Meet The Vanguard E-Board
Paulina Gajewski, Editor-in-Chief
Paulina Gajewski (she/her) is a major in Secondary Education, History, and Classics and is currently a senior at Brooklyn College. In her free time, she loves to read novels and history books (that gravitate towards Medieval and Ancient), which fosters her love for writing. She also loves to visit museums and to garden!
Rami Mansi, Managing Editor
Rami Mansi (They/Them) is a sophomore at Brooklyn College studying Childhood Education. Working as a staff writer before becoming The Vanguard’s managing editor, Rami loves writing about all things pop culture, music deep-dives and reviews. With hopes of becoming an elementary school teacher, you can always find Rami reading various works from children’s books to Shakespeare. When not reading or writing, Rami is picking out their outfits for the week, hanging out with friends, or having a sweet treat.
Amira Turner, Layout Editor
Amira Turner (she/her) is a junior Journalism and Media Studies Major, and Film minor. She is currently The Vanguard’s Layout Editor. In her free time she enjoys making and reading zines, collecting stickers, skating and being on aux.
Jason Lin, Business Manager
Jason Lin (he/him) is a junior majoring in Business Administration, focusing on Real Estate. He joined The Vanguard in spring 2023 and is now the Treasurer/Business Manager. Writing is more like an interest for Jason as he tries to take on different fields of experience. Other than writing, Jason loves to listen to music, cook, and is also a player on the volleyball team.
Meet the Supportive Staff:
Tony Lipka, Photo Editor
Tony Lipka (he/him) is a Journalism & Media Studies major and is currently a senior at Brooklyn College. He is currently the Photo Editor for The Vanguard. Tony enjoys all kinds of photography, and likes to document the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn whenever he has free time.
Nidhi Mahadevan, Social Media Manager
Nidhi Mahadevan (she/her) is a senior in Macaulay Honors at Brooklyn College. She is studying Anthropology on the pre-med track. Nidhi is currently The Vanguard’s Social Media Manager. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, listening to music, and doing puzzles from The New York Times.
Luis Angel Perez Martinez, Videographer
Luis Angel Perez Martinez (he/him) is a junior majoring in Journalism and Media Studies with a minor in TV and Radio. In his free time, he loves to attend wrestling events in the NYC area and explore new places. He also enjoys video editing and interviewing people about themselves and their opinions on the world.
Victoria Keraj (she/her) is in the Coordinated Engineering program at Brooklyn College. She joined The Vanguard fall 2024 and focused on writing news stories and features. Her interests include learning trivia and anything that allows her to be creative. As news editor, Victoria strives to research, cultivate, and curate news stories for The Vanguard.
T’Neil Gooden, Features Editor
T’Neil Gooden (she/her) is a junior at Brooklyn College majoring in journalism and media studies and minoring in marketing. She joined The Vanguard in Winter 2023 as a staff writer and is now the Features Editor. Writing and storytelling is something that she is truly passionate about and is ready to learn more about it from being with The Vanguard. Other than writing, T’Neil enjoys playing video games, reading, cooking, and listening to music.
Ezae Darby, Opinions Editor
Ezae Darby (he/him) is an undergraduate senior at Brooklyn College, majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. Some of his interests include photography, creative writing, as well as fashion design as he is the founder of a small clothing brand, ECO COUTURE!
Manuel Polanco, Co-Sports Editor
Manny (he/him) is a junior at Brooklyn college majoring in TREM and minoring in political science. He joined The Vanguard as a staff writer in spring 2024 and is now the sports editor. An enthusiast of comic books, manga, and music, when he’s not writing, he’s probably thinking of what to write or playing video games.
Yuki Elkotby, Co-Sports Editor
Yuki Elkotby (she/her) is a junior majoring in Linguistic Affairs Brooklyn College. She is a former athlete for BC women’s volleyball and swimming teams. In her free time, she loves to learn languages and get a little crafty by making friendship bracelets!
Yassir Azzam, Podcast Manager
Yassir Azzam (he/him) is a junior psychology major and minor in neuroscience & history. In his spare time, he likes to watch sci-fi movies, learn about chemistry, build legos, and last but not least, read a good book.
Key Jones-Ford, Content Creator
Key Jones-Ford (she/they) is a junior majoring in Communications. Having joined in the Fall of 2023 as a staff writer, they now work as one of the official content creators for The Vanguard. When not studying or working, you can find them crafting, writing ideas for video essays, or going out on a mini adventure with friends.
Serena Edwards, Content Creator
Serena Edwards (she/her) is a junior Journalism and Media Studies major. Serving as a Content Creator this semester, she hopes to bring her ideas to life. Serena enjoys all things pop culture from fashion to music, she is truly a multi-faceted creator. When Serena isn’t working hard at The Vanguard, she is normally somewhere filming content for her youtube channel.
Staff Writers
Darlene Arvelo
Angelina Banek
Nikita Chernin
Vanessa Cruz
Danielle Dweck
Shannon Dyett
Eden Lawrence
Mars Marte
Izabela Mscislawski
Luis Angel Perez Martinez
Giovanni Ravalli
Kire Ricarte
Angel Serrano
Avi Wizwer
Staff photographers
Mousa (@flixbymoe)
T Abbatemarco
Ren De Hoyos
Savanna Briehl
Anna Kitch