The DL: Avenue Pizzeria
January 22, 2025
About the Contributors

Zachary Pepaj, Writer
As a first-timer in the newspaper team, Zachary Pepaj, 11, joins the team of newspaper writers 2024-2025. Pepaj enjoys playing rhythm and FPS (first-person shooter) games in their free time, but they also enjoy buying merch from their favorite bands. Pepaj's goals for this school year are to join the eco-club and get all their necessary academics done in preparation for next year’s college applications. Pepaj is also interested in theater and English, they’re in drama class here at Downey High School and hope to have a career in the English field.
“In this class, I'm looking forward to making the website more interactive by collaborating with people in other roles”, shares Pepaj. “So that I can make the website more user-based”. Pepaj cares about the readers and users of The Downey Legend and is looking forward to making things more user-friendly.

Sarah Pastora, Videographer
Sarah Pastora is a first-year senior videographer who is a kind and witty person. She joined the Downey Legend to create content and in hopes of becoming a journalist in the future. After high school, Pastora’s goal is to go to UC Irvine because of its strong writing programs, which is another one of Pastora’s hobbies. Pastora has won the Spooky Story writing contest twice consecutively: a second and first-place win. Other than writing, Pastora likes to sew and has even solved the Rubix cube. She is also a writing center tutor and enjoys helping fellow students improve their writing.“I like writing because I think it’s so fun and beautiful to put words together to create a painting of images to tell a story and help others envision things they haven’t seen before,” Pastora stated. Writing is what makes Pastora’s vision in videography impactful.