Juan Muratalla is a 21-year-old who was born and raised in Fresno and Sanger. He majored in journalism and initially wanted to cover football, his favorite sport, but now wants to do general reporting. He is a big fan of the Baltimore Ravens and loves things like video games, YouTube, and cooking new food in his crockpot. He lives near Fresno State and has been living on his own for about two years. He is part of the Foster Youth Community and uses his different life experiences to influence his writing. He is especially interested in information that displays stories from communities that are minority and do not have a consistent outlet to speak about issues they experience. Specifically with the Foster Youth Community, he wants to promote the fact that foster youth are entitled to certain benefits and opportunities that can help them with money, housing, food, and attending college.He thinks that college is a great gateway to receiving these benefits, and Fresno City College, despite issues, can greatly benefit his community of former or current foster children.  He also wants to highlight that Fresno City can also help other minority communities with specific issues that impact their community. Juan still has a lot of growing to do as an individual, but he loves writing and talking to others, even if he is a little all over the place with doing both of those things. He wants to share writing and reading with others because he believes that both of those things can have an immense impact on the individual and collective.

Juan Garcia is a freshman at Fresno City College, they’re 18 years old, they’re majoring in journalism, and they grew up in Sanger their whole life. He is a Sanger West High School graduate and used to work for the schools newscast named the “WestCast”. He’s participated in many film festivals like Slickrock, TigerROMP, and Picture of the Valley and won a handful of awards for his short films and PSAs. He’s only made 2 short films called “The Shed” and “Beyond the Broken Wall” and they can be found on his YouTube channel SCHMOO (@SCHMOO_Offical). Some of his favorite movies are Ponyo, Pirates of the Caribbean, and any Spider-man movie, and his favorite shows are King of the Hill, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Cowboy Bebop. Juan was also in the marching band and jazz band in high school and played bass drum and synth for marching band and piano for jazz during his time there. He is now in the Bulldog Marching Band at Fresno State and plays synth for the band. Piano is Juan’s main instrument and has been playing it for 3 years now. Juan’s favorite genres are Jazz fusion, Sampling, Indie, and synth pop. He enjoys making his own music and made 1 album named “Flava!” that can also be found on his YouTube channel. He hopes to transfer to Fresno State after his time at Fresno City College and get a film degree there. He eventually wants to make his own movies with a huge budget after graduating.