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"Let Your Voice Be Heard"
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Fall 2026 Editors
Read below to learn a little of the student editors who ran InQuiry during the Fall 2026 semester.
Writers
Liv Juarez
Liv Juarez is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies. Her plan for the
future is to pursue a PhD and eventually become a psychologist here in Texas.
Liv is a writer for InQuiry Magazine and hopes to contribute something that is important to her and
relatable to other students.
Outside of school, she enjoys going on walks with her mom or best friend, listening to and singing
positive music, and playing board games with her family.
A fun fact about Liv is that she taught herself how to swim by watching movie
Harkirat Kaur
Harkirat Kaur, who goes by Didi, is majoring in International Business. Her plans for the future are still uncertain and is still figuring out what she wants her goals to be, but she hopes to do a lot with her life
As a writer for InQuiry, Didi plans to create a photo gallery for the magazine. She has recently been getting more into photography and has especially enjoyed exploring the hobby through this class. She also loves making art from time to time, with painting and drawing beingthings she has always enjoyed. In her free time, she loves to cook and bake.
A fun fact about her is that she moved to the Valley last August from Mississippi, where she lived all her life. She now gets to spend the rest of her journey here in the Valley. She also speaks two languages, Punjabi and English.
Elijah Martinez
Elijah Martinez is majoring in Physical Therapy. After graduation, he plans to become a sports therapist.
As a writer for InQuiry Magazine, Elijah is working on two poems and continues improving them each week as he prepares
them for the magazine.
Outside of school, Elijah enjoys sports, listening to music, and spending time with his friends and family.
A fun fact about Elijah is that he owns two cars: a 2012 Mustang and a 2015 Charger.
Taylor Anzaldua
Taylor Anzaldua is currently majoring in Psychology but is still unsure of what direction she will take with their degree in the future. What she know for certain is that their main goal is to help others and hopefully make life a little easier. If she can immensely help even one person, she feels she has done what she set out to do.
As a writer for InQuiry, Taylor is currently working on a feature article to spread awareness and information about an organization on campus. She hopes to motivate and inspire students to get out there and find their communities.
Outside of school, Taylor really enjoys music, whether that means listening to music, curating playlists, playing instruments. She also attends open dance classes and has really enjoyed staying fit and having fun.
A fun fact about Taylor is that she has eight pets: seven cats and one dog.
More than anything, Taylor wants everyone to be happy and healthy. She hopes to promote love and unity because everyone just wants to be seen, known, and loved. Taylor hopes that everyone can find their niche—what they do best that only they can do—and simply enjoy life while living and serving others.
Diego Gonzalez
Diego Gonzalez plans to major in Biology and hopes to attend medical school in the future to become a pediatric oncologist.
As a writer for InQuiry Magazine, Diego is currently working on a collection of poems that he hopes to eventually have published in the magazine.
Outside of school, Diego enjoys going to the gym, playing guitar, hanging out with friends, and playing pong.
A fun fact about Diego is that he loves animals.
Editors
Eduardo Rocha
Eduardo is majorig in Computer Science and plans on becoming a Data Analyst.
As an editor for InQuiry, Eduardo wants to help publish the best stories to motivate students and help the magazine grow.
During his free time, Eduardo enjoys playing volleyball with his friends and spending time with his family.
A fun fact about Eduardo is that he develops games on his free time.
Eduardo Rocha
Tito Tijerina is a biology major who is hoping to research genetics in the future.
As an editor he published his author’s work and works on editing the page to make it look
presentable.
His Hobbies include watching anime, reading manga and manhwa, and reading webnovels and
visual novels. He loves music and some of his current favorite music artists are Bladee, Elysia
Crampton, and Bjork.
A fun fact about himself is that he can count to ten, but do it backwards.
Jason Nava
Jason is majoring in Civil Engineering,and plans on becoming a Civil Engineer and construction manager in the future.
As an editor for Inquiry he helps edit the writers work and provides feedback before it is submitted.
His hobbies are going to the gym, playing football, hanging out with friends, boxing, and going to church.
A fun fact about him would be that he lived in Brazil for 5 years.
Hunter Guzman
Hunter Guzman is Criminal Justice major who plans on joining the Border Patrol.
As an editor for InQuiry he goes through and picks the best photos to use for the magazine.
He likes to hang out with friends and listen to music in his free time.
One fun fact about Hunter is that he's an Eagle Scout.
Marketing Team
Marcia Dassama
Marcia Dassama is an Integrated Health Science major. She enjoys traveling, and she grows her own Carolina Reapers and Trinidad Scorpion peppers.
Ximena De Leon
Ximena De Leon is a Business Marketing major. She enjoys going to the beach, reading, and spending time with friends and family.
Genaro Castillo
Genaro Castillo is a Business and Entrepreneurship major. He likes to read indie comics and listen to new types of music.
Olivia Rivas
Olivia Rivias is an Integrated Health Science major. She’s a Gemini who likes to paint, draw, go to the gym, and play pickleball
Social Media Team
Aylin Garcia
Aylin Garcia is 18 years old and a social work major. She considers herself to be the so-called “goat” She enjoys sculpting and baking in her free time. She contributes to her role by working on the social media videos that get posted on our platforms. She considers the content process to have been a lot of fun, and she’s been really enjoying it.
Yuneri Murillo
Yuneri Murillo is 25 and majoring in nursing. A fun fact about herself is that she is a harry potter and a twilight fan. She recently started golfing with her husband and is really into it. She has been contributing to her role by bringing magazine related ideas and the team has been really good and they're cool to work with.
Jessica Cortinas
Jessica Cortina is 19 and majoring in theatre with a concentration in film production. A fun fact about herself is that she has a twin. A hobby and passion she likes to do is sewing. She is enjoying inquiry so far and her role in the social media team is giving ideas and editing the content which gets posted on the InQuiry instagram and TikTok.
Barbara Diaz
Barbara is 20 years old and majoring in Biology. A fun fact about herself is that she loves fuggly animals. Her hobbies and passion include solving puzzles and watching movies. How she's been contributing to her role in InQuiry is by creating social media content as well as helping by connecting with other teammates in order to have a more structured plan and project.