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Palo Alto High School's News and Features Publication

Verde Magazine
All content by Alia Cuadros-Contreras
English teacher Alanna Williamson uses “Think Dirty,” an app which warns people about toxic makeup products. She also uses "Project Just," a website similar to "Buycott" which shows which companies practice unethical actions. Photo by James Poe.

Ethical Spending: How “Buycott” supports wise purchases

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Irene Choi
May 25, 2017
Spat over expansion: The neighborhood politics of Castilleja's controversial expansion

Spat over expansion: The neighborhood politics of Castilleja’s controversial expansion

Tara Madhav, Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Megan Chai
May 25, 2017

Castilleja’s plans for expansion

Tara Madhav, Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Megan Chai
May 22, 2017
A Penny for Prom: A Guide to Secondhand Shops in San Francisco

A Penny for Prom: A Guide to Secondhand Shops in San Francisco

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Angela Liu
April 17, 2017
An Ageless Epidemic: The Links Between AIDS and Today's Politics

An Ageless Epidemic: The Links Between AIDS and Today’s Politics

Julie Cornfield, Frances Zhuang and Alia Cuadros-Contreras
February 24, 2017
Picking the perfect tree: Humans of the Nativity School Christmas Tree Lot

Picking the perfect tree: Humans of the Nativity School Christmas Tree Lot

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Josh Code
January 6, 2017
Is There A Place For Me?: A Latina's Reflection on the 2016 Election

Is There A Place For Me?: A Latina’s Reflection on the 2016 Election

Alia Cuadros-Contreras
November 28, 2016
Meeting Memento: A Local Musician Shows His Life In His Music

Meeting Memento: A Local Musician Shows His Life In His Music

Irene Choi and Alia Cuadros-Contreras
November 28, 2016
You'll Get the Guy Later: The Current Failure of Modern Feminism

You’ll Get the Guy Later: The Current Failure of Modern Feminism

Alia Cuadros-Contreras
October 6, 2016
Living in the Studio: Exploring the Lives of Paly Dancers

Living in the Studio: Exploring the Lives of Paly Dancers

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Sophie Nakai
October 6, 2016
From the Verde Archives: Past Versus Present

From the Verde Archives: Past Versus Present

Alia Cuadros-Contreras
October 6, 2016
Latinos Unidos club member and senior Martha Avila-Zavala (center) dances at an event hosted by Latinos Unidos in the Student Center at lunch. The 15-member club hopes to increase awareness of Latino Culture at Paly. “I feel like others don’t come because they’re not Hispanic, so they wouldn’t feel welcomed, but they are,” Avila-Zavala says.

Latinos Unidos fosters community on campus

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Esmé Ablaza
June 1, 2016
A Newfound Hope

A Newfound Hope

Alia Cuadros-Contreras
June 1, 2016
Singing His Praises

Singing His Praises

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Frances Zhuang
April 11, 2016
Choose Wisely: Teens must develop their own political ideas

Choose Wisely: Teens must develop their own political ideas

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Laura Sieh
February 19, 2016
Always Moving: Housing Crisis Creates an RV Community

Always Moving: Housing Crisis Creates an RV Community

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Amira Garewal
February 19, 2016
STEAM, not STEM: Students pursue dreams in the arts and humanities

STEAM, not STEM: Students pursue dreams in the arts and humanities

Tara Madhav and Alia Cuadros-Contreras
January 18, 2016
Checking the Source: Scrutinizing biases in our curriculum

Checking the Source: Scrutinizing biases in our curriculum

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Madhumita Gupta
November 20, 2015
Success Is Not Always Spelled S-T-E-M

Success Is Not Always Spelled S-T-E-M

Alia Cuadros-Contreras
November 20, 2015
Bursting the Bubble: Students experience life outside of Palo Alto

Bursting the Bubble: Students experience life outside of Palo Alto

Alia Cuadros-Contreras and Anna Nakai
October 10, 2015
Breaking Barriers: Exploring Race & Equality in Palo Alto

Breaking Barriers: Exploring Race & Equality in Palo Alto

Danielle Macuil and Alia Cuadros-Contreras
October 8, 2015
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