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The student voice of Berkeley Preparatory School

The Fanfare

The student voice of Berkeley Preparatory School

The Fanfare

2024-2025 Staff

Sanvi Soma
Section Editor

Sanvi Soma

Sanvi Soma is a section editor at Fanfare. She is a junior at Berkeley who is also part of Red Cross Club, Spanish Club, and the Berkeley Crew Team. In her free time, Sanvi loves to read, travel, and play with her French Bulldo...

Kiran Dhaliwal
Section Editor

Kiran Dhaliwal

Kiran Dhaliwal is a junior and a section editor on Fanfare. She hopes to learn more about the process of writing articles. Outside of the club, Kiran enjoys spending time with loved ones, playing basketball, and trying new things.

Taylor Rauber
Section Editor

Taylor Rauber

Taylor Rauber is a current senior, who is currently a Fanfare section editor this year. She has been attending Berkeley since 7th grade. She discovered her passion for writing at a young age and always dreamed of being an author...

Avery Metheny
Section Editor

Avery Metheny

Avery Metheny is a junior and this is her third year at Berkeley and at The Fanfare. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies, working out, reading novels, listening to podcasts and music, writing, and spending time with her ...

Yasmin Virani
Section Editor

Yasmin Virani

Yasmin Virani is excited to continue in Fanfare as a Section Editor for her third year. Yasmin is a junior this year who was new to Berkeley and Florida, from just moving from San Francisco, California last year. Outside of school...

Neha Varanasi
Staff Writer

Neha Varanasi

Neha Varanasi is a junior at Berkeley who is joining fanfare as a staff writer this year! She is really excited to write for the fanfare and contribute to the club. In her free time, she loves to spend time with her family and...

Kostas Saravanos
Co-Head Photo Editor

Kostas Saravanos

Kostas has been attending Berkeley Prep since middle school. Currently a junior, he is continuing his families’ Berkeley legacy. Kostas is an academically driven student but prefers to spend his time out of school photographing...

Co-Head Photo Editor

Gaby Hernandez

As a senior, Gaby is a photographer for Fanfare. She’s also involved in the following clubs: Latin, yearbook, cooking, and a few others. Drawing and running are other hobbies of hers.

Zoya Jooma
Co-Editor in Chief

Zoya Jooma

Zoya Jooma is a Co-Editor in Chief on Fanfare this year. She has been at Berkeley since sixth grade, and she is now a junior. Along with Fanfare, she is in Spanish Club and Red Cross Club, and rows for the Berkeley crew team....

Lily Shirmohammad
Social Media Manager

Lily Shirmohammad

Lily Shirmohammad is an 11th grader a Berkeley Preparatory School this year. This junior looks forward to contributing to the photographic, social, and writing aspects of Fanfare. Lily spends the rest of her free time having fun...

Samantha Zophin
Executive Editor in Chief

Samantha Zophin

Samantha Zophin is a senior at Berkeley Prep and the Executive Editor-in-Chief of the Fanfare this year. In school, she is on the Fanfare, BBN, and works as a manager for the football team. Sam aspires to work in the field of...