San Diego Yearbooks & Walsworth Yearbooks Team
Carlos Giron
Workshop Director and Yearbook Rep
Carlos Giron
Workshop Director and Yearbook Rep
After working in the field for more than six years taking photos for universities, corporations and restaurants, I wanted to find a way to bring my skills and knowledge to the classroom. Being a former yearbook photo editor in high school, joining the Walsworth Yearbooks team was the next logical step.I bring my knowledge of sports, events and portrait photography to help my schools achieve their photography dreams. I cover everything from the basic understanding of how to use their photography gear and what they should be looking for, to more advanced topics like how to use to studio lights on location. I have helped many students enter scholarship programs with universities who are current customers – such as Loyola Marymount University, California Baptist University, University of California-Irvine and Biola University, just to name a few.When I am not yearbooking, I spend my time gaming, 3D printing, and working on my 1966 Mustang.
- Phone:(818) 404-3196
- Email:carlos.giron@walsworth.com
Damon Stephens
Walsworth Customer Service
Damon Stephens
Walsworth Customer Service
Damon Stephens is the In-Plant Customer Service Representative assigned to work with schools in San Diego County, Imperial County, and Temecula. He started his career in Cover Art and in the off season he worked in the Finishing Plant. During that time, he worked as a General Worker and was borrowed by Quality Assurance. After 5 years, Damon became a Computer Support Tech and then pivoted to a Customer Service Representative. Working in many areas throughout the plant, Damon has been able to see many books go completely through the process from start to finish. He feels his time at the finishing plant has given him a much greater understanding of the entire binding process, while his background as a Cover Artist & Computer Support Tech has made him fluent in Photoshop, InDesign and Online Design.
Rhonda O'Dea
Walsworth West Area Manager
Rhonda O'Dea
Walsworth West Area Manager
Rhonda O’Dea is the West Area Sales Manager for Walsworth Yearbooks. A lifelong yearbooker, Rhonda has been a yearbook kid, an adviser, a sales rep and now an Area Manager. As an adviser in Virginia, Rhonda’s yearbook staffs produced CSPA Crown and NSPA All American books for over eight years. She is a frequent presenter at national and regional workshops all across the country and contributes to the training and education of yearbook reps and their schools.
Next Year Kickoff Spring Workshop (5/1/2026)
Leland Mallett
Beginning Design Instructor
Leland Mallett
Beginning Design Instructor
For more than 25 years, Leland Mallett, CJE, guided newspaper, yearbook and photography students in Mansfield and Big Spring, Texas. Along the way, his students picked up plenty of state and national awards—but more importantly, they learned to tell stories they loved. In 2025, Leland brought that same passion to Walsworth as an education specialist and sales rep, where he now helps advisers and staffs create yearbooks they’re proud of—and have fun doing it.
Summer Workshop Creative Consultant Speaker (7/23-7/25, 2026)
Leland Mallett
Beginning Design Instructor
Leland Mallett
Beginning Design Instructor
For more than 25 years, Leland Mallett, CJE, guided newspaper, yearbook and photography students in Mansfield and Big Spring, Texas. Along the way, his students picked up plenty of state and national awards—but more importantly, they learned to tell stories they loved. In 2025, Leland brought that same passion to Walsworth as an education specialist and sales rep, where he now helps advisers and staffs create yearbooks they’re proud of—and have fun doing it.
Andrew Young
Advanced Design Instructor
Andrew Young
Advanced Design Instructor
Andrew Young, CJE advises The Round-Up at Woodland Junior High School in Fayetteville, AR. Youngwas named a 2017 Rising Star by JEA, 2018 Arkansas Adviser of the Year, 2018 Fayetteville Public Schools Teacher of the Year, 2020 Outstanding Young Alumni from the University of Arkansas, 2022 Special Recognition Adviser, and 2024 Distinguished Yearbook Adviser
from JEA. His staffs have been recognized in the JEA Middle School/Junior High Media contest, NSPA Picture/Story/Design of the Year contests, Arkansas Scholastic Press Association awards and Walsworth Photo Contest. Woodland’s 2023 The Round-Up yearbook received a Silver Crown from CSPA and won a NSPA Pacemaker. Young currently serves as the President of the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association and has a passion for seeing junior high and middle school journalism programs take it to the next level.
Tucker Love
Editorial Leadership Instructor
Tucker Love
Editorial Leadership Instructor
Tucker Love is the journalism teacher and publications adviser at Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, Kansas where he teaches Intro to News Media and advises the photojournalism, yearbook, newspaper and literary magazine staffs. His students have received recognition in local, state and national contests, including being a NSPA Yearbook Pacemaker and CSPA Yearbook Crown recipient. Love was selected as a JEA Distinguished Adviser of the Year in December 2024, because his students continue to do good scholastic journalism work. When Love is not advising, he’s likely drinking cold brew coffee, learning to crochet, or deciding which house plant to purchase next.
Jim McCrossen
Photojournalism Instructor
Jim McCrossen
Photojournalism Instructor
Jim McCrossen is in his 34th year helping journalism students find their voice in a very loud and busy world. McCrossen has spent his entire teaching career in the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kan. teaching and advising two years at Blue Valley North and the past 32 at Blue Valley Northwest, where he advises the Horizon yearbook, The Express newspaper and the BVNWnews.com website. McCrossen is a JEA Distinguished Yearbook Adviser, an NSPA Pioneer Award recipient, a Ball State University Marilyn Weaver Scholastic Journalism Award winner and a former Kansas journalism teacher of the year. He is a former award-winning photojournalist in Ventura County, Calif. He loves teaching photography mostly because he’s not very good with words. His students have won numerous awards for their work, and they have not won numerous awards, as well. McCrossen likes red meat, chocolate and Cheetos.
Susan McNulty
Writing Instructor
Susan McNulty
Writing Instructor
Susan McNulty has been The Stampede yearbook adviser at J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida since 2014. In that time, The Stampede has been named an NSPA Pacemaker finalist and winner, a CPSA Silver Crown winner, and a Sunshine Standout and All-Florida ranking for 11 straight years from the Florida Scholastic Press Association. She has been named Pasco County Teacher of the year, JEA Rising Star, FSPA Teacher of the Year, and FSPA Gold Medallion winner. Her students regularly attend state and national workshops and compete and place in design, photography and writing contests. A fifth-generation native Floridian, she loves all things Florida, except when they make the news.
Spooktacular Middle School Editon - Fall Workshop Creative Consultant Speaker (10/01/2026)
Andrew Young
Advanced Design Instructor
Andrew Young
Advanced Design Instructor
Andrew Young, CJE advises The Round-Up at Woodland Junior High School in Fayetteville, AR. Youngwas named a 2017 Rising Star by JEA, 2018 Arkansas Adviser of the Year, 2018 Fayetteville Public Schools Teacher of the Year, 2020 Outstanding Young Alumni from the University of Arkansas, 2022 Special Recognition Adviser, and 2024 Distinguished Yearbook Adviser
from JEA. His staffs have been recognized in the JEA Middle School/Junior High Media contest, NSPA Picture/Story/Design of the Year contests, Arkansas Scholastic Press Association awards and Walsworth Photo Contest. Woodland’s 2023 The Round-Up yearbook received a Silver Crown from CSPA and won a NSPA Pacemaker. Young currently serves as the President of the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association and has a passion for seeing junior high and middle school journalism programs take it to the next level.
LOCK IN LAB - Winter Workshop Creative Consultant Speakers (12/5-12/6, 2025)
Andrew Young
Creative Consultant
Andrew Young
Creative Consultant
Andrew Young, CJE advises The Round-Up at Woodland Junior High School in Fayetteville, AR. Youngwas named a 2017 Rising Star by JEA, 2018 Arkansas Adviser of the Year, 2018 Fayetteville Public Schools Teacher of the Year, 2020 Outstanding Young Alumni from the University of Arkansas, 2022 Special Recognition Adviser, and 2024 Distinguished Yearbook Adviser
from JEA. His staffs have been recognized in the JEA Middle School/Junior High Media contest, NSPA Picture/Story/Design of the Year contests, Arkansas Scholastic Press Association awards and Walsworth Photo Contest. Woodland’s 2023 The Round-Up yearbook received a Silver Crown from CSPA and won a NSPA Pacemaker. Young currently serves as the President of the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association and has a passion for seeing junior high and middle school journalism programs take it to the next level.
Jim McCrossen
Creative Consultant
Jim McCrossen
Creative Consultant
Jim McCrossen is in his 34th year helping journalism students find their voice in a very loud and busy world. McCrossen has spent his entire teaching career in the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kan. teaching and advising two years at Blue Valley North and the past 32 at Blue Valley Northwest, where he advises the Horizon yearbook, The Express newspaper and the BVNWnews.com website. McCrossen is a JEA Distinguished Yearbook Adviser, an NSPA Pioneer Award recipient, a Ball State University Marilyn Weaver Scholastic Journalism Award winner and a former Kansas journalism teacher of the year. He is a former award-winning photojournalist in Ventura County, Calif. He loves teaching photography mostly because he’s not very good with words. His students have won numerous awards for their work, and they have not won numerous awards, as well. McCrossen likes red meat, chocolate and Cheetos.