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AUTUMN SIEGEL: Student Editor

Autumn Siegel is a sophomore at FLVS and the student editor of News in a Click. Journalistically, she has contributed to our school newspaper since the first issue while also writing regularly for the St. Petersburg Times and participating in the High School Journalism Program at the prestigious Poynter Institute. Originally from Daytona Beach, Autumn is also a member of the varsity swimming and track teams at the local high school, but can sometimes be found acting in community theater productions, walking her dog, Markey, attending sports events at UF, and watching The Late Show with David Letterman.

Interesting fact: Her odd nicknames include “DafunkyElvischick,” Sassy, cowgirl, Audi, literary chick, Nickel, the insomniac, Steph, Squiggy, Baseball baby, and April.

KASSIE EDWARDS

On July 21, 1986, Kassie May Edwards was born into this world, the fourth child of her mother Verona Dodd-Wright, and her father Milton Clarke, who died when she was 8. She is now a junior at Lakewood High School, home of the mighty "Spartans." She lives in Saint Petersburg, Florida, with her stepdad and mother. In her free time she participates in extra curricular activities like drama, Peer Connecting, Student Government, and art. She gives to her community through Red Cross Teen Corps, her neighborhood Crime Watch, and Saint Pete Youth Council. After high school Kassie plans to attend a 4-year university to study interior design.

GUILLERMO CANCIO

Guillermo Cancio is a 17-year-old senior in the IB Program at Boyd H. Anderson High School. He currently resides in Broward County. Guillermo is VP and Founder of the Model United Nations at his high school. He enjoys swimming, is on the varsity Water Polo team (left drive or d-hole), and works with DeMolay International. Guillermo hopes to eventually rule the planet-muuah! but he would settle for an island in the pacific. He hopes to study philosophy and political science at a university (Bowdoin or FSU or YALE). Being a delegate to the United Nations is high on his list of goals for the future and he believes he can do that and more . . .