A small pasty-white hairless gnome rarely seen outside its hidden lair.

Isabella Perry is a member of Class Nine at Sunburst Youth Academy on Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. Her family lives in Altadena. She will be a senior in high school in the Fall.

Bonnie Wiedel was born and raised in Southern California. She goes to college at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is studying biology. She is earning college credit while working at the Orange County Breeze Newspaper as an intern.l

The publisher of Orange County Breeze — a shadowy figure that few can honestly claim to have spoken with.

This author is used when OC Breeze publishes news releases from other organizations.

Dean Grose is a resident and former Mayor of Los Alamitos.

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Born and raised in Orange County, I have a B.A. in English from the University of Southern California. I grew up on Star Trek, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Saturday morning PBS reruns of Doctor Who. I am also a proud volunteer with my local police department.

Margene Walz is an Athletic and Academic Counselor for Quest College Counseling located in Los Alamitos. For more information call 562-280-0460.

Robin Marlena Itzler has worked in some facet of marketing/communications since 1976 and currently works full time in the pet health insurance field. She and her husband own Royal Care Pet Sitting, where she also handles the marketing. Recognized for her marketing expertise, she originated and continues to author Market My Words, a regular column in Pet Sitters International's (PSI) "World" magazine. She is also the ‘Marketing Maven’ for the “Orange County Breeze,” the website for news about Northwest Orange County. Robin has spoken to groups as varied as pet sitters to small business owners. A former NASD licensed securities representative she once served as president of Orange County’s largest non-profit humane association. In 2010, Robin started Purrfect Bark, a public speaking program at her company. Focusing on communication, this year she founded Motivate Your Something. An officer in the Toastmasters Bre’ahs club where she broke club records earning various award levels, Robin founded Something Gained, a new Toastmasters club in Cypress.

Ryan McLaughlin is a financial advisor with Edward Jones at 3532 Howard Ave, Suite 103, in Los Alamitos. His telephone number is 562-493-2623.

Sean Payne, AAMS®, CFP® is an Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Shelley Henderson is a reformed computer and networking geek turned freelance writer. Now she only fixes her own networks and computers. That leaves time for writing, and writing and more writing. And editing the Orange County Breeze. Shelley most enjoys visiting and finding out about local businesses to write business profiles that allow our communities to learn more about their local businesses and the people who own and run them. If you own or manage a business in our coverage area and would like to invite Shelley to write a business profile, let us know.

Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel are Surfwriter Girls. Sunny grew up in Los Alamitos, CA., and loves Huntington Beach and Seal Beach. An environmentalist from an early age, she researched the ecology of the Newport Estuary for a high school Marine Biology class. A Communications graduate from CSU, Fullerton, who has been a sports reporter in the U.S. and Europe, Sunny enjoys putting her PR and journalism skills to use for the Surfrider Foundation. Patti grew up in Culver City, CA., near MGM Studios and camped and sailed on Catalina Island. With graduate degrees in film/Television and Business from UCLA and CSU, Long Beach, she’s worked in the entertainment industry. Patti writes business and fiction books with her husband Greg – How to Start, Run and Stay in Business and adventure/thriller Kona Heat. She teaches Management and Marketing at Cypress College and is a Surfrider Foundation volunteer.

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Valerie Burstein is a graduate of Los Alamitos High School who has lived in the area since 1992. She co-founded Pups and Pals, a non-profit pet rescue organization.

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