Michelle Cisneros

Michelle Cisneros (she/her) is the Lead News Editor for the 2025-2026 school year. Previously, Cisneros was the Community Outreach News Editor for the 2024-25 school year and the Assistant News Editor for the 2023-24 school year. She can be reached at michellecisneros@dailynexus.com or news@dailynexus.com.

May 6, 2024

RCSGD hosts Gender Product Library Showcase

By Michelle Cisneros

This year marks the fifth year of the annual week of events, which was spurred by the center’s desire to expand resources for trans people on campus.

May 6, 2024

IVCRC holds annual Pardall Carnival

By Michelle Cisneros

Roughly 800 community members attended to experience live music, free food catering, games, a 30-foot Ferris wheel, a mechanical bull and live music.

May 1, 2024

UCSB Divest takes over SRB in solidarity with nationwide campus protests

By Michelle Cisneros, Josh Rhodes

Over 150 students attended the Student Resource Building (SRB) takeover throughout the day. No counter-protesters or law enforcement officers were present, and according to event organizers, SRB staff were notified of th...

April 11, 2024

IVCSD hosts Spring Festival during Deltopia

By Michelle Cisneros

The event aimed to keep festival-goers away from parties as an alternative to Deltopia, attracting roughly 1,000 attendees with free food trucks and performances from local Isla Vista musicians.

March 1, 2024

IVRPD celebrates Black History Month with third annual “Forward Ever, Backward Never” event

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Michelle Cisneros

The Isla Vista Recreation & Park District held its third annual “Forward Ever, Backward Never” event to commemorate Black History Month on Feb. 27. The event featured art, music, food and poetry, as well as a tri...

February 2, 2024

UCSB MCC presents Indo-Persian performance Chahar Bagh: “Fourfold Garden”

By Michelle Cisneros

Chahar Bagh is a multicultural musical project that fuses Indo-Persian style santoor and sitar instrumentals and percussion, according to the show’s description.