Madison Cadena is a third-year journalism student at San Diego State University. She is from Long Island, NY, and knew she wanted to pursue journalism at just 10 years old. Currently, she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Aztec and began as a sports reporter. From there she worked with multimedia, photo and social media to become the Multimedia Editor in her Sophomore year. Simultaneously she began her Presidential term for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, where she doubled attendance in her year. Madison is also a member of Kappa Delta and has been a part of the Points Committee, and Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee. She knew she wanted to gain more knowledge of sorority government, so she currently is on the College Panhellenic Association Board as the Vice President of Programming. In this position, she plans events and helps with governing for over 2,500 sorority women. She is also a new member of the Greek honor society Rho Lambda. Madison is in her third and final year at SDSU, and she is also a School of Journalism and Media Studies Intern, where she helps produce content and works alongside the Program Director Dr. Temple Northup.

Lindsey Brintwood is a San Diego native, born and raised. Lindsey was pivotal to Poway High School’s Broadcast Newscast, Yearbook, and Newspaper. She was an anchor for the sports sections “Sports Highlights” and “Sports Up and Coming” for the newscast, Titan T.V. She also was the online and social media editor of her school’s newspaper, The Iliad, and served as editor-in-chief of her school’s yearbook, The Odyssey, during her senior year. At San Diego State, Lindsey is pursuing a major in Journalism and a minor through the Weber Honors College in Interdisciplinary Studies. At the Daily Aztec, Lindsey has had the opportunity to anchor for the Daily Aztec Live under the News and Sports sections, write for Arts and Culture, photograph the Men’s Basketball team, and create multimedia packages. Currently, she also serves as the Multimedia Editor, supporting Multimedia contributors in creation of broadcast packages, reels, news writing, and production aspects of Multimedia. Outside of the Daily Aztec, Lindsey is a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta, where she serves as the Alumnae Relations Director; she is an SDSU Ambassador, serving as an official tour guide, orientation leader, and student representative of San Diego State University, in addition, she is a Red Jacket Content Creator and on-air reporter for KUSI/FOX 5’s Prep Pigskin Report, an intern for the School of Journalism and Media Studies, the Vice President of the Society of Professional Journalists, and a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and PRSSA.