Kayley Winata, Media Director
Kayley Winata is the Media Director for her third and final year on the Portola Pilot. In the newsroom, you can find her sipping her matcha latte or plotting her next cafe adventure with Nina. When she’s not rotting on Pinterest or procrastinating on deadlines, she’s probably struggling to keep up with the reels Zoha has sent her, crunching on Costco green grapes, or fulfilling her dream of becoming her own personal barista. She’s bittersweet about her last year on Pilot, but she can’t wait for what this year will bring!
![Team member and sophomore Melody Bao, alternate and junior Sandy Shanmuga-Nathan, co-captain and junior Kayley Winata, co-captain and junior Suhrith Muvvala, team member and junior Rishabh Garg and advisor and physics teacher Leanne Jimenez pose with the JPL sign at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) after the competition. “[Science Bowl] is a really fun way to apply knowledge because you don’t get game-show style application of knowledge in school,” Muvvala said. “So it’s, one, for the fun, and, two, because I already have to study for Science Olympiad or Biology Olympiad.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_8535Edited___-1200x900.jpg)
![The new phone guidelines spark engagement in various class settings since students are no longer allowed to use their cell phones and must devote their attention to learning instead. “My [advisement] students are more engaged in whatever's happening,” Principal John Pehrson said. “[By] having the cell phones put aside, now they can just naturally get their heads up and interact with people around them.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/phone_graphic_updated-1200x838.png)
