Welcoming new staff: Jazmin Mena

Hannah Fang, Reporter • October 15, 2025

Jazmin Mena is a new Careers in Education/CTE courses teacher at Claremont High School. Mena joined because she w

anted to create a space where students could explore teaching and other education careers while gaining real-world skills. She was inspired to become an educator after her experience with her high school counselors and teachers. “I wanted to pay that forward,” Mena said.

Her goal as a teacher is to help students explore teaching and other education careers while learning the skills they will need for college and beyond.

When asked how she felt on her first day, she replied truthfully. “I was excited, a little nervous, eager to meet everyone—and I immediately noticed how kind my students were,” Mena said.

She looks forward to watching her students gain confidence in their abilities and discover a career path that excites them. “Trust your instincts, stay curious, and don’t stress too much about ‘having it all figured out,’” Mena said. “Life’s messy, and that’s where the fun happens.”

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Hannah Fang, Reporter & Artist

Hannah Fang is a freshman this year and is joining the Wolfpacket as an Artist/Photographer/Reporter. In her time spent not suffering at school, she takes swimming lessons and practices martial arts. She has a huge passion for sleeping, eating—basically living, and in addition to that, she loves her pets and heading to The Claremont Club to work out. Her pets consist of her two big dogs, a curly kitty, a bird, and her turtle. She might as well get the rest of the pet store, honestly. She also has a brain-rotted, annoying younger brother who is in the third grade. Besides that, Fang is a very loud and outgoing person who’s not afraid to voice her opinion (unless she is all alone). These opinions consist of pineapple that does not belong on pizza, skinny jeans are ugly, chocolate is overrated, and Averie’s boyfriend is an opp. Some fun facts about her are her talents for being loud, sneaking around at night, eating one too many cherries, and making countless references whenever she can, which most of them an average person wouldn’t get. She is currently looking forward to Halloween and Christmas so she can get her free stuff in, and getting through the year to finally have another summer break, even though we just got back to school.