalism and business. In his free time, he enjoys...

Senior Staff Writer

Ani Svendsen

Ani Svendsen is a Senior Staff reporter for the Bark. She loves spending time with her friends and family, as well as playing with her dog and 10 chickens. When she's not singing and performing guitar, you can catch her in the N...

Sophia Buckholtz
Senior Staff Writer

Sophia Buckholtz

Sophia Buckholtz is a senior at Redwood High School and a Senior Staff Writer for the Bark. She enjoys sunrise hiking, especially in West Marin. Her interests in journalism include social issues with a focus on environmental justice.

Gillian Reynolds
Senior Staff Writer

Gillian Reynolds

Gillian Reynolds is a senior at Redwood High School, and is a Senior Staff Writer for the Redwood Bark. She enjoys adventuring outdoors, exploring the Bay Area, and listening to music. Through her writing she focuses on advocating...

Gemma Favaloro
Senior Staff Writer

Gemma Favaloro

Gemma Favaloro is a senior at Redwood High School and a Senior Staff Writer for the Redwood Bark. She is interested in politics, social activism and the fashion industry.

Sabrina Kizer
Senior Staff Writer

Sabrina Kizer

Sabrina Kizer is a senior at Redwood High School and is a Bark reporter. Sabrina enjoys expressing her self through her writing, and bringing notice to crucial topics worthy of her peers attention. In her free time she enjoys...

Maddie Sofnas
Senior Staff Writer

Maddie Sofnas

Maddie Sofnas is a senior at Redwood High School and is a Senior Staff Writer for this year's Redwood Bark. She enjoys basketball, softball and football.

Ingrid Houtkooper
Senior Staff Writer

Ingrid Houtkooper

Ingrid Houtkooper is a senior at Redwood High School and is a Senior Staff Writer for the Redwood Bark. She enjoys hanging out with friends, listening to music, playing basketball, and traveling.

Justine Fisch
Senior Staff Writer

Justine Fisch

Justine is a senior at Redwood High School and a Senior Staff Writer for the Bark. She enjoys playing lacrosse, field hockey and spending time with her friends and family.

Lauren Poulin
Staff Photographer

Lauren Poulin

Lauren Poulin is a junior at Redwood High School. She is a Staff Photographer and enjoys spending time with friends as well as playing waterpolo.

Cole Seifer
Staff Photographer

Cole Seifer

Cole Seifer is a senior at Redwood and a photographer for the 2022-2023 Redwood Bark. He enjoys cooking, listening and making music, and watching the San Francisco Giants.

Robert Lapic
Web Designer

Robert Lapic

Robert Lapic is a junior at Redwood High school, and a Webmaster for the Bark. In his free time he loves to play baseball and go hiking around Marin.

Aidan Carney Skytt
Web Designer

Aidan Carney Skytt

Aidan Carney Skytt is a senior at Redwood High School and is the webmaster for the Bark. He likes to play basketball and chess.

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