Monday, March 31, 2025

The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union
The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union
The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union
Erica Lee

Erica Lee, Copy Editor

Erica Lee, 34, is the copy editor for Warrior Life and is a journalism major. After she graduates with her associate’s degree in late 2025, she wants to go straight into working in the journalism field, either as a writer or a copy editor. In the meantime, she works at LAX and in her spare time, she enjoys skating, thrifting and cross-stitching.

All content by Erica Lee
Austin McCarty, 25, supervises the Veterans Club table at El Camino College Club Rush in Schauerman Library on Wednesday, March 5. The biggest draw to the table were the free Sol de Janeiro body wash samples. "We got it donated by the YMCA," McCarty said. "We got six pallets." (Erica Lee | The Union) Photo credit: Erica Lee

[Photo] Club Rush showcases student organizations amid rainy days

By Union Staff
March 14, 2025
Claus Hierluksch, a soprano saxophone player with the Arcis Saxophone Quartet, performs as part of a master class hosted by the El Camino College Center for the Arts at the Haag Recital Hall on Thursday, March 6. (Erica Lee | The Union) Photo credit: Erica Lee

[Photo] Touring saxophone quartet, music students take part in master class

By Erica Lee
March 9, 2025
The sun begins to set over the Child Development Center at El Camino College on Monday, March 3. Demolition for the building, which closed in June 2014, is expected to begin by July 2025. (Erica Lee | The Union) Photo credit: Erica Lee

[Photo] Plans move forward to demolish the Child Development Center

By Camila Jimenez
March 9, 2025

Get ready with El Camino College’s cosmetology department for their fifth annual hair show

By Erica Lee
December 7, 2024
Ashley Labayen, left, and her fellow stylists jam to Donna Summer during their performance as "Disco Diva Dolls" at the 5th annual hair show on Dec. 4. (Erica Lee | The Union)

Blast from the past: ECC cosmetology students showcase their skills in a parade of vintage styles

By Erica Lee
December 7, 2024
Kirk Rossberg dishes out an apple turnover at Torrance Bakery on Oct. 11, 2024. Rossberg is the owner and president of Torrance Bakery, a local institution that has been serving cookies, donuts and cakes to the South Bay for 40 years. (Erica Lee | Warrior Life)

Baking bonds: How an El Camino alumnus turned a small-time bakery into a local legend

By Erica Lee
November 28, 2024
“Gladiator II” is currently playing in theaters nationwide. (Erica Lee | The Union)

“Gladiator II”: you will be entertained… kind of

By Erica Lee
November 27, 2024
Erica Lee | Warrior Life

From matcha to overnight oats, satisfy your tastebuds with these 3 quick, easy Trader Joe’s Recipes

By Erica Lee
November 26, 2024
Illustration by Sofia Flores

Animation Isolation: How anime’s booming popularity in the 2000s became my personal reckoning of what it means to be Japanese American

By Erica Lee
November 4, 2024
El Camino College’s new Associate Dean of Humanities Edward Rice with his debut book, Cosmic Granny, in his office on Oct. 14. Cosmic Granny tells the story of retired space commander Norma Gnarly and her adventures with her grandchildren. (Katie Gronenthal | The Union)

Out of the box, into the cosmos

By Erica Lee
October 21, 2024
Professor Rose Cerofeci collects the phones of her English 1A students prior to class beginning on Sept. 30, 2024. Cerofeci instituted the "no phones" policy for her classroom to promote a better learning environment. (Erica Lee | The Union) Photo credit: Erica Lee

[Photo] No cellphone, no problem

October 11, 2024
An El Camino College Police car patrols the campus on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Ma. Gisela Ordenes | The Union)

Local community reacts: campus death reminiscent of December attack

By Erica Lee
August 11, 2024
Illustration by Ingrid Barrera

Mayhem on the Metro Green Line

By Erica Lee
May 22, 2024
Professor Irene Mori, who teaches jewelry, poses in her studio on Friday, March 29 at El Camino College. She is one of the longest tenured professors on campus, having taught for about 40 years. (Jamila Zaki | Warrior Life)

All That Glitters: Long-time El Camino instructor looks back on her years leading one of the oldest courses on campus

By Erica Lee
May 22, 2024
The green curry lunch special ($11.95) doles a generous portion of vegetables and protein in a light, creamy curry sauce flavored with lemon grass and mint. (Erica Lee | Warrior Life) Photo credit: Erica Lee

[Photo] Noodles Noodles ladles out a taste of Thailand

By Erica Lee
May 22, 2024

Jewelry design students share advice on creative process

By Erica Lee
May 20, 2024
One of Common Space's many murals invites guests to come in and have a pint with friends on Friday, April 19. The Hawthorne-based brewery strives to create an inclusive place where sports fans can catch up on the latest games. (Erica Lee | The Union)

Bottoms Up: A beer run around the South Bay’s top breweries

By Erica Lee
May 20, 2024

Scene One Film Club: El Camino’s cinephiles connect over film

By Erica Lee
May 16, 2024
El Camino College psychology professor Angela Simon leads the celebration of life of Gloria E. Miranda in the East Dining Room on Wednesday, May 8. “It’s okay to be sad,” she said. “We’re here to show love.” (Erica Lee | The Union)

An American pioneer: El Camino remembers former dean

By Erica Lee
May 10, 2024
Polly Parks, an associate professor of biology, announces sign-ups for the Teaching Academy for Continuous Learning during the Academic Senate meeting on Tuesday, April 16 in the Distance Education Center. The goal is to teach skills faculty can apply to their classrooms come fall 2024 to create a more inclusive study space. (Erica Lee | The Union)

Summer program available for El Camino faculty to learn more inclusive teaching skills

By Erica Lee
April 17, 2024
El Camino College Women's Softball team poses after clinching a dominant shutout victory against East Los Angeles Huskies, extending the Warriors' winning streak to three games and boosting their season record to 9-4 in its 8-0 win at the ECC Softball Field on Tuesday, Feb. 27. (Clarence Davis | The Union)

El Camino softball shuts out East Los Angeles in explosive 1st and 6th inning

By Erica Lee
February 29, 2024
Architect and social justice advocate Steven Lewis, left, and adjunct professor for the Architecture Department Reuben E. Jacobs, open a dialogue about Black architects in Southern California in the East Dining Room on Feb 14. “We have to tell our story. We brought with us this skill and this capability. And yet we’re hidden in the background," Lewis said. (Erica Lee | The Union)

El Camino celebrates Black History Month with discussion on Black architects in Southern California

By Erica Lee
February 19, 2024
Carl Turano poses with "Miss Kitty" after preparing food for her on Sept. 28. (Monroe Morrow | Warrior Life)

Carl Turano: a story of a cat caretaker looking after 9 lives

By Erica Lee
December 6, 2023
Air Jordans, Nikes and Pumas grace the walls of Uptown Cheapskate in Torrance on Tusday, Oct. 24. Sneakerheads will not break the bank in the name of acquiring new finds. Photo credit: Erica Lee

Goodwill Hunting: Save the environment and your money when you go thrifting at these top 5 locations

By Erica Lee
December 5, 2023
El Camino College CARE student success coordinator Leslie Delgado takes a seat in Mothering Room 288 in the Student Services Building on Monday, Nov. 13. Room 288 is one of four lactation rooms now open at El Camino. “We have been in conversation long before I was here, but the new law made it so that colleges are forced to take action,” Delgado said about college campuses establishing lactation rooms. (Erica Lee | The Union)

El Camino College leads the charge in single campus lactation rooms in SoCal

By Erica Lee
December 4, 2023
Jeremiah Dela Cruz | Special to Warrior Life

Why I waited until my 30s to come out as asexual

By Erica Lee
December 4, 2023
There was plenty of activity on the El Camino College campus as a commercial production crew had a major presence in various locations including directly in front of El Cappuccino cafe on Wednesday, Nov 8. (Clarence Davis | The Union)

Commercial filmed on El Camino College campus

By Erica Lee
November 9, 2023
Judges Sandra Derrell (left) Patrick Hahn, Luis Rivera Mora Mattern and Elayne Kelley raise up perfect 10 scores for Mila Ishikawa-Gonzales's poem "Unbodied" on April 27, 2023. "Unbodied" explores themes of body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and self-harm. (Khoury Williams | The Union)

El Camino’s student poets slam their way to cash prizes

By Erica Lee
April 30, 2023

Student Health Services offer weekly mental health workshops

By Erica Lee
April 21, 2023
Nindiya Maheswari (left), Brittany Parris, Igor Colonno, Eddy Cermeno, Khoury Williams, Stefanie Frith, Ethan Cohen and Greg Fontanilla celebrate together after winning numerous awards at the College Media Association Convention hosted in New York on March 11. (Photo courtesy of Rosemary Montalvo)

El Camino College journalism students win big at New York conference

By Erica Lee
April 10, 2023
Members from Asano Taiko's UnitOne play the odaiko, a large drum, during the 23rd Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at the Social Justice Center on March 15. (Raphael Richardson | The Union)

Cherry Blossom Festival brings the storm indoors

By Erica Lee
March 15, 2023