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Rilina Tran

Rilina Tran, Business Manager & News Editor

Rilina Tran, business manager and news editor, is a senior and third-year staffer. She joined Three Penny Press to help become the voice for the voiceless at Bellaire. She has a talent for writing pun pick-up lines and loves interacting with the student body and taking photos. She can’t get enough of bubble tea and cute plushies. She is on the varsity tennis team and Private for Bellaire Belles Cadets. She is VP for Vietnamese Student Association and a member of NHS. Outside of school, she loves to volunteer, spend time with her family and friends (and Shadow her dog) and manage her business.

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Freshman Skylar Lew tried the milk bubble tea and stayed for the presentation to try the Thai tea. Lew attended past events with her brother sophomore Preston Lew.

VSA holds second Bubble Tea and Viet event

Rilina Tran, Business Manager & News Editor
Feb 15, 2024
I've been exposed to bubble tea since I was a baby, but recently I've been drinking it every day. I live about five minutes away from Sharetea and Teahouse and have gone to almost every boba shop down the Bellaire Chinatown strip.

My bubble tea addiction

Rilina Tran, Business Manager & News Editor
Jan 13, 2024
Volunteers were assigned the task of walking dogs from their cages to the play pin area. Some dogs were carried when they refused to move or got too frightened.

Helping Homeless Cats, Dogs

Rilina Tran, Business Manager & News Editor
Dec 20, 2023
President of VSA and senior Sebastian Nguyen arrives three hours early to help volunteer and set up the event. After the photo backdrop was assembled, members took a photo that represented the different zodiac animal years.

VSA plans new events for growing club

Rilina Tran, Business Manager & News Editor
Oct 27, 2023
Tran touches the different corals and sea anemones 10 feet below sea level. The helmets keep tourists' face dry and Phu Quoc's seawalker tour guides will assist throughout the 30 minute experience.

Five places to visit in Vietnam

Rilina Tran, Photography Editor
Feb 9, 2023
The club meeting took place during Vietnamese New Year (Tết). Magnet Coordinator and Campus Transfer Analyst Quan Ngo stopped by to join the celebration and hand out red lucky money envelopes (lÌ xÌ).

[NEWS BRIEF] New year, new candies, new plans

Rilina Tran, Business Manager & Photography Editor
Jan 30, 2023
Sophomore Winston Ma prepares to hit a backhand during his singles match. Ma plays tennis for Bellaire, but attends Debakey High School.

[NEWS BRIEF] Tennis district matches: a set of challenges

Rilina Tran, Business Manager & Photography Editor
Oct 3, 2022
The football players stand in formation, preparing for the kickoff. The Bellaire Cardinals play the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots.

[NEWS BRIEF] Rainy Game

Rilina Tran, Photography Editor
Sep 5, 2022
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