Assistant News Director
Isabella Siqueira is the Assistant News Director at BTVN. She has experience in print in English and Spanish, photojournalism, and now in broadcast. She is also a double major in Journalism and Spanish, and part of the University Honors Program. She was recently awarded the Top Scholar Award from CSULB’s Kappa Tau Alpha chapter. Looking to end her undergraduate career on a high note, Isabella plans to lead the team of BTVN with eagerness and passion for visual storytelling. After graduating, she plans to work in the realm of broadcast as a producer or reporter, with an emphasis on digital news and media.
Sherlyn Rodriguez
Executive Producer, News
Sherlyn America Rodriguez is a third-year student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in both Journalism and Communication Studies. She previously interned with the Communication Studies Department as a social media manager and contributed to the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) student newscast as a part-time reporter. From a young age, her passion for social media and storytelling has fueled her ambition to pursue a career in broadcast journalism. As the current Social Media Manager and Executive Producer of Features for Beach TV News, she is committed to expanding the organization’s digital presence and strengthening its online network. After graduation, Sherlyn hopes to become a broadcast reporter, bringing light to stories that otherwise would not be told.
Justin
Stock
Executive Producer, Arts & Culture
Justin Stock overseas feature, entertainment and arts & culture coverage for BTVN. He is a senior majoring in journalism at California State University, Long Beach. Transferring from Butte Community College in Northern California, where he served as Editor in Chief of the college’s school newspaper The Roadrunner., he now also serves as the Editor in Chief at CSULB’s student run publication 22 West Magazine. After graduation, he plans to work in entertainment journalism specializing in multimedia.
Executive Producer, Sports
Noah Quezada is the Executive Producer of Sports at Beach TV News. Noah is a passionate journalist dedicated to delivering the highest quality content for viewers. With a background in writing and photojournalism, Noah has an eye for what sports fans would enjoy. As a Los Angeles native, he understands the importance of sports in Southern California and has been able to experience amazing journalistic opportunities such as covering the 2025 World Series, Fifa World Cup 2026 special events, and the LA Rams in the NFL playoffs. Noah’s dream is to become a photojournalist for an L.A. broadcast news station.
Tyler
Williams
Executive Producer, Vertical Video
Noah Quezada is the Executive Producer of Sports at Beach TV News. Noah is a passionate journalist dedicated to delivering the highest quality content for viewers. With a background in writing and photojournalism, Noah has an eye for what sports fans would enjoy. As a Los Angeles native, he understands the importance of sports in Southern California and has been able to experience amazing journalistic opportunities such as covering the 2025 World Series, Fifa World Cup 2026 special events, and the LA Rams in the NFL playoffs. Noah’s dream is to become a photojournalist for an L.A. broadcast news station.
Social Media Manager
Lizzy Plancarte is a third-year Journalism major at California State University, Long Beach. From a young age, her passion for truth and storytelling inspired her to pursue a career in broadcast journalism. She has built experience through internships with TMZ, Anderson Group Public Relations, and TheBeachWrites, developing skills in entertainment news, public relations, and digital media. As the current Executive Producer of Digital at Beach TV News, she hopes to lead efforts to expand the organization’s digital presence while producing engaging content. After graduation, she plans to achieve her dream of becoming a broadcast producer.
Founder & News Director
Jesús Ayala is one of the most distinguished and decorated broadcast journalism professors in the country and brings over 20+ years of professional journalism experience into the classroom. As a veteran news producer, Ayala has won 5 national Emmys and 7 Edward R. Murrow Awards, and has trained and mentored 14 Emmy winners, 10 Murrow Award winners, and 2 duPont Award winners. Under his leadership, his students have won over 100 national collegiate journalism awards including a College Television Award/student Emmy, 4 Hearst Awards, a Pacemaker Award for overall excellence, and the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. In 2022, the College Media Association recognized Ayala’s exceptional dedication and contributions to collegiate journalism by naming him one of the most distinguished broadcast advisers in the nation— he is the first and only professor in the CSU to receive this distinction. Prior to transitioning into academia, Ayala covered breaking news stories from around the world as a Producer for all ABC News broadcasts including World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Nightline and 20/20. He excelled as an expert covering Latin America and South America and covered the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Pope’s visits to Cuba, civil disturbances in Venezuela, and the rescue of 33 trapped miners in Chile. In 2008, he covered Barack Obama’s historic presidential campaign as a white house pool producer. Moreover, he has covered all major natural disasters— from earthquakes, wildfires, and floods to tornadoes, tsunamis, and hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina. While at ABC, he worked with news icons like Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Ted Koppel, and the late Peter Jennings. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and USC’s Annenberg School of Journalism. Ayala serves as a judge for the Golden Mike Awards, the News Emmy Awards, and the Edward R. Murrow Awards.