Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Cuesta College

The Cuestonian

68° San Luis Obispo
The Student News Site of Cuesta College

The Cuestonian

The Student News Site of Cuesta College

The Cuestonian

2025-2026 Staff

Casey Lieberman
Editor-in-Chief

Casey Lieberman

Casey Lieberman is the editor-in-chief of The Cuestonian and a journalism major who hopes to work as an interviewer and writer in the documentary / audio storytelling space. In her role at the Cuestonian, Casey's mission is...

Ethan Alexander
Arts + Entertainment Editor

Ethan Alexander

Ethan is the Arts + Entertainment Editor for The Cuestonian.

Ayssa Garcia
Social Media Editor

Ayssa Garcia

Ayssa is a second-year journalism major. She is one of the social media editors for The Cuestonian. Ayssa is interested in a job in public relations or social media management in the future. She hopes to write about current events,...

Kennedy Lyman
Social Media Editor

Kennedy Lyman

Kennedy Lyman is a second-year at Cuesta studying journalism. She currently reports for The Cuestonian, and works as a social media editor. Kennedy's growing interest in journalism stems from her love of writing and researching as we...

Steph Marroquin
Opinions Editor

Steph Marroquin

Stephanie "Steph" Marroquin is a journalism major and Opinions Editor of The Cuestonian. Steph is interested in telling stories and being creative. Apart from journalism, Steph has also been studying philosophy at Cuesta College. The...

Michaela Mastache
Multimedia Editor

Michaela Mastache

Michaela is the multimedia editor at The Cuestonian. She has a BFA in film production from the San Francisco Art Institute and is expanding on her education by getting an AA in journalism at Cuesta College. She spent her 20...

Shae Mansfield
Sports Editor

Shae Mansfield

Shae is a communications and journalism major. She is one of the sports editors for The Cuestonian. She is interested in observing and asking questions to uncover the true story. She is very determined and will do anything she can to a...

Ryder Mederos
Sports Editor

Ryder Mederos

Ryder's major is journalism and he is a sports reporter for The Cuestonian with interest in all sports of any kind.  Ryder is interested in all types of sports journalism, as well as an interest in a lot of other things. Ryder...

Phillip Quady
Features Editor

Phillip Quady

Phillip Quady is a chemistry major and is the features editor and reporter for the Cuestonian. He found interest in journalism due to his overlapping interests in historical record keeping and creative writing, and he likes to...

Zack Alldredge
Reporter

Zack Alldredge

Zack is a second-year journalism major and Sports Editor for The Cuestonian. Zack has a strong passion for cars and dreams of being a writer for a major car magazine. He even has his own YouTube channel. He also freelances...

Tia Edwards
Reporter

Tia Edwards

Tia is a journalism major, with a specific passion for science and nature. Her dream is to be a travel journalist for National Geographic. She loves journalism because she can be a food critic one day, and a world explorer the next...

John C. King
Reporter

John C. King

John came to California in 2017. He is a native New Yorker, but has lived in many states on both the East and West Coasts. He likes to say that he has "lived on all four corners." "As a senior citizen and someone who grew up ...

Malik Green
Reporter

Malik Green

Malik is a journalism major at Cuesta. He is a reporter for The Cuestonian. His interest in journalism is writing and videography. He prefers to work with ideas that can be turned into concrete reality in creative ways. ...

Kate Johnson
Reporter

Kate Johnson

Kate is a second-year English student at Cuesta, and has decided this semester to bring her passion for literature, writing and political history to The Cuestonian as a reporter. She values the deep-rooted sense of community and...

Vivian Morgan
Reporter

Vivian Morgan

Vivian is a reporter for The Cuestonian and is majoring in Journalism. Their interests in journalism include inquisition toward the general quality of life for Cuesta students and holding responsibility toward authority. Something un...

Alphons Rawson
Reporter

Alphons Rawson

Alphons Rawson is a second-year theater arts major at Cuesta. They are on the The Cuestonian’s beat covering the Board of Trustees, and they inform the newsroom of the goings-on of each Board meeting. Alphons also keeps a pulse...

Kayla Zemaitis
Reporter

Kayla Zemaitis

Kayla Zemaitis is a second-year student studying biology. She is currently pursuing her interest in journalism as a Student Life reporter on The Cuestonian. Her love of writing began in her elementary school days, so she's excited...

Elijah Nielson
Illustrator

Elijah Nielson

Elijah is an illustrator for The Cuestonian.

Dr. Jeremy Shermak
Faculty Adviser

Dr. Jeremy Shermak

Dr. Shermak is the faculty adviser to The Cuestonian and full-time journalism and communication faculty at Cuesta College. Dr. Shermak began his career as a newspaper reporter in both Michigan and Indiana. He studied journalism...

Aaron Velasquez
Contributor

Aaron Velasquez

Aaron Velasquez is going back to school to pursue his passion of writing. With published work at the San Mateo Daily Journal and on his personal blog he is looking to build his experience with The Cuestonian.

Donate to The Cuestonian
$0
$500
Contributed
Our Goal

Activate Search
Staff