Mia Payette is a senior, and she's ready to make this year her best one yet. To help her achieve this goal, she's involved herself in many clubs and programs. Some of her roles include running social media for Sahuaro's Book Club (@Sahuaro_bookworms on IG), Link Crew leader, editor for The Paper Cut, and drum major for the marching band. For the past 8 years, Mia has put her heart and soul into band, and this year is no exception. Joining The Paper Cut last year solidified her decision to pursue journalism. More specifically, she wants to be a sports journalist, something she discovered she is passionate about last year. Outside of Mia's Cougar spirit, she loves to read, craft, take photos, and hangout with her friends and family. She's always up for an adventure and likes to be anywhere as long as the people she loves are with her. Her camera contains over 10,000 photos, and as the self-proclaimed photographer friend, the subjects of her photos are mostly her friends, family, and the places she goes. Mia is a nostalgic person, and taking photos helps her remember where she was at that exact moment in time.

Senior, Marley Gandee, has been a journalist for The Paper Cut since her freshman year.  This is her second year as Editor-in-Chief.  She loves writing and editing articles, interviewing students and staff, and photography. Her favorite articles to report on at Sahuaro are football games and human interest stories. This summer she attended Arizona Girls State, where she furthered her passion for politics. As for the future, Marley has several different career paths she wants to follow. She wants to first make a name for herself as a political journalist before venturing into running for a political office. Mar, as she likes to be called, enjoys listening to many different genres of music; some of her favorite bands/artists include CCR, The Rolling Stones, ABBA, Toby Mac, and Ben Rector.  As for this year, she is excited to graduate, write countless more articles in The Paper Cut, and run cross country and track.  

Senior, Tatum Crawford, joined The Paper Cut last year to grow her interpersonal and writing skills. Tatum enjoys traveling and sightseeing, especially with her mom, who she is very close to as it was just her and her mom for 12 years. Her ideal places to visit are Milan and Florence, where she found an appreciation for the food and art. She enjoys art museums, her favorite ones being the Louvre and the Uffizi Gallery. Tatum plays many games, especially Animal Crossing and Legend Of Zelda. She adores taking pictures; she has over 30,000 photos on her phone - most of them being travel and cat photos. Family is also super important to Tatum. She loves visiting her family in Mississippi and spending time with them. She has family scattered all around the world, including eighteen siblings. She's only met about four so far but would be interested in meeting the rest. Out of all of them, she is the youngest, as they are in their late twenties. When she graduates, Tatum wants to move to Seattle with her older sister to attend her dream college - the University of Washington. Her other option is NAU. Regardless of where she goes, she wants to study medicine.  

Montana Poe is a senior at Sahuaro High School who aspires to be a journalist after she graduates college. She has always loved talking and writing about things happening in the world, especially sports or entertainment-related events. She wants to travel and see new places that someday she might write about. Most of all, she wants to make her dad, who recently passed away, proud because she cares about what he thought and wanted for her future. She is excited about new, fun, and last experiences in her third year in The Paper Cut. In Montana's free time, she enjoys playing sports, working out, and spending time with her family. She has four brothers who are all older than her but love her very much. Montana participates in both track and volleyball - which she almost equally enjoys - as well as playing club volleyball.

Gianna is a strong, well-spoken, independent woman. She is a junior in high school with a 3.4 GPA. She has admirable goals for herself that she wishes to obtain. She is on the Sahuaro varsity volleyball team. She is also in Black Student Union and is the treasurer for the club at Sahuaro High School. She is taking an Honors class and an AP class to better her chances of getting into college. She wants to go to California and play volleyball in college out there. She was born in Tucson, Arizona but all her family lives in New York.