As a first-timer in the newspaper team, Zachary Pepaj, 11, joins the team of newspaper writers 2024-2025. Pepaj enjoys playing rhythm and FPS (first-person shooter) games in their free time, but they also enjoy buying merch from their favorite bands. Pepaj's goals for this school year are to join the eco-club and get all their necessary academics done in preparation for next year’s college applications. Pepaj is also interested in theater and English, they’re in drama class here at Downey High School and hope to have a career in the English field.

“In this class, I'm looking forward to making the website more interactive by collaborating with people in other roles”, shares Pepaj. “So that I can make the website more user-based”. Pepaj cares about the readers and users of The Downey Legend and is looking forward to making things more user-friendly.