Meet the Authors

Clara Mengoli

Clara Mengoli is currently a freshman at LASA. She participates in many extracurriculars, including lacrosse, debate, and choir. From a young age, she’s been constantly taking into consideration what activities are beneficial for her future, and chooses accordingly. As she has always had a passion for insight, she decided to shine a light on the education in the culinary industry, as oftentimes it’s a forgotten process of the craft. She loves the designing aspect of E-zine, as she has an art background and loves creating art. As an aspiring law student, she decided to come to LASA for its diverse electives/programslike speech and debate- and quality teachers. Overall, she’s excited to be at LASA and is always looking forward to paths and opportunities in her life!

Elliot Semar is a freshman at Liberal Arts and Science Academy. In his free time, he participates in many extracurricular activities such as bike rides, camping, and playing video games. Elliot was deeply motivated to attend LASA because it meant not attending Bowie. So far, Ezine has taught him invaluable skills that can be applied in the real world, and he believes the learning environment has fostered growth and productivity. Elliot plans to continue his education throughout college and possibly become a software engineer, a career that aligns with his current interests and work ethic. He is excited to share the story of local farms and food distributors in Austin with the LASA community!

Sean Lin

Elliot Semar

Sean Lin is a freshman at LASA. Sean enjoys playing baseball, and has been doing so for 10 years. He also plays saxophone for the LASA band and marching band. Sean’s topic for this magazine is the financial aspects of the restaurant industry. He is really enjoying Ezine so far, because it’s much more chill than SciTech, an engineering course at LASA. After his high school career, Sean aims to go to college for computer science or business. He wants the readers to know that he loves learning about interesting, weird subjects, and that he loves talking.

Owen Huels

Owen Huels is a highschool freshman who goes to LASA. Owen loves playing ultimate frisbee and is the best freshman on the frisbee team. He also enjoys playing video games and participating in Cyber Patriot, a computer science event. He is writing about how fresh produce and foods are transported from place to place without spoiling. There is a lot of interesting components that go into keeping food fresh until it gets to your plate. He chose to go to LASA because he really enjoys math and they have a lot of advanced math classes and other advanced courses. After Owen graduates from LASA he is going to go to college and study something in business or economics. He would also want to major in something related to data science.

Amir Regan is a freshman at LASA. When he isn’t busy with his studious habits, he enjoys playing beautiful melodies on his piano. In combination with his musical talents, Amir is also an experienced swimmer. On top of these two impressive activities, he also enjoys cooking and baking. His extracurriculars and fine art skill make him a very will rounded person. To supplement his already rich learning experience, he wants to know more about how restaurants source their food. In his Ezine magazine, he will write an interesting story on restaurant management and food sourcing. Ezine is a fun class to Amir because he is interested in graphic design and interviewing people. Amir says that he will definitely go to college after highschool.

Amir Regan