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Ashley Vazquez

Ashley Vazquez, Photographer

Joining The Downey Legend for her first time, 16-year-old photographer, Ashley Vazquez hopes to gain experience. “I want to get better at taking pictures and know my camera settings,” Vazquez said. Vazquez has previous experience from photojournalism and is excited to explore new options in Newspaper. Vazquez now hopes to capture sports and all of its exciting moments and memories.Although she may be young, Vazquez has high hopes for her future. Right after high school, she wants to go straight to college to become a dentist. With six siblings (and another one on the way), she wants to stay in her home city of Downey. In her spare time, Vazquez enjoys texting, shopping, watching TV, and dancing to Spanish music. She enjoys listening to R&B and artists such as: The Weekend, Romeo Santos, and Miguel. As for her favorite food? “I like anything with noodles,” Vazquez stated. Vazquez has a lot to look forward to this year and will indefinitely achieve great things.

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Junior JV basketball player, Tony Laverde, competed in Stay Gallery’s outdoor pizza eating contest on Mar. 12, against Warren’s boys basketball, to raise money for TLC. Anticipated to win and beat the Warren bears, Laverde devoured his three slices given to him.

[Photo] Pizza for a cause

Sabrina Picou, Editor-In-Chief
March 27, 2015
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[Photo] 5 Questions with Julissa Chavez

Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
February 17, 2015
	In the gym on Jan. 19, the varsity cheer team’s flyers practice their scorpions for their competition in Dallas, Texas. “We are not use to this kind of routine; it’s different,” Avrion Gray, 12, said. “There are a lot of things going on.”

[Photo] From Downey to Dallas

Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
February 4, 2015
On Dec. 5, Joel Castro speaks about his painting Marching Giants at the event Art of Rancho hosted by Stay Gallery. The happened to fall on Castro’s birthday, and he was happy to celebrate it at Stay Gallery with his fellow artists.

[Photo] Art of Rancho

Natalie Gomez, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor/ Staff Writer
December 21, 2014

[Photo] 5 Questions with Julia Fanua

Celine Spence, Public Relations
December 3, 2014
Downey High School Geometry and Algebra 2 teacher, Mr. Bradfield returns with a broad experience of living in Costa Rica, during the year of 2013. “It was really tight; we knew we had to budget, but we still did whatever we wanted,” Bradfield said. “We [his family] camped on the beach for a week, spent time in the Nicoya Peninsula, explored some of the volcanoes - all that stuff; it was pretty great.”

[Photo] At last, the return

Vivian Buenrostro, Co-Editor-in-Cheif
October 29, 2014
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