Staff

The Visor Staff List

Amaya Katherine Kohli (Class of 2028), Editor-in-Chief

Amaya Kate Kohli is a junior in her second year at Bishop O’Connell, and her second year taking journalism. She loves the Visor and is beyond excited to take on the role of Editor-in-Chief. Aside from the paper, she’s on varsity cheer at DJO and President of Club USA.

Maxwell Muller (Class of 2027), Opinions Editor

Maxwell Muller is a senior at Bishop O’Connell. Enrolled in Journalism, he’s writing for the visor as part of an exploration of different genres of writing. Although he has an aptitude for writing, he is interested in art of all forms. He is a musician, artist, and athlete who hopes to one day fly aircraft commercially or for the United States Air Force.

Ronan Baird (Class of 2027), Student Life Editor

Ronan Baird has been at Bishop O’Connell for four years, and now he is a senior writing for the Visor because of his interest in journalism. His favorite sports are football and soccer and his favorite team is the Baltimore Ravens. He loves hanging out with his friends, traveling the world, skiing, and exploring new hobbies and interests.

Peyton Curry (Class of 2027), Campus Ministry Editor

Peyton Curry is a senior at O’Connell. She is writing for the visor because she is interested in learning about journalism and news reporting. Peyton is also a leader of the FIAT club and teaches special religious education. She is excited for the upcoming school year and everything writing for the Visor can teach her.

Manny Malual (Class of 2027), Feature Editor

Manny Malual is a senior at O’Connell in his first year of journalism.

Monroe Duff (Class of 2027), Sports Editor

Monroe Duff is a senior at O'Connell this year. He is writing for The Visor because he wants to study sports journalism/broadcasting in college. His favorite sport is baseball, and his favorite team is the Washington Nationals. Duff loves nothing better than watching college football all day long.

Carolina Dösselmann-Villamil (Class of 2028), Web Content Manager

Carolina Dösselmann-Villamil is a junior at O’Connell who is excited to learn more about how journalism works. She loves spending time with her friends and growing her faith at B2 Tea and B1 Bible Study.

Julian Dove (Class of 2028), NoVa Life Editor

Julian Dove is a Junior and it his first year at O’Connell. Julian follows the NFL and the Premier League. Julian decided to write for the Visor to learn how to be a better journalist and to inform the school about important news.

Delaney Walker (Class of 2028), Pop-Culture Editor

Delaney Walker is a junior and her first year at Bishop O’Connell. This is her first year writing for the Visor and she chose to do journalism and write for the Visor because she enjoys writing and wanted to learn more about journalism. She enjoys playing basketball and traveling.

Warren Hawthorne (Class of 2028), Podcast Content Creator

Warren is a junior at O’Connell who is also a Public Address announcer for all of the Bishop O’Connell athletic teams, enjoys running and is a Washington Nationals superfan. Warren is writing for the Visor for a second consecutive year as well as now becoming the podcast host of the Roundtable, the Visor podcast.

The Visor Club Writers

President: MJ Selwood

Vice President: Lily Salva

Paul Manetto (Class of 2026), Club President and Features Reporter

Paul Manetto is a Senior and a year-round runner at Bishop O'Connell, part of the leadership teams of Knights for Life and European Culture Club, and a coach for the Saint Joe's Track Team and Hunters Creek Swim Team. He hopes the Visor gives students an exciting look into their school.

MJ Selwood (Class of 2028), Club Vice President and Sports Reporter

MJ Selwood, a sophomore at Bishop O’Connell, is a member of the JV soccer team, track team and a multitude of clubs. She is so excited to be a part of the Visor this year because she enjoys writing and can't wait to share her articles with the readers.

Lily Salva (Class of 2028), Club Vice President and Sports Reporter

Lily Salva is a sophomore who plays varsity soccer and enjoys reading, writing, sports, and playing the guitar. She is excited to be one of your reporters this year and cannot wait for the upcoming editions of the Visor.

Mairin Dziepak (Class of 2028), Treasurer and Sports Reporter

Mairin Dziepak is a sophomore at Bishop O'Connell who enjoys drawing and visual arts, cross country, creative writing, and track. She enjoys talking about athletics and believes this is the perfect way to discuss topics from the students' unique perspectives.

Kelly Plante (Class of 2028), Club Secretary and Arts Reporter

Kelly Plante is a sophomore involved with the library club, theatre tech, and softball at Bishop O'Connell, also helping coach younger players through HRYS clinics. She is looking forward to helping others learn more about the events at DJO and becoming even more involved with the school through the Visor.

Alex Bennett (Class of 2028), Club Publicist and Features Writer

Alex Bennett is a sophomore who plays soccer and runs track and field.

Andreas Millradt (Class of 2028), Sports Reporter

Andreas Millradt is a sophomore who is excited to cover the sports section of the Visor. In addition to writing for the Visor, Andreas also plays baseball, loves watching sports, and enjoys playing guitar in his rock band "Pocket Threes."

Kay Kunchick (Class of 2026), Fine Arts Reporter

Kailee “Kay” Kunchick is a senior at O'Connell. She enjoys singing the national anthem at the school's sports games. She is writing this year because she loves entertaining people through her work in writing and performing arts.

Ginny Fontana (Class of 2026), Photographer

Virginia (Ginny) Fontana is a senior who has been a photographer since her sophomore year and has been part of The Visor club since junior year. She manages various school media pages @djo_chorus, @djoaasa, and @fiat_djo, is a Co-President for Chem Club, runs WDJO Morning News, and records assemblies. Ginny loves traveling and bringing her camera with her everywhere; you can view more of Ginny's photography on her Instagram page @photos_by_va.

Marie Houston Zanetti (Class of 2029), Features Reporter

Marie Houston Zanetti is a freshman at Bishop O’Connell who is in various clubs throughout the school. She joined the Visor in order to develop her communication skills, connect with more people, and have an opportunity to express her ideas through writing. Some fun facts about Marie is that she has a pet leopard gecko, and is the oldest of three.

Megan Holmes (Class of 2028), Fine Arts Reporter

Megan Holmes is a sophomore who discovered her passion for writing through short stories, and became curious about writing for the newspaper, and decided "Why not?" Whenever she has the time, she loves singing, hanging out with friends and anything to do with theatre!

Will Perryman (Class of 2028), Opinion Writer

Will Perryman is a sophomore on the Cross Country, Spring and Winter Track teams, a fluent speaker of French and enjoys studying classical economics. Perryman joined the Visor to gain a new experience at Bishop O'Connell.

Savanna McCliggott (Class of 2028), Opinions Writer

Savanna McCliggott is a sophomore at O'Connell that especially loves writing opinion pieces for The Visor newspaper. She enjoys writing pieces to educate readers and sharing information on interesting topics that gives readers a new perspective.

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