Lookout’s Student Stories initiative presents this creative writing piece by highschooler Rowan Renner-Lassar.
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Cultivating Community: Jóvenes Sanos hosts mental health resource fair and vigil in Watsonville
Lookout’s Student Stories initiative presents this creative writing piece by highschooler Rowan Renner-Lassar.
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Why events like Trades Day are essential for Santa Cruz students’ futures
Lookout’s Student Stories initiative presents this creative writing piece by highschooler Rowan Renner-Lassar.
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Chasing growth, not just goals: How a growth mindset helped me make Team USA
Lookout’s Student Stories initiative presents this creative writing piece by highschooler Rowan Renner-Lassar.
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Unsung Santa Cruz: Meet Ruby Vasquez, the woman building bridges across language barriers in public education
This article was a winner of Lookout’s 2025 Journalism Scholarship Challenge, which invited high school students to highlight an unsung hero in their life. Learn more and find all of the winners here. Watsonville is a beautiful, tight-knit community, with a wide range of diversity. Its community is built on strong connections and mutual support. […]
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Unsung Santa Cruz: Huyana Garcia, hero of the year helps to end homelessness one day at a time
Case manager Huyana Garcia is a kind and motivating local figure who dedicates time to helping families in need with Families in Transition.
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Unsung Santa Cruz: Dr. Katie Gabriel-Cox, the OB-GYN giving care from birth to end-of-life
This article was a winner of Lookout’s 2025 Journalism Scholarship Challenge, which invited high school students to highlight an unsung hero in their life. Learn more and find all of the winners here. While driving to Monterey, it is easy to realize how many people spend countless hours in the fields doing backbreaking labor and […]
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Unsung Santa Cruz: Coach Todd Hoffman amps up athletes and makes a difference
This article was a winner of Lookout’s 2025 Journalism Scholarship Challenge, which invited high school students to highlight an unsung hero in their life. Learn more and find all of the winners here. He champions. He empowers. He listens. He shows up. He is there for every student, every athlete, every workout, race, game, musical […]
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Unsung Santa Cruz: Teacher Tom Bentley nourishes the growth of both students and families
This article was a winner of Lookout’s 2025 Journalism Scholarship Challenge, which invited high school students to highlight an unsung hero in their life. Learn more and find all of the winners here. Open the dictionary, find the definition of a hero: “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble […]
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Unsung Santa Cruz: Ms. Roxana Jimenez, the teacher changing lives beyond the classroom
This article was a winner of Lookout’s 2025 Journalism Scholarship Challenge, which invited high school students to highlight an unsung hero in their life. Learn more and find all of the winners here. When Ms. Jimenez steps into her Spanish classroom at Soquel High School, she does more than just teach a language — she […]