YAP CREW Staff and contributors

YAP CREW STAFF and Contributors

Real entrepreneur teens running a magazine and living their everyday life style with all its complications and challenges. You can find YAP CREW doing interviews with the large profile business owners, local community leaders and their peers. YAP Crew covers topics in Politics, Health, Entertainment, Fashion, Creative Healing and much more. They keep it real as they sit and YAP about Money Matters and all that matters to youth even the controversial topic of sex.

 Made up of seven diverse teens from all walks of life. What makes this crew so unique is their history together. They met when they were 6-8 years old doing yoga together in Gardner Street Elementary school auditorium after school. They have single handedly made yoga cool for kids to do and demonstrated their teaching skills at age 10-12 years old while debuting their instructional Yoga DVD for kids and family produced in 2002 featuring them as the Yoga Angels kids teaching kid’s yoga. Their flashy designer outfits and sassy attitude along with their clear precise teaching skills brought the hip and funky edge to Yoga for kids as we see it today! This is what keeps the kids and parents wanting more of The Yoga Angels in their homes.Now on different paths from business owner, musician, yoga teacher and performers all while attending high school. These youth set a forum literally and figuratively for exciting, and informative means of communication. Now in their young adult stages as they pave their way into adulthood at ages ranging from 16- 19 they have taken it a step further creating YAP CREW- Yoga Angels Press. YAP CREW faces constant challenges, personal rivalries, boyfriend and girlfriend mix-ups,and rebellion the YAP CREW has kept it real, remain professional, and be teens all at the same time.

Crew:

Radha Ruiz-----Age 17---Chief Editor

Jamaican and Dominican soft, large, clear puppy eyes with intense gaze Radha is 5ft 2inches with gorgeous facial features of a pretty girl. She has a gentle nature but intense, firm leadership qualities. An early graduate from high school at sixteen Radha has now embarked on full time work at a high ended French base necklace company as an administrative assistant and preparing for part time college in the 2008 school year. She spends time with her younger siblings often and consider herself a family girl. 

 Mikayla Johnson---Age ---16---Editor

Confidence and

 Larissa Castro---Age---16---Fashion Columnist

Haitian and Porter Rican considered the baby of the crew. Larissa is 5ft 5inches with full, thick, long curly dark brown hair. A prolific writer with love and passion for fashion. She blends a 4.0 average with style keeping the balance of education, pretty girl and popularity.

 Philip Otto---- Age 19---Contributor

Caucasian he is 5ft 9inches with a deep strong voice and blue eyes. His seemly stern appearance contradicts his un-kept blond hair which is perfectly suited for his surfer boy look with an edge. Philip gets around town mostly on is board and photography is his passion. He embodies a loving energy with a killer grin. His intelligence can at times intimidate adults but when he flashes that boyish grin or his thunderous laugh he’ll make you relax truly from within. Can't miss that there is something special about this young man. Home schooled since birth this young adult runs his family business in Beverly Hills and is also a Yoga teacher and student.

Benny Gries---Age ----17---Contributor

Caucasian the Rocker of the crew Benny plays the guitar and Gigs at Wisky A GO Go with his band. His wild long deep red hair is his trademark and his open heart and clear deep speaking voice is his charm.  

Ameka Ammed ---- Age-----16---Contributor

Indian Ameka is blessed with fine features and beauty like a princess. She has brown streaks in her hair creating a more diverse look from her Indian Heritage. Attended a full year of middle school in a traditional Indian convent.  Ameka currently return to high school in America. Shy but her smile informs you to wait for the right moment and she will reveal her self after observation.

Milana Ayvazova----Age ----17---Contributor

Armenian with gigantic dark brown eyes with lashes made for mascara commercials, 5ft 1inch. Captain of the varsity chair leading squad Milana is a dancer at heart. Honor classes and junior class vice president she bring education and popularity to a peak. She finds time to balance party with her community outreach. Progress is Milana’s motivation.