Victoria Bogatz, Newspaper Co-Editor In Chief
Hi! My name is Victoria, and I’m the co-editor-in-chief of the Bellevue East Tom Tom. I love food and the color purple. In my free time, I like to go running, write, and participate in climate activism. I love writing for the newspaper and being a leader to everyone on staff!
![Speak up. During her Introduction to Competitive Speech class, freshman Abigail Hollingshead practices her poetry event. Hollingshead said she is looking forward to performing at upcoming competitions. “I’m pretty excited,” she said. “I have to miss the first [competition] because of the play, but I’m going to be at the second one, hopefully.”](http://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/competitive-speech-website-this-1200x1030.png)
![Discussion time. At an Ollin meeting on Dec. 4 (from left) sophomores Samuel Kucinsky, David Baker, Xavier Swotek, Ivan Gomez, and Joel Aguirre discuss the meaning of palabra, meaning “word” in Spanish. Ollin is the young men’s leadership group with the Latino Center of the Midlands. “While these initiatives are framed as leadership development programs, they extend far beyond that.They function as healing circles, offering a secure space for individuals to express themselves [and] share their experiences,” Ollin facilitator José Avalos said.](http://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/latinocenterofthemidlands-1200x900.jpg)