Hannah Underwood is a seventeen-year old senior in her third semester of journalism. Underwood is currently serving as the Copy Editor for the West Wind and excels in school academically and socially.  Underwood was born and raised in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Majority of her life spent living in Ocean Isle beach and more recently living just 15 minutes down the road in Shallotte, North Carolina.  Underwood is not often found just laying around as she is involved in many in school and out of school activities such as dance, tennis, Drama Club, National Honors Society, and is currently serving her third year as the class president of the 2025 graduating class. When not doing one of her various activities Underwood can usually be found hanging out with her two best friends.  With so much on her plate Underwood has future plans of attending a four year university, with the current intentions of majoring in Journalism with a minor in public relations, after having found a love of journalistic writing with her time in the West Wind.

Fifteen-year-old sophomore Alexis Mullins, sister to five, soon to be six, and aspiring photographer is attending her first year as a part of the West Wind. “I like reading, drawing, photography,” said Mullins. “My mom is a very artistic person, so she was the one that got me into drawing and painting; she used to encourage me to paint with her.” In earlier years, Mullins wanted to pursue a career in culinary, but over time, she has grown a passion for photography and plans to go to college for it. Mullins enjoys spending time with her neighbor to help improve her skills. “My old neighbor is a photographer, and she let me go with her on a few photo shoots a couple of weeks ago,” said Mullins. “I also plan to study photography at App State after high school.” Mullins played softball at a young age and cheered throughout middle school. Since starting high school, Mullins has been more interested in her extracurriculars, like drama club. Mullins started attending drama club at the beginning of the 2022 school year and expressed how much she loved the community of people. “I’ve taken drama club for about a year now,” said Mullins. “My favorite part is definitely the people.” Mullins expresses that what piqued her interest in the West Wind was the photography aspect. Photography is Mullins's passion, and she will take any opportunity for more practice. “I think being able to take pictures and write is what I was most intrigued about for journalism, I'm also excited for the memories I’m going to make.” said Mullins.