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Celebrities catastrophic effect on the environment
Joseph Goodnight, Opinion Editor • March 27, 2024

With our current understanding of the climate crisis, it’s safe to say that everyone is trying to be more sustainable for the sake of the environment,...

Lancer-to-Los Robles volunteer system stays strong
Lancer-to-Los Robles volunteer system stays strong
Gemma Spraggins, Assistant News Editor • March 27, 2024

Los Robles Regional Medical Center benefits from the varied talents and experiences that volunteers offer, ranging from high school students...

Time T.O. Vote
Time T.O. Vote
Kailah Spencer, The Lancer Staff • March 27, 2024

Senior Maya Campo turns 18 in April, and she is ready to make her voice heard this November. As the presidential primary election nears, seniors...

Going Digital: The SAT’s New Normal
Going Digital: The SAT’s New Normal
Kailah Spencer, The Lancer Staff • March 27, 2024

Many Lancers students are familiar with the SAT; a paper test with over a hundred questions of varying difficulty. Now, CVUSD is introducing...

Around the Business Table
Around the Business Table
Julia Pineda-Dominguez, The Lancer Staff • March 27, 2024

The Majors program provides students with the opportunity to speak with mentors in many different careers. The program consists of monthly meetings...

Moreno heads to Washington
Moreno heads to Washington
Aandrea Pineda-Dominguez, News Editor • March 27, 2024

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TO Acorn With Permission
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Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • March 27, 2024

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Unexpected La Reina closure leads to transfers
Gemma Spraggins, Assistant News Editor • March 27, 2024

escribing how La Reina families felt upon receiving the news that their school, which opened its doors in 1964, will be closing at the end of...

New MegaMind TV and Movie Sequel Release
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Joseph Goodnight, Opinion Editor • February 20, 2024

In March of this year, Dreamworks is set to release a Peacock exclusive TV show and movie sequel to the beloved 2010 MegaMind movie. The trailer...

In Fastbreak Fashion
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 14, 2024

Lancers lead the way in the second half. The Great Oak Wolfpack came into Thousand Oaks Tuesday night for the CIF quarterfinals and with them...

Perserving in Penalty’s
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 14, 2024

The Lady Lancers traveled to a neutral site in Anaheim to take on the Katella Knights in the second round of the CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs....

Kanye - He's Back at it...or Maybe Not?
Elijah Brown, The Lancer Staff • February 14, 2024

Kanye West's new album “Vultures 1”, many nationwide were skeptical at first about Kanye's new album considering the controversies he has...

It’s Valentine’s, Baby
It’s Valentine’s, Baby
Momo Sonoda, Editor-In-Chief • February 14, 2024

St. Valentine’s Day commemorates the death of St. Valentine, but for others, the holiday marks a day of birth. Junior Chokee Weezer was born...

Health Science Majors Program hosts their senior showcase
Momo Sonoda, Editor-In-Chief • February 12, 2024

Last week, the seniors in Health Science Majors hosted a showcase, featuring various professions that they hope to pursue in the future. At the...

Advancing Again
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 12, 2024

The Lancers left campus during lunch to travel to Temecula for their round two playoff game, and the ride wasn’t enough to stop the Lancers....

Planting With a Purpose

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From the moment she stepped onto this campus, Freshman Anuskha Shah was making her mark.

Anushka’s mother and I were talking at future Lancer night and her mother introduced her to me,” Principal Eric Bergmann said. “She shook my hand, said hello and then handed me her resume. I think my response was “holy cow, that’s impressive.”

Shah has continued to show her commitment to the school by joining various activities including basketball, computer club and is currently playing on the JV lacrosse team.

“Anushka contributes to the team by bringing a competitive edge that is hard to match,” Coach Anthony Estrada said. “She is always ready to face a challenge with no hesitation. It uplifts everyone in the program.”

Even though she commits time to her multiple sports, Shah is still able to keep up on her high placement classes.

“I start second period, I have AP Human Geography, then AP Biology, Honors Chemistry, English, Algebra 2, and then Spanish 2 C,” Anuskha Shah said.

When Shah isn’t doing school work or on the lacrosse field, she is taking time to evolve her family’s business.

“In the beginning it was really hard because we didn’t have the connections,” Shah said. “Not many people know about the moringa, so we started by calling a lot of local businesses and getting the word out.”

Shah’s parents currently own a 20 acre farm in Moorpark, which originally was a lemon and avocado farm, but due to the poor water quality, there were not receiving sales on lemons.

“So we changed to moringa, which is practically this major superfood. It’s this new up in coming thing,” Shah said.

The moringa has a high level of antioxidants and is made up of specific molecules that can help reduce inflammation. With the idea of helping the community with the product, Shah currently runs her business with the help of her seventh grade sister, Andrea Shah.

“We both run the business together,” Shah said. “She’s in charge of how we bring [the business] to market, and how to commercialize moringa.”

Moringas reap several benefits that come from the use of the small leaves, including regulating blood pressure, increasing mental clarity, inducing hair growth, and acting as an anti inflammatory.

Both Anuskha and her sister started the business about two years ago, at that point in time it was their parents business.

Before taking over the business the sisters helped filing and preparing the farm for the moringa.

“It wasn’t a business then. It was more just planting moringa and getting stuff like that done,” Shah said. “Then the actual business evolved about a year later.”

In the future they hope to expand their reach, they are currently communicating with several local businesses and grocery stores so their product can reach a larger audience.

In the future, Anuskha Shah will not only be in The Center for Advanced Research and Studies but also working to branch out. She is currently developing a website and getting the word out to more small businesses, providing insight on what the moringa can do for the future.

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