Jesus Lopez Cruz is in his third semester of taking The Oak Leaf. He's majoring in journalism and hoping to transfer to Chico State in 2026. Holds hopes to move to Nashville Tennessee and find a reporter job there.

Kevin Terlizzi (He/They) is a Santa Rosa local who is in his first semester at the SRJC, returning to education after supporting his family through the pandemic. He wishes to take his love for storytelling and writing to make a difference.

Lucas Cadigan-Carranza is starting his third year at The Oak Leaf. He has been at SRJC for much longer, having already earned his degrees in English, game programming and humanities. Despite this, he has settled on finishing the journalism degree before transferring next Fall. He loves talking about video games but has enjoyed his time as The Oak Leaf's Theatre Arts reporter and is excited to be Co-Editor-in-Chief this semester.

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.