The Port Press

2023-2024 Staff

Dora Fields
Editor-in-Chief

Dora Fields

Dora Fields is a junior at Northport High School and the Editor-in-Chief of The Port Press. Dora is a member of Debate Club, National Honor Society, and the Powdered Wigs. She is an IB Diploma candidate. In her free time, Dor...

Carlee Ferrara
Social Media Manager

Carlee Ferrara

Carlee Ferrara is a senior at Northport High School and the Social Media Manager and a contributor for The Port Press. She is a member of the varsity Northport Girls Lacrosse team and participates in drumline for the Northport ...

Meadow Moscarelli
Social Media Manager

Meadow Moscarelli

Meadow Moscarelli is a senior at Northport High School. She is a social media manager for Port Press. She enjoys writing and reading. She hopes to major in communications in college. Meadow is involved in National Honor Society, Nati...

Lily Eagen
Assistant Editor

Lily Eagen

This is Lily’s third year of involvement in the Port Press, and this year, they’re also the Assistant Editor! They love baking and sharing the recipes that they’ve made with the rest of the Port Press staff (biweekly on M...

Willow DeBlasi
Social Media Assistant

Willow DeBlasi

Willow DeBlasi is a sophomore at Northport High School. She is a correspondent, content producer, and social media assistant for the Port Press. She is a competitive figure skater and her favorite MLB team is the New York Mets b...

Lindsay Connolly
Art Editor

Lindsay Connolly

Lindsay Connolly is a senior at Northport High School and the Art Editor and a contributor for The Port Press. She is a Northport Drumline member along with Art Honor, Music Honor, English Honor, and National Honor Society. Her...

Carly Heffernan
Staff Writer

Carly Heffernan

Carly is a freshman who likes music, art, and movies. She mostly writes opinion pieces and interesting facts. Her favorite color is green and her favorite band is Neutral Milk Hotel. 

Maggie Taylor
Contributor

Maggie Taylor

Maggie Taylor is a junior at Northport High School.  In her free time, she enjoys baking and reading many different genres of books.  She is also a part of both the Varsity Track and Cross Country teams.  Maggie is also a membe...

Nicholas Angelo
Contributor

Nicholas Angelo

Nicholas Angelo is a freshman at Northport High School. He went to Northport middle school and Ocean Avenue for elementary school. He likes to draw, play the viola in orchestra, and hang out with friends. He is involved in club...

Alina Mendonis
Contributor

Alina Mendonis

Alina Mendonis is a junior at Northport High School and a contributor for the Port Press. She is mainly interested in anything involving art, fashion or anything that gives her the opportunity to be creative. She looks forward ...

Noelle Oppedisano
Contributor

Noelle Oppedisano

Noelle Oppedisano is a freshman at Northport High School. She is a part of the Northport Powdered Wigs and Northport High School’s Theater Troupe. Noelle has been writing stories and short stories since she was in elementary sch...

Leopold Asadourian
Contributor

Leopold Asadourian

Leo is a freshman at Northport High School. He is a hardworking student and loves to play sports such as baseball, tennis and golf. He likes to write. ...

Josh Fields
Contributor

Josh Fields

Josh Fields is a Freshman at Northport High School. He participates in matheletes, debate, and Port Press. He has a loving dog and reclusive cat, and he cannot wait to write articles for the Port Press this year....

Andrew Beitchman
Contributor

Andrew Beitchman

Andrew is a Freshman at Northport High School. Andrew is a considerate and nice person. Andrew plays soccer and is a great writer.

Gavin Schmidt
Contributor

Gavin Schmidt

Gavin is a freshman in Northport High School and a freelancer for the Port Press. Gavin does sailing and boating in the summer. Gavin loves Global history.

Kate Karp
Contributor

Kate Karp

Kate Karp is a junior at Northport High School and is a freelancer for The Port Press. She is obsessed with thrifting and listening to music. She’s also a part of the symphony orchestra at the high school. When not playing the viola...

Madeline  Angelo
Contributor

Madeline Angelo

Madeline  Angelo is a junior at Northport High school and a contributor for The Port Press. Her main interests are fashion and music. She and Alina Mendonis write a fashion column every couple weeks....

Sara Rayola
Contributor

Sara Rayola

Sara Rayola is a Freshman at Northport High School and a Freelancer for The Port Press. She is a member of the Northport High School Girls Varsity Tennis Team. She enjoys writing, reading, playing video games, traveling, playing...

Stina Czeisel
Contributor

Stina Czeisel

Stina Czeisel is a fun-loving sophomore (with a Youtube channel that you should go subscribe to, btw - Yu-Gi-Oh! Revisions). She enjoys reading and watching anime, especially Yu-Gi-Oh!, and has many different projects in the works, such as a ...

Sabrina Kwarta
Contributor

Sabrina Kwarta

Sabrina Kwarta is a junior at Northport High School and has been a freelancer for the Port Press since her freshman year.  She’ll write just about anything, ranging from bold op-eds to reviews of the newest thing.  Sabrina ...

Sophie Le Berre
Freelancer

Sophie Le Berre

Sophie Le Berre is a Junior at Northport High School. She is a content producer and contributor to the Port Press. She is also an IB diploma candidate, as well as a member of National Honor Society, Mathematics Honor Society, Nort...

Iziah Sacco
Freelancer

Iziah Sacco

Iziah (he/him) is a music lover who likes playing bass and making music. Some of his favorite artists include ICP, Laufey, Mitski, Pure Hell, and TV Girl. He's part of clubs such as art, photo, GSA, and of course Port Press. ...

Brooke Werthner
Freelancer

Brooke Werthner

Brooke Werthner is a new member of Port Press. Brooke is highly involved in academics as well as extracurriculars at Northport High School. Taking on the Academy of Finance, IB Diploma, and several leadership roles has formed Bro...

Margaret Coates
Freelancer

Margaret Coates

Maggie Coates is a junior at Northport High School. She is an avid reader with a bookshelf that is currently overflowing. Her main interests are in the arts. Maggie is a member of band, Key Club, and now Port Press! She hopes t...

Emma Nadler
Freelancer

Emma Nadler

Emma Nadler is a junior at Northport High School and a freelancer for the Port Press. She adores all things art and, in her leisure time, enjoys drawing, digital painting, writing, studying foreign languages and cultures, and lea...

Matthew Moloney
Freelancer

Matthew Moloney

Matthew is a freshman at Northport High School. He plays on the JV golf and tennis teams and enjoys subjects such as math and science. He is ready to write and post articles for the Port Press.

Hugo Lerner
Freelancer

Hugo Lerner

Hugo Lerner is a junior at Northport High School who enjoys telling stories and changing lives. He is thrilled to be a part of the Port Press and hopes to, if nothing else, fuel intellectual conversations. He rows for Oak Neck Rowing Aca...

Matus Tambone
Freelancer

Matus Tambone

Matus Tambone is a Freshman at Northport High School. He is a rightside for the Northport High School JV Volleyball team. He enjoys camping and traveling and loves sailing. Matus plays soccer for the Northport Youth Center leag...

Tyler Schinella
Freelancer

Tyler Schinella

Tyler Schinella is a sophomore at Northport High School and a correspondent for the Northport Port Press. Tyler is very interested in the sciences and is now in the Port Press to speak his mind about what’s troubling him in...

Benjamin Schwingl
Freelancer

Benjamin Schwingl

Benjamin Schwingl has three pets: a guinea pig,cat,and a dog. He owns a Ps5 and a Xbox series X. He lives at his moms and dads house.

Heily Sandoval
Freelancer

Heily Sandoval

Heily Sandoval is a freshman at Northport High School and a contributor to Port Press. Heily is a member of multiple clubs, such as Port Press, Art and Literature, STEM, Debate, Robotics, Photography, Project Tolerance & The Vid...

Matthew Munson
Freelancer

Matthew Munson

Matthew Munson is junior at Northport High school and a writer for the Port Press. Along with Port Press, Matthew is in Students for 60,000, Key Club, Best Buddies, National Honor Society, Debate, and is a rank leader of the Nor...

Nicolas Mancino
Cameraman

Nicolas Mancino

Nicolas Mancino is a sophomore at Northport High School and the cameraman for Port Press interviews. Nic is a member of the Tiger Marching Band, Powdered Wigs, and Tri-M Music Honor Society. In his free time, he likes to spen...

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