Jordan De La Cruz is a senior and is the Sports editor. This is his second year on staff.
De La Cruz is musically inclined and pursues such interest as he is in Robinson’s Drumline and plays instruments in his free time at home. He’s played the guitar since 2021 and began playing the drums for the marching band in 2022. De La Cruz also enjoys attempting new instruments as he’s tried to play new instruments like the recorder.
De La Cruz shares a strong connection to music, and he favors listening to Current Joys, Surf Curse and The Frights.
“Music has always been super important to me, not just like listening, but playing it too,” De La Cruz said. “I love indie, alternative and rock. All that good stuff.”
In addition to the Marching Knights and jazz band, De La Cruz is vice president of Keep Our School Beautiful (KOSB) club.
“I enjoy being in KOSB club because my parents have raised me to recycle and it means a lot to me to set that same standard at my school,” he said.
What brought De La Cruz to newspaper was his friends, but what kept him in the class was his love for videography and story writing.
“I initially joined this class, because a friend invited me to meet the teacher. I always wanted to do hosting for some videos, but last year I realized my talent was in writing stories,” he said. “I honestly love it so much. I’ve been very interested in writing sports stories. I hope to go to UF and maybe pursue journalism as a degree.”
With this being his second year and first year in an editorial position, he looks forward to many things in newspaper.
“I’m most looking forward to leaving my mark in newspaper, specifically in how we run the sports section,” De La Cruz said. “I enjoy the work, but especially the people. Some of my closest friends are the people I met through newspaper.”
