Juan Muratalla is a 22-year-old dude born and raised in Fresno. He loves the Ravens, writing, laughing, and video games. Along with his favorite band, Pink Floyd. He is studying Journalism at Fresno City College and has taken the Journalism class three times as a reporter, Opinion Editor, and Sports Editor. Juan feels connected to his Mexican community, especially now, and has always been motivated to help share stories of those who need it. Although he has been rather isolated growing up, Journalism allows him to meet people and build relationships and community. Another identity that Juan shares is being a foster youth. Independence is important, but Juan has recognized that without a team of those who care about you and are willing to support you, life is near impossible. Juan is also hard on himself but is getting better. Juan still shies away from others but has learned to speak up and loves to make others smile. He also really wanted a drum kit because he loves music and drummers like Neil Peart and John Bonham. He had to settle for a bass, which he also really loves. Now he can be like Greg Lake or John Paul Jones. Juan has enjoyed his time at FCC and thinks that it has been the best years of his life. He is both scared, excited, and hopeful for the future, and wants to continue his work in storytelling and community building.

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.