Jesus Lopez Cruz is in his fourth semester of taking The Oak Leaf. He’s exploring multi-media news and hopes to transfer to a four-year in 2026. Holds hopes to move to Nashville Tennessee and find a career in post-production editing.

Kevin Terlizzi-Bowes is a reporter and podcast editor for the Oak Leaf. His joy in storytelling and interest in history drives him to improve his writing abilities while learning journalistic standards. His range of coverage tends to be as broad as his list of hobbies and past times.

Lucas Cadigan-Carranza is finishing his third year at The Oak Leaf, but he has been at SRJC for much longer, finally transferring to a CSU in Southern California in the fall. He loves talking about video games but has enjoyed his time as The Oak Leaf’s Theatre Arts reporter and is excited to continue his run as Co-Editor-in-Chief.

Natalie Emanuele (she/her) is in her first semester on the Oak Leaf, but has attended SRJC prior to joining. She is very passionate about the arts and pop culture, and has no shortage of niche internet phenomena to share. She looks forward to sharing (or perhaps cursing) the public with this knowledge… if any of her articles see the light of day. When not writing she enjoys baking, drawing and playing cozy video games.