Matthew Echavez is the Spring 2025 Managing Editor at The Rampage for his final semester at Fresno City College. He is a journalism major from Fresno, though this was not his first career choice. For the longest time, Matthew juggled with various interests. His lack of direction led nowhere to a solid idea of what he wanted to do. From history to video games and sports, he developed all sorts of fads and enjoyments, but not truly anything he could see himself make a career in. This changed when he started in amateur writing. Matthew’s interest in expressing himself better and talking about topics that came to mind allowed him to realize his enjoyment of writing. He took an interest in researching and attempting to convey stories. Though relatively short, this stint nurtured an online audience that encouraged him to continue the self-expression journey. Further involvement in writing would mature with Matthew’s interests in social commentary. He has held many feelings about the world around him. Despite some initial reservations about journalism due to its implausibility as a career, he took the chance after some encouragement. In the future, Matthew would like to work independently as a freelancer, become a columnist, and or travel the world on assignment. Matthew enjoys playing video games and spending time with his friends in his spare time. He has begun to explore fashion and develop a sense of style. He has also taken to photography as a hobby and an addition to his skill set.

Logan Payne returns this semester as the Social Media Editor. He will step away from writing articles and embrace instead the more visual aspects of journalism. You’ll see him most often on the Rampage instagram, reporting on the new facilities and events that occur on campus. He will also help the incoming reporters with their stories and visual accompaniments. Before joining The Rampage, Logan was involved with the Roosevelt Theater Company for four years where he wrote, directed, acted, and worked backstage for many productions. He’s also a certified linguist who has always loved to read and write stories. Logan has grown very familiar with the cutting room; hours slip away when he video edits due to his perpetual perfectionism. He is well-versed in the art of film and knows that every frame shown and every note heard makes a key difference in the bigger picture. His Youtube channel is where he promotes most of his personal projects. This isn’t his first time in a newsroom either; he’s put together many news packages for Roosevelt High, CART, and The Rampage over the years and is more than comfortable with conducting an interview or being the handyman on set. Logan can’t work on anything without being meticulous, and this eye for detail makes him a wonderful asset to the team. This is Logan’s fourth semester as a journalism major here at Fresno City College, and he likes to spend his time on campus productively. When he’s not in class, he’s in the library catching up on schoolwork or building a narrative with his team in The Rampage newsroom.

Apollo Soto is a 22-year-old linguistics major at Fresno State and the Opinion Editor at Fresno City College in his actual last semester at FCC before handling Fresno State full time (for realsies this time). Soto has many interests that he loves but generally sucks at focusing on one. He takes a loving interest in learning languages, writing, art, animation, and film. His previous experience includes taking classes at Santa Monica Community College for various animation classes before transferring over to FCC in the fall of 2022. At FCC he got to experience more writing, film, and journalism, where the Rampage staff of Fall 2024 grabbed him by his neck and sat him down (politely) asking him to be the Opinion Editor. Apollo grew up in Kingsburg and was always drawn to the arts, taking AP art and English classes, with multiple years of Color-guard on his belt with basic editing.  One of his biggest passions is learning about languages, and his future career goals is to teach English as a second language in various parts of the world. One of his biggest aspirations is to change how languages are taught in America, to increase the retention of information in the further future, and so that it can be more enjoyable for students so that even when the class is over they find themselves wanting to learn more. He hopes to accomplish this in his educational learning at Fresno State and through his experiences in future abroad studies.