Arshia Sista, Staff Writer
Arshia Sista is serving as a staff writer for her first-year in the Portola Pilot. She is really excited to contribute to the Pilot, work with new people, and make many memories! She is looking forward to being able to connect with the students and Portola more! Outside of the newsroom, she is singing, advocating for women in STEM, feeding her shopping addiction, hanging out with her friends, eating too many fries, drinking strawberry acai with lemonade, or binge watching rom-coms, Clueless, Grey’s Anatomy, New Girl, or Gilmore Girls.
![While Allison Jo and Ashley Jo share a close bond, the twins took precautions to ensure their applications were personal to them. “If we were going to ask [each other] questions, they would just be really broad ones,” Ashley Jo said. “I think the only information that we actually shared with each other was financial stuff, because obviously, our financials are going to be the same.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG-5829-e1635906077954-675x900.jpg)
![Symphonic Orchestra unites with Portola Singers on stage to perform George Frideric Handel’s “Sinfonia” and “For Unto Us A Child Is Born.” “[Choir] had invited us to play at their concert last week, and so this is sort of a reciprocal thing where they’re going to come and sing with us at our concert,” instrumental music teacher Desmond Stevens said.](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DSC_0029-1-900x600.jpg)
