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Sophia Ventura

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer

Sophia Ventura is a senior and a first-year journalist for The Current. Outside of school, she enjoys going to the beach, concerts and hiking with friends and family. She especially loves to read, bake, nap and re-watch her favorite show, Grey’s Anatomy. Sophia hopes to write for the Stall Seat Journal and looks forward to learn more about journalism.

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Alumna Doris Coble stands proudly in front of her business, Allora Bodyworks. Her massage therapy business improves the lives of people all over the Tidewater area.

Massage therapy improves mental and physical health

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
June 6, 2024
The Virginia Beach TCC sign shows off its motto as you enter the campus. “From here, go anywhere,” reiterates the college's amazing transfer opportunities. Photo used with permission from Holly Allison.

Tidewater Community College (TCC) leads the way to higher education

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
May 25, 2024
From left to right: Makenna McGrath, Stone Crawford, Skylar Gray, Hannah Greentree and Camille Graninger work to pull out weeds in the cafeteria courtyard's garden in hopes of filling it with life again as part of the Gardening Club. Taken March 24, 2024.

Earth Day celebrates the conservation of the planet

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
April 10, 2024
The 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' series, written by Sarah J. Maas, a popular author of many books. Taken on March 27, 2024.

ACOTAR: a book series of faeries, forgiveness, love and war

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
March 26, 2024
Bob Marley performing at Dalymount Park, on July 6, 1980. (Bob Marley/Eddie Mallin/WikimediaCommons/CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bob Marley: The man who brought people together through the birth of reggae music

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
February 22, 2024
Shown above is a collage created on Nov. 21, 2023, consisting of the top six Christmas movies voted upon in a poll of 100 Ocean Lakes students and staff. Individual photos from (from top left) Videocraft International, Universal Pictures, MGM/UA Entertainment Co., 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Walt Disney Pictures.

Remembering Christmas movie classics

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
December 21, 2023
Kendra Patton enjoys her cat, Echo, who was a rescue from the VBSPCA, and she now lives in Japan. Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo used with permission from Kendra Patton.

Black cats often mistreated due to ancient myths

Sophia Ventura, Staff Writer
October 26, 2023
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