Dina Bugayevskaya is a staff writer for the Express. This will be her second semester with the Express. 

Dina loves dance and works as a dance teacher and fitness instructor at Silver Dance Studio in Roseville. Her favorite author is novelist Sarah Jio, who originally started as a journalist. Dina looks to be a published author in the future with two unpublished books in the works. One of the books is about an adventure on an unknown sunken island by a group of teenagers, while the other is more of a drama and tells the story of the life of a journalist with a hobby of an artist. Both books intertwine love, inner reflection and struggle with difficulties. 

While on the Express, she wants to focus on features and international stories that have a local impact, especially as they pertain to City College and its students. She plans to get her associate degree in journalism with future plans to get a bachelor’s degree.