Madalina Zheng (she/her) is a junior at Cupertino High School and serves as the Investigations editor in the 2025–2026 school year. Despite severe fluctuations in her sleep and eating schedule, she manages to keep herself and her three pet birds alive. When she’s not napping, you can find her listening to true crime podcasts, oil painting, crocheting, and unsuccessfully trying to raise her chess ELO to the quadruple digits.