Nya Brown is a freshman here at Sahuaro. She didn't originally start here but is extremely glad she transferred. She was born in Florida and moved here at age ten. She is a singer and a guitarist for one year. She works very hard to grow as a person and hopes to mend all broken relationships one day, she just wants peace. She hopes to continue journalism and guitar throughout high school. Some of her favorite music artists are Taylor Swift, Pheobe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, The Beatles (+ John Lennon's solo work), Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Blink-182, Nirvana, Hole, The Cure, Lil Peep, Depeche Mode, Alex G, Paramore, Pearl Jam, and The Front Bottoms. Some of her favorite movies are The Batman (2022), Elvis (2022), and Scream 6 (2023). Some of her favorite TV shows are Shameless, American Housewife, Breaking Bad, and XO, Kitty. Some of her favorite celebrities are John Lennon, Paul Dano, and Julien Baker. Some of her favorite books are Everything Everything, Wonder, and The Hate U Give. As she gets older, she hopes to do lots of things, such as get her cosmetology license, get her piercing license, go to Harvard, get either a degree in History (specifically to teach 7th-grade social studies), a degree in Theater, Dance, and Media, a degree in Music, while also studying psychology in some way. She hopes to dual major when she gets to college. It would be a dream come true for her to work with Rolling Stone magazine. She plans to move to Massachusetts and reside there for as long as she can see. She hopes to travel the world, but most specifically to all 50 states, France, England, and especially Germany. She studies German and American Sign Language in her free time. She hopes to graduate both high school and college with a 4.0. She's very excited about her first year in the newspaper.

Nicholas Cordova, or Nico to his friends, is a senior at Sahuaro High School. He has three dogs and four younger siblings. He enjoys hanging out with his friends and watching anime. His favorite hobbies are drawing and playing video games. His favorite class is Journalism. He took karate classes for seven years before Covid forced him to quit. He is hoping to get into the U of A once he finishes high school.

Saphira is a sophomore at Sahuaro High School, as well as a reporter for The Paper Cut. She's very outgoing, creative, and has a lot of energy. She's very sweet and others say she has a princess attitude. She has an amazing sense of fashion and wants to be in the fashion industry when she grows up. Her favorite pastimes include painting, writing, watching scary movies, playing with her animals, and bugging her boyfriend with nonsense. She hopes to be on the soccer team this year, as well as do other sports and activities throughout the rest of her high school years.

Coral is a freshman at Sahuaro High School, and this is her first year working on The Paper Cut. She spent her summer volunteering at the Murphy-Wilmot Library and hopes to return there next summer. She has a keen interest in psychology and hopes to have a career in that field after attending college. She played violin for 3 years but found a far deeper passion for soccer and writing. However, she still holds music very close to her heart and attends concerts with her family and friends regularly. She loves discovering new artists and subgenres and she is always willing to talk with people who have different views than her. Coral absolutely loves a good conversation; she will sit down and talk to anyone for hours on end about almost anything.