Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

2023-2024 Staff

Kylie McGrath
Editorial Board Member

Kylie McGrath

Kylie McGrath is a senior at Liberty High School. She is a Sports Editor and an Editorial Board Member for the Patriot Press. She is also one of the captains for the Liberty’s Girls’ Golf team. If she’s not golfing or doing...

Kruthi Duraisamy
Editorial Board Member

Kruthi Duraisamy

Kruthi Duraisamy is a senior at Liberty High School and Feature Editorial Board Member for the Patriot Press. At school, she is a co-president of Students for Change and outside of school, she volunteers at many places and is on the bo...

Brigitte Potter
Editorial Board Member

Brigitte Potter

Brigitte Potter is a senior at Liberty High School. She is an Editorial Board Member and a Design and Art co-editor for the paper. She is also on the Liberty Drill team. In her free time she enjoys reading and cuddling with her c...

Kendall Sullivan
Editorial Board Member

Kendall Sullivan

Kendall Sullivan is a senior at Liberty High School, an Editorial Board Member and co-editor of Art & Design. In their free time, they enjoy drawing, listening to goth music, and starting arguments on Twitter. ...

Katarzyna Nguyen
Editorial Board Member

Katarzyna Nguyen

Katarzyna Nguyen is a senior at Liberty High School and a Managing Editorial Board Member as part of the Editorial Board for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys walking her dog, listening to various genres of music, an...

Lucas Counts
Editorial Board Member

Lucas Counts

Lucas Counts is a senior at Liberty High School and an Editorial Board Member of the Patriot Press, in addition to being the Online Editor. In his free time, he is a professional writer of 4+ years, is passionate about business, a...

Vanshika Sindhu
Editorial Board Member

Vanshika Sindhu

Vanshika Sindhu is a senior at Liberty High School and a Managing Editorial Board member for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, watching true crime shows, listening to interesting podcasts, and hanging out...

William Sweeney
News Editor

William Sweeney

William Sweeney is a junior at Liberty High School and one of the news editors for the Patriot Press. He enjoys spending time with family, playing chess, and playing video games.  

Jonas Padilha
News Editor

Jonas Padilha

Jonas Padilha is a junior at Liberty High School. He is one of the News editors for the Patriot Press. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, playing the guitar, and being dumb with his friends.

Tyler Rubenstein
Sports Editor

Tyler Rubenstein

Tyler Rubenstein is a Junior at Liberty High School. He is the Sports Section Editor in Journalism and the DECA Community Outreach Officer. Outside of school, he is also the Co-President of the Issaquah Youth Advisory Board. ...

Alexa Lim
Spotlight Editor

Alexa Lim

Alexa Lim is a junior at Liberty High School and the Spotlight Editor in the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys painting, reading, and writing.

Akash Krishna
Feature Editor

Akash Krishna

Akash Krishna is a junior at Liberty High School and a Feature Co-Editor for the Patriot Press. When he’s not at robotics, he’s usually talking about robotics or walking his dog. In his free time, he likes to run, complete...

Jocelyn Hood
Opinion Editor

Jocelyn Hood

Jocelyn Hood is a Junior at Liberty High School and co-editor for the Opinion section of the Patriot Press. She is involved in activities at Liberty such as theatre, art club, and honors society. In her free time she likes to w...

Hellen Chung
Opinion Editor

Hellen Chung

Hellen Chung is a junior at Liberty High School and Opinion Co-editor for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, binging TV shows, and eating good food.

Mirabelle Williams
Entertainment Editor

Mirabelle Williams

Mirabelle Williams is a senior at Liberty High School and the entertainment editor for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys competitive cheerleading, reading, and writing.

Kade Ecker
Beat Editor

Kade Ecker

Kade Ecker is a senior at Liberty High School and the beat editor for the Patriot Press. In their free time, they are a very active member of the Seattle punk, metal, and goth scenes.

Gio Castaneda
Backpage Editor

Gio Castaneda

Gio Castaneda is a senior at Liberty High School and backpage co-editor for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys being captain of the swim team, screaming Taylor Swift lyrics, and hanging out with friends....

Maiya Lester
Backpage Editor

Maiya Lester

Maiya Lester is a junior at Liberty High School and backpage co-editor for the Patriot Press. She plays on the Liberty volleyball and tennis team and is the vice president of the Students for Change club.   ...

Amelia Matin
Staff Writer

Amelia Matin

Amelia Matin is a Junior at Liberty High School and a Staff Writer for the Patriot Press. She is the treasurer of Liberty Model United Nations and a Patriot Crew leader. In her free time, she can be found volunteering at and or...

Rei Gilbert
Staff Writer

Rei Gilbert

Rei Gilbert is a sophomore at Liberty High School and a staff writer at the Patriot Press. A robotics addict, Rei likes to work with the machines in the metal shop. They also like to bike, listen to audiobooks, and cook in thei...

Lily Phillips
Staff Writer

Lily Phillips

Lily Phillips is a sophomore at Liberty High School and a staff writer for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys running, crocheting and cooking. 

Lillian Antin
Staff Writer

Lillian Antin

Lillian is a staff writer and a junior at Liberty High school. She is the vice president of Liberty’s astronomy club and is involved in dance outside of school. In her free time she enjoys sewing, painting and reading. ...

Kelsey Burnet
Staff Writer

Kelsey Burnet

Kelsey Burnet is a sophomore at Liberty High School and a staff writer for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she loves Taylor Swift, Batman and reading. 

Kathryn Langworthy
Staff Writer

Kathryn Langworthy

Kathryn Langworthy is a sophomore at Liberty High School and a staff writer for the Patriot Press. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, playing piano, and reorganizing her room.

Isabella Rahlfs
Staff Writer

Isabella Rahlfs

Isabella Rahlfs is a sophomore and a staff writer on the Patriot Press. She is a stage manager and a part of MUN. In her free time she spends too much time on homework, cooks random things she finds on instagram and works on whate...

Gracie Aryal
Staff Writer

Gracie Aryal

Gracie Aryal is a sophomore at Liberty High School and a staff writer for the Patriot Press. She enjoys going down Wikipedia rabbit holes and spending time with friends.

Ellie Nishino
Staff Writer

Ellie Nishino

Ellie Nishino is a sophomore at Liberty High School and a staff writer for the Patriot Press. She has a great passion for filmmaking and walking her dog, Toby.

Ari Shin
Staff Writer

Ari Shin

Ari Shin is a Sophomore at Liberty High School and a Staff Writer for the Liberty Patriot Press. She enjoys drawing in her free time, playing mobile games, and zoning out while listening to horrible music. As well as doing absolut...

Alexis Phung
Staff Writer

Alexis Phung

Alexis Phung is a sophomore at Liberty High School. She is a staff writer on the Liberty Patriot Press, and will be playing Liberty tennis in the Spring. Alexis can be found at your nearest Safeway because she loves to eat. ...

Eleanor Briggs
Staff Writer

Eleanor Briggs

Eleanor Briggs is a staff writer and junior at Liberty High School. In her free time, she enjoys listening to Taylor Swift, swimming and fueling her Red Bull addiction.

David Terayama
Staff Writer

David Terayama

David Terayama is a junior at Liberty High School. He is a staff writer for the Patriot Press. He swims for Liberty’s boys swim and dive varsity team and is a member of Issaquah High School’s  Evergreen Philharmonic Orchestr...

Rilee Pham
Senior Writer

Rilee Pham

Rilee Pham is a senior at Liberty High School. She is a senior writer for the Patriot Press and is the executive Vice President of Liberty. In her free time, she enjoys talking about her celebrity crushes and collecting Smiskis....

Oliver Prado
Senior Writer

Oliver Prado

Oliver Prado is a senior at Liberty High School. He is a senior staff writer. He enjoys boogie boarding, geeking out over history, and discovering new music.

Matthew Nendick
Senior Writer

Matthew Nendick

Matthew Nendick is a senior at Liberty High School and a senior writer for the Patriot Press. He’s the treasurer of the HOSA club, and he spends his free time listening to foreign music and reading comedic novels....

Katelyn Martin
Senior Writer

Katelyn Martin

Katelyn Martin is a senior at Liberty High School and a senior writer for the Patriot Press. She plays on the Liberty tennis team, and in her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, being outside, and going to Disneyland....

Harper Day
Senior Writer

Harper Day

  Harper Day is a senior at Liberty High School and a senior writer for the Patriot Press. They are involved in theatre and LSN at Liberty. In their free time, they can be found drawing, listening to music while drawing, and...

Addison Milne
Photography Editor

Addison Milne

Addison Milne is a junior at Liberty High School and is the Photography Editor for the Patriot Press. She is the founder and president of Liberty's astronomy club. In her free time she enjoys traveling, hiking, and astronomy....