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  • Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 15-Nov. 30
  • Club Photos (Gym, all-day): Nov. 21
  • Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) General Body Meeting (Zoom, 9 a.m.-10 a.m.): Nov. 18
  • November Jazz Night (Meyer Hall, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.): Nov. 18
  • Driver's Ed Class (Media Center, 3:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m.): Nov. 20
  • Cap and Gown/Class Ring Orders (Cafeteria, Lunch): Nov. 13
  • Muse Issue 1 Distribution (Cafeteria, Lunch): Nov. 21
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | 501 S. Sapodilla Ave, WPB, FL 33401

THE MUSE

Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | 501 S. Sapodilla Ave, WPB, FL 33401

THE MUSE

2025-2026 Staff

Graeme Melcher
Editor-in-Chief

Graeme Melcher

Graeme Melcher is a third-year staffer and an editor-in-chief on The Muse. When he's not writing and editing, he likes to solve puzzles, travel as much as he can, and fulfill his role as co-president of Dreyfoos' Slam Poetry T...

Sienna Rose Sossi
Editor-in-Chief

Sienna Rose Sossi

Sienna Rose Sossi is a third-year staffer and one of the Editor-in-Chiefs on The Muse. She enjoys hanging out with friends and trying new foods. She enjoys writing and working with art and culture.

Karmiah Smith
Print Managing Editor

Karmiah Smith

Karmiah Smith is a third-year staffer and a Print Managing Editor on The Muse. When not working on the publication, she loves going to the beach, watching bad reality T.V, and writing poetry. Karmiah can’t wait to spend her last...

Griffin Petti
Website Managing Editor

Griffin Petti

Griffin Petti is a second-year staffer and a web managing editor on The Muse. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music (his current favorite artist is 2hollis), drinking matcha, and scooping ice cream.

Sadie Kanter
Non-Coverage Managing Editor

Sadie Kanter

Sadie Kanter is a third-year staffer and the non-coverage managing editor on The Muse. She loves playing guitar, making films, and taking photos around campus. She hopes to make her last year on staff the best one yet.

Kiara Benoit
Artistic Director

Kiara Benoit

Kiara Benoit is a third-year staffer and Artistic Director on The Muse. Aside from scouring through magazines to collect new design inspiration, she enjoys writing poetry, practicing the piano and guitar, organizing her Pinteres...

Alexa Manganiotis
Website Editor

Alexa Manganiotis

Alexa Manganiotis is a second-year staffer and the website editor on The Muse. Alexa enjoys science, particularly biology, and its interconnection with philosophy and bioethics. In her free time, Alexa enjoys drawing, reading,...

Karina Brown
Website Staffer

Karina Brown

Karina is Brown is a third year staffer on The Muse, she has worked on the business and the website sections. She loves to do Speech and Debate and enjoys Mock Trial. In her free time, you can find her reading or baking. On The M...

Vivian Jiang
Website Staffer

Vivian Jiang

Vivian Jiang is a third-year staffer on The Muse. Outside of school, she dedicates her time to karate and enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

Mabruk Alam
Multimedia Editor

Mabruk Alam

Mabruk Alam is a second-year staffer and the multimedia editor on The Muse. On his own time, he loves playing soccer and basketball, especially with his brother. He also likes talking to his friends and listening to The Weeknd. ...

Giselle Fernandez-Perez
Multimedia Staffer

Giselle Fernandez-Perez

Giselle Fernandez-Perez is a second-year staffer and a multimedia staffer on The Muse. As a film student, she loves to make, watch, and produce films. She is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish and loves to celebrate her hisp...

Belen Rivera
Content Team Editor

Belen Rivera

Belen Rivera is a third-year staffer and a content team editor on The Muse. When she's not helping her staffers, she likes lollygagging with her friends and trying to get her little sister to do something with her. She has also...

Ruhaan Sood
Content Team Editor

Ruhaan Sood

Ruhaan is a third-year staffer on The Muse as a Content Team Editor. He loves to take photos and especially edit them. When you don't find him buried in Lightroom or edits, you'll find him playing Valorant and Fortnite with Ash...

Valentina Saenz-Daza
Content Team Editor

Valentina Saenz-Daza

Valentina Saenz-Daza is a second-year staffer and a content team editor on The Muse. She enjoys participating in speech and debate, listening to pop music, and trying new foods. Aside from this, Valentina is excited to see what...

Malina Asnani
Content Team Editor

Malina Asnani

Malina Asnani is a second-year staffer and a content team editor on The Muse. She enjoys photography and time spent with her friends outside of school. She joined The Muse to create new connections and learn more about journa...

Maja Milovanovic
Coverage Editor

Maja Milovanovic

Maja Milovanovic is a second-year staffer and a coverage editor on The Muse. She joined the publication in hopes of helping others share their stories. Alongside her passion for journalism, Maja enjoys exploring the field of STEM....

London Franklin
Coverage Editor

London Franklin

London Franklin is a second-year staffer and a coverage editor on The Muse. When she is not working on articles, she can usually be found reading, crafting poems, experimenting with a new cookie recipe in the kitchen, or draft...

Liliana Kirby
Coverage Editor

Liliana Kirby

Liliana Kirby is a second-year staffer and a coverage editor on The Muse. Along with being on this publication, she is a member of the Speech and Debate Team and DSOA Today. Outside of school, she enjoys writing, reading, travelin...

Milo Stamp
Coverage Staffer

Milo Stamp

Milo Stamp is a second-year staffer and coverage staffer on The Muse. Besides The Muse, he likes playing guitar, playing basketball, and going fishing. He looks forward to contributing articles to The Muse this year....

Cole Hoffman
Coverage Staffer

Cole Hoffman

Cole Hoffman is a first-year coverage staffer on The Muse. He has a strong passion for reporting and hopes to become a political journalist in the future. In his free time, Cole enjoys acting, watching reality television, and watc...

Aiza Khan
Coverage Staffer

Aiza Khan

Aiza Khan is a third-year staffer and a coverage staffer on The Muse. In her spare time, she likes to go out with friends, participate in Speech and Debate, watch shows, and read. Aiza is looking forward to working with her new ...

Jacob Amoroso
Coverage Staffer

Jacob Amoroso

Jacob Amoroso is a first-year staffer, and coverage staffer on The Muse. In his free time, he enjoys working out, watching movies, listening to music, and traveling. He also enjoys talking with his friends, and taking part in ...

Jaya Ramanujan
Coverage Staffer

Jaya Ramanujan

Jaya Ramanujan is a first-year staffer and a coverage staffer on The Muse. She enjoys listening to music, writing poetry, reading, and hanging out with her friends. She is looking forward to covering the student body and her ...

Natalie Vidal
Coverage Staffer

Natalie Vidal

Natalie Vidal is a first-year staffer and a coverage staffer on The Muse. Apart from writing on The Muse, Natalie is a secretary for the Speech and Debate Team and competes in tournaments. Outside of school, Natalie is on a competitive...

Vi Erisha
Coverage Staffer

Vi Erisha

Vi Erisha is a first-year staffer and a coverage staffer on The Muse. She enjoys reading books and comics, writing, shopping, and spending time with her friends. She joined The Muse to gain experience in a new field of writing ...

Lila Goldin
Coverage Staffer

Lila Goldin

Lila Goldin is a third-year staffer and a coverage staffer on The Muse. When she's not in the newsroom, she is with her two standard poodles, Juno and Sansa, deep in a Brandon Sanderson novel, or catching up on the latest episode ...

Keegan McLendon
Photo Editor

Keegan McLendon

Keegan McLendon is a second-year staffer and the photo editor on The Muse. In school, he participates in student congress through the debate team and completes community service through clubs and organizations such as NHS. Out...

Brian Fowler
Photo Staffer

Brian Fowler

Brian Fowler is a third-year staffer and a photo staffer on The Muse. He loves house music and is a huge fan of sports. He likes to go surfing and enjoys the sounds of the waves crashing on sand. He has played nine varsity sports a...

Landon D'Alessandro
Photo Staffer

Landon D’Alessandro

Landon D'Alessandro is a first-year staffer and a photo staffer on The Muse. In his free time, he can be seen producing short films and related videography, photography, and client work. He is very much looking forward to the n...

Ella Cralle
Photo Staffer

Ella Cralle

Ella Cralle is a first-year staffer and a photo staffer on The Muse. Ella enjoys playing volleyball, listening to music, and making coffees. She joined The Muse to try something new and be apart of a fun community!

Morgan Johnson
Photo Staffer

Morgan Johnson

Morgan Johnson is a third-year staffer and photographer on The Muse. She loves all things relating to boating and the beach, and if not on the court playing volleyball, you can find her doing lots and lots of work for The Muse...

Trisha Babji Rao
Photo Staffer

Trisha Babji Rao

Trisha Babji Rao is a second-year photo staffer on The Muse. Apart from photography, she serves as Vice President of the Slam Poetry Team & Film Association and competes in congressional speech and debate, where she also hol...

Cici Cox
Photo Staffer

Cici Cox

Cici Cox is a second-year staffer and a Photographer on The Muse. In her free time, she enjoys playing sports, hanging with friends, and traveling along with skiing. Her goal for this year is to win some awards and to step out...

Kaitlyn Maldonado
Photo Staffer

Kaitlyn Maldonado

Kaitlyn Maldonado is a second-year staffer and a photo staffer on The Muse. Kaitlyn plays for both her school and travel basketball teams, occasionally plays volleyball, and competes in her schools' track team. She enjoys sweet tr...

Sabiha Prova
Photo Staffer

Sabiha Prova

Sabiha Prova is a second-year staffer and a photo staffer on The Muse. A fun fact about her is that she does visual arts and dance outside of being on the publication. She loves to travel and cook for others as well as experien...

Vedhasa Kallam
Design Editor

Vedhasa Kallam

Vedhasa Kallam is a second-year staffer and design editor on The Muse. She enjoys listening to music, competing in speech and debate, and sleeping. Vedhasa also loves spending time with her friends and family, going on walks, a...

Kayla Bobb
Design Staffer

Kayla Bobb

Kayla Bobb is a second-year staffer and a design staffer on The Muse. She loves to play with her dog Bonnie, listen to music, hang out with her friends, and do yoga. Her love language is quality time, which can be seen through ...

Zander Pickman
Design Staffer

Zander Pickman

Zander Pickman is a second-year staffer and a designer on The Muse. Outside of his time spent on the publication, Zander loves spending time with his two dogs and parrots and watching football. He joined The Muse to further his gr...

Lyriq Forde
Design Staffer

Lyriq Forde

Lyriq Forde is a first-year staffer and a design staffer on The Muse. As a visual major, she really loves art and films, and she loves to bake. Her favorite art mediums are oil paint and acrylic. One thing she likes to bake wou...

Nicole Vasallo
Head Copy Editor

Nicole Vasallo

Nicole Vasallo is a third-year staffer and the head copy editor on The Muse. She enjoys participating in soccer and track as well as pursuing her passion in film. Also, Nicole loves to spend time with her family and friends. She is l...

Victoria Miloslavich
Copy Staffer

Victoria Miloslavich

Victoria Miloslavich is a second-year staffer and a copy staffer on The Muse. In her free time, Victoria enjoys reading, writing short stories, singing, listening to music, building LEGOs, and watching TV. She looks forward to a new...

Victoria McGovern
Public Relations Editor

Victoria McGovern

Victoria McGovern is a second-year staffer and the Public Relations editor on The Muse. She joined The Muse to contribute to the community inside it as well as get closer with her friends on staff. Victoria hopes to major in Publi...

Rotcelyn Caceres
Public Relations Staffer

Rotcelyn Caceres

Rotcelyn Caceres is a second-year staffer and a Public Relations staffer on The Muse. She loves the beach and going on walks.

Reya Spivak
Public Relations Staffer

Reya Spivak

Reya Spivak is a first-year staffer and a PR staffer on The Muse. In her free time, she can be found reading, coding, working on her never-ending homework, and listening to her favorite playlist.

Gavin Murray
Morale Editor

Gavin Murray

Gavin Murray is a third-year staffer and the Morale Editor on The Muse. During his free time, he loves to play sports with his brother, rile up his dog Charlie, and hang out with his close friends. Gavin has always been curious ...

Ashwin Kishor
Social Media Editor

Ashwin Kishor

Ashwin Kishor is a third-year staffer and social media editor on The Muse. When he’s not glued to his computer on Lightroom or dreaming about getting a Sony A9 iii, Ashwin spends his time preparing for debate tournaments, playi...

Carly Lynn Gates
Adviser

Carly Lynn Gates

Carly Lynn Gates, CJE is a nationally certified journalism educator. She advises The Muse newsmagazine and website and The Marquee yearbook. She is the sponsor for Quill and Scroll Journalism Honor Society and serves on the n...

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