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The Student News Site of El Rancho High School, Pico Rivera, CA, 90660

El Rodeo

The Student News Site of El Rancho High School, Pico Rivera, CA, 90660

El Rodeo

The Student News Site of El Rancho High School, Pico Rivera, CA, 90660

El Rodeo

2025-2026 Staff

Brian Gonzalez
Staff Writer

Brian Gonzalez

Hi! My name is Brian Gonzalez, I’m 17 years old and a senior here at El Rancho. I am excited and looking forward to working with the El Rodeo staff this year. I was raised in Pico Rivera and some of my hobbies include sports li...

Leah Garcia
Staff Writer

Leah Garcia

My name is Leah Garcia. I am 14 years old and a freshman. This is my first year as a El Rodeo news staff writer. I am on the school's water polo and swim team. My birthday is January 10th 2011 and I am a capricorn. Some of my ho...

Angel Barrios
Staff Writer

Angel Barrios

Hi, I’m Angel Barrios, 17 years old, and this is my second year on the El Rodeo writing team. I really enjoy discussing politics and staying informed about unusual events happening around the world. The most important thing...

Rodrigo Barragan
Staff Writer

Rodrigo Barragan

Hi my name is Rodrigo Barragan, Im 17 years old and this is my first year on the El Rodeo news team. I am part of the news writing team here. We write about interesting, entertaining, sports, and other stuff for the school. I u...

Chelsea Moreno
Video team

Chelsea Moreno

Hi, my name is Chelsea. I am 17 years old and I'm a senior. And this is my first year being part of El Rodeo News. I am a part of the video team and I enjoy doing most interviews and being on camera. I'm excited to learn what journ...

Sofia Portillo
Video Leader

Sofia Portillo

Hello, my name is Sofia Portillo I am a senior at El Rancho High school and it is my first year in Digital Communications. I usually spend my days going to the gym, going to work, working on my nail business, doing homework, p...

Melony Lomeli
Social Media

Melony Lomeli

My name is Melony Lomeli, I am 17 years old, and this is my first year in journalism. I am a senior and I am part of the social media team for El Rodeo. I am the oldest daughter of nine kids! I moved from South Central Los An...

Melony Ramirez
Video team

Melony Ramirez

Hi, I’m Melony Ramirez. I'm currently a senior here at El Rancho High School. This is my first year  on the El Rodeo news staff. I'm excited to start this new journey. I was born and raised here in Pico Rivera. Being part of t...

James Espinoza
Video team

James Espinoza

Hi! My name is James Espinoza and I'm a senior at El Rancho. I’m 17 years old, and really look forward to enjoying all of my classes, and especially the activities I’ll get to experience during my senior year! a drummer, and ...

Amanda Valenzuela
Social Media

Amanda Valenzuela

Hi! My name is Amanda Valenzuela. I am 16 years old and I am currently a senior at El Rancho High School. This is my first year being a part of the El Rodeo Staff. I grew up in Bell for the first couple of years of my life, the...

Diego Morales
Website Leader

Diego Morales

Hi! I’m Diego Morales, I am 17 years old and I’m a senior at El Rancho high school. This is my first semester in journalism. I grew up in Pico Rivera my whole life. I am an only child which is pretty rare. I enjoy playing...

Jacob Cota
Social Media Leader

Jacob Cota

My name is Jacob Cota, and I'm a senior here at El Rancho. I play baseball and run track. I'm a sports photographer and cover all sports, mainly baseball, football, basketball, and track. After high school, I want to go to a ...

Kevin Padilla
Video team

Kevin Padilla

Hi! I’m Kevin Padilla,I am 17 years old and I’m a senior at El Rancho High School. This is my first semester taking Digital communication.I grew up in Pico Rivera my whole life and I played football for the school and gre...

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