Mayra Lara

​Born in Mexico, Raised in LA
​English teacher at Maywood Academy High School
Strong advocacy for helping create safe and nurturing school environments for girls of color.
​Enjoys: Staying active, reading books, and hanging out with her pug Lucy

Natalie Sarabia

A chicana who loves dogs and dyeing her hair. She plans to go to Cal State Long Beach and become a Nurse Practitioner in the field of adolescent psychology. Her favorite books are the Harry Potter series and It's Kind of a Funny Story. Her favorite pan dulce is the conchita. She believes in equality for POC, women, those who are mentally and physically disabled, and those who are economically disadvantaged.

Nattalie Saravia

Born and raised in California in my small city- Cudahy. Once a student at Bell High, now a student at Maywood Academy High School. Strong advocate for any living thing in general but especially for LGBT, Black, Disabled, and Women’s rights. Loves to mess around on the piano, drawing, listening to K R&B/Soul and 90’s Hip Hop and watering my plants. I also love taking care of animals (especially dogs... I mean, come on they hella cute), and the people around me. There’s no particular college I want to go to I just hope I get the chance to travel and have a good time. I aspire to be a kick-ass Veterinarian or Psychiatrist for criminals and/or families of children with disabilities. Aside from GBLA, I am a part of the History club and Youth Save LA Club, and every now and then help my friends in other clubs. Honestly there’s so many things I want to do (so many things I want to Minor and Major in) but I’m in no rush. I want to enjoy my life nice and slow not live like I’m addicted to 5 Hour Energy.

Christina Saldana

​​Christina was born and raised in Los Angeles. She is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, women's right ,and animal rights. She has a dog, Dobby, who she loves dearly. She even says she is her best friend. Other from being obsessed with animals she also loves music especially classical, and swimming. People even say she becomes a fish once in the water. While in high school, she  participated in multiple sports such as swimming and Water Polo. In Water Polo she even plays in the boys league. Other than sports she participate in multiple clubs such as JSA , the Environmental Club, and Leadership. After high school, Christina plans to go to UC Davis and hopefully become a Veterinarian in the future.

Jessica Saldana

Born/raised in LA
Strong advocacy for: women, POC, LGBTQ
Participate in JSA, leadership, Environmental Club 
Enjoys: politics, sleep and music 
Interests: music, movies, books, art, travel
Personal goals: To not go crazy trying to accomplish everything
Aspirations: to work in the government or become a writer
Role models: Mrs. Brubaker and Notorious RBG
Colleges interested in: UC Berkeley, Wellesley, Columbia
Personal mission statement: I want to minimize the harassment and taboo towards women and girls in my community and maybe even on a larger scale.​

Valerie Gutierrez

Valerie is a Latina activist who is a strong advocate for: people of color, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and the environment. Spending the past five summers wisely, this diligent individual never stops learning as she takes college courses in a university 3,000 miles away from home on the East Coast. Valerie enjoys engaging in thoughtful, political discourse at regional conferences with hundreds of other bright minds in Southern California and intends to double major in political science and international relations at either UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, or Georgetown. The charismatic teen is infatuated with travel, and plans to practice photography and cinematography as a hobby.
Her personal goal is to find inner peace and aspires to be the best version of herself to serve as a role model for the Maywood community.

Lizette Enriquez

Born and raised in Los Angeles. Lizette loves to sing, though she plan to be the first cardiologist in her family. She also enjoys learning the Spanish language because she feels as though it connects her to her heritage. Furthermore, she is an advocate for womens, POC, LGBTQA+ and animal rights.

Janinne Lopez

Short girl who loves dogs more than anything else in the world. She was born/raised in LA and is a strong advocate for: LGBTQ community, women, animal rights. Tries to make a difference by participating in groups such as Youth Saves Los Angeles. She might not look like it but she has participated in a few sports outside of school. Occasionally volunteer at libraries and churches. She can be pretty rad too, she likes almost all music genres, all types of art, photography, and playing with everyone's dogs (cats are okay too but dogs are better). She envisions a future where she will become a psychiatrist, create a shelter for animals and help them find loving homes, help put end to animal cruelty, and end harassment toward women in school and the community. She wants to help create a change even if it's a small one, help women acknowledge that their voices can and will be heard and help end harassment.​

Andrea Castillo

Andrea is a short introvert who has live in LA all her life. Sparked by an online comic, her interest revolve around art, digital editing, and music. Her inspiration comes from nature or (almost always) the (many many) fandom she is in. Due to the fact that she is constantly  immersed said fandoms, she spend most of her time online, where discover many inspirational people (among them is Misha Collins and many more).
She believes that everyone deserve equality especially those who are oppress, like the LGBTQA+ community, Non-binary. Unsure of what she will become but she can't wait.