2023-2024 Staff

Gabby Angelo
Editor in Chief

Gabby Angelo

Gabrielle Angelo, but you can call her Gabby, is an Editor in Chief for the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. She enjoys spending time down the shore swimming in the ocean, eating ice cream and watching the sunsets, and loves anything  "...

Eliana Rosen
Editor in Chief

Eliana Rosen

Eliana Rosen is an Editor in Chief of the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. When she isn’t spending time with friends and family, she is probably listening to Taylor Swift and Noah Kahan on repeat. She spends her summers at Camp Ramah in th...

JJ Rella
Managing Editor

JJ Rella

JJ Rella is a 2023-2024 Managing Editor for the Wessex Wire. When he isn't playing baseball he's most likely watching the Yankees game at home. He spends a lot of time watching and following other professional sports too, with...

Molly Wolf
Managing Editor

Molly Wolf

Molly Wolf is a 2023-2024 Managing Editor for the Wessex Wire. When she is not spending time with her friends and family, she is usually scrolling through TikTok or listening to music. Her favorite singer is Taylor Swift and her ...

Francesca Loffredo
Senior Chief News and Features Editor

Francesca Loffredo

Francesca Loffredo is a Senior Chief News & Features Editor for the 2022-2023 Wessex Wire. She plays tennis and softball for the West Essex team. Francesca loves hanging out with her friends and family, and spending time a...

Brennan Cunningham
News and Features Editor

Brennan Cunningham

Brennan Cunningham is a News and Features Editor of the 2023-2024 West Essex Wire staff. When he isn’t involved in some music-related activity, or he is spending time with family or friends.

Gabe Herman
News and Features Editor

Gabe Herman

Gabe Herman is a News & Features Section Editor for the Wessex Wire. He is in the class of 2025 and started taking journalism in his freshman year. A fun fact about Gabe is that he loves to cook, travel, and spend time wi...

Sophia Rosen
News and Features Editor

Sophia Rosen

Sophia Rosen is a News and Features editor on the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. In her freetime, she enjoys playing tennis and hanging out with her friends. Fun Fact: Her favorite ice cream flavor is rocky road.  ...

Ava Vigilante
Opinion Editor

Ava Vigilante

Ava Vigilante is a 2023-2024 opinion editor for the Wessex Wire. She enjoys playing soccer, spending time with friends and family, and going to the beach. Her favorite singer is Morgan Wallen.

Brooke Kupferberg
Opinion Editor

Brooke Kupferberg

Brooke Kupferberg is 2023-2024 Opinon section editor for the Wessex Wire. She enjoys listening to music, spending time with friends and family and taking naps. She also plays tennis for the school team and loves watching her fav...

Ella Hermans
Opinion Editor

Ella Hermans

Ella Hermans is an Opinion editor on the Wessex Wire! She enjoys spending time with her friends and family and listening to music. She plays for the West Essex tennis team, and her favorite show is "New Girl". ...

Amanda Ippolito
Arts & Culture Editor

Amanda Ippolito

Amanda Ippolito is an Arts and Culture Editor for the Wessex Wire. She enjoys traveling and spending time with her cousins and friends. In her free time she is either listening to music, playing guitar or watching TV. Her favorite...

Delaney Piccoli
Arts & Culture Editor

Delaney Piccoli

Delaney Piccoli is an Arts & Culture Editor for the Wessex Wire. When she isn't scribbling in her notebook (or reading), she is a part of Masquers and the West Essex Concert choir. Whenever the time arises, she convinces her...

Sophia Nicholls
Arts & Culture Editor

Sophia Nicholls

Sophia Nicholls is a 2023-2024 Senior Chief Arts and Culture Editor for the Wessex Wire. She likes to spend time with her friends and family. Her favorite artist’s are Harry Styles and Taylor Swift, and her favorite show is...

Chloe Berger
Sports Editor

Chloe Berger

Chloe Berger is a Sports Section Editor for the Wessex Wire. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family, dancing, and traveling. Her favorite food is penne vodka and her favorite singer is Taylor Swift....

Sophie Herman
Sports Editor

Sophie Herman

Sophie Herman is a 2023-2024 Sports Section Editor for the Wessex Wire. She enjoys running, traveling, and listening to music.

Ryan Conway
Sports Editor

Ryan Conway

Ryan is a Sports Editor for the Wessex Wire (Class Of '24) that likes sports and video games. Usually raging about the Mets or Jets, Ryan enjoys bonding with friends and family, and discussing sports with others.

Logan Goldstein
Visual Media Editor

Logan Goldstein

Logan Goldstein is a Junior visual media editor at West Essex. She loves Taylor Swift and loves to play soccer!

Chris Hermosilla
Adviser

Chris Hermosilla

Chris Hermosilla is the adviser to the Wessex Wire. His free time is divided at home between his wife, his daughter and his dachshund. Fun fact: Before teaching English and Journalism at West Essex, Herm worked as a reporter and...

Ava DeRose
Apprentice Editor

Ava DeRose

Ava DeRose is an Apprentice Editor for the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. She enjoys going to the beach, playing field hockey and listening to music, especially country. She loves anything to do with summer, pumpkin spice and the holiday...

Evan Hines
Apprentice Editor

Evan Hines

Evan Hines is an Arts & Culture apprentice editor for the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. He loves listening to music, watching sports and hanging out with friends. He is a fan of New York sports teams and his favorite music artists...

Brooke Cheifetz
Apprentice Editor

Brooke Cheifetz

Brooke Cheifetz is a 2023-2024 Apprentice Editor for the Wessex Wire. She enjoys playing soccer, watching the New York Yankees and New York Jets, and spending time with her friends. She loves listening to music, especially Luke...

Olivia Di Marco
Apprentice Editor

Olivia Di Marco

Olivia Di Marco is an Apprentice Editor for the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, summers in Long Beach Island and the fall-winter season. You can catch her listening to John Mayer or scrolling...

Lena Korenstein
Apprentice Editor

Lena Korenstein

Lena Korenstein is an Apprentice Editor for the Wessex Wire. She loves being a dancer and listening to Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray and all songs from High School Musical. Lena enjoys hanging out with friends and family and kee...

Dani Tiegel
Apprentice Editor

Dani Tiegel

Danielle Tiegel, but you can call her Dani, is an Arts and Culture apprentice editor for the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. She does competitive dance and is a cheerleader for West Essex. When she is not at the dance studio, she is shopping,...

Alexandra Angelo
Apprentice Editor

Alexandra Angelo

Alexandra Angelo, but you can call her Ali, is an Apprentice Editor for the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. She enjoys playing field hockey, baking, shopping, and spending time down the shore. When she isn’t doing any of those things, you ...

Ava Belli
Apprentice Editor

Ava Belli

Ava Belli is a 2023-2024 Apprentice Editor for the Wessex Wire. She plays field hockey for the West Essex team. In her free time, she loves to hang out with her friends and family and watch her favorite Disney Channel throwba...

Adelaide Minnella
Apprentice Editor

Adelaide Minnella

Adelaide Minnella, but you can call her Adie, is an Apprentice for the 2023-2024 Wessex Wire. She loves field hockey, lacrosse, the seasons of summer and fall, baking, cooking, her favorite show is “Friends” and her favori...

Justin Misher
Apprentice Editor

Justin Misher

Justin Misher is a 2023-2024 Apprentice Writer for the Wessex Wire. He enjoys watching the Knicks, Giants and Mets, hanging out with friends and going down the shore. His favorite food is steak and his favorite TV show is Fri...

Carly Levitt
Apprentice Editor

Carly Levitt

Carly Levitt is an Apprentice Editor for the Wessex Wire. She enjoys playing tennis, hanging out with friends, and watching the New York Giants. Carly enjoys listening to Taylor Swift and loves spending her summers at camp.

Sophie Bonaguide
Contributor

Sophie Bonaguide

Sophie Bonaguide probably shouldn't be included on this page, because she has never attempted to write a single article for the Wire. Regardless, she is thrilled that she can now share her opinions on her favorite subjects: music...

Hailey Raymond
Contributor

Hailey Raymond

Hailey Raymond is a contributor for the Wessex Wire. Her favorite season is fall because Halloween is the best thing to ever exist. If you can't reach her on any platform whatsoever she's most likely ignoring the world with a...

Annika Johnson

Annika Johnson

Annika Johnson is a sophomore in high school who is a sports apprentice for The Wessex Wire. In her free time, she'll either, watch a hockey game on her couch or at the Devils arena, cheering on her favorite players like, Nico...

Naya AlZarabili
Contributor

Naya AlZarabili

Naya AlZarabili is a Sophomore Contributor on the Wessex Wire and enjoys expressing herself through not only literature, but other artistic outlets like film and music! She spends the majority of her time reading or visiting local...

Emma Sceppaguercio

Emma Sceppaguercio

Emma Sceppaguercio is a junior contributor for the Wessex Wire. When she isn't playing a sport, you'll likely catch her at the nearest Chipotle! She enjoys listening to music, especially Bruno Mars.

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