Martina Eastwood, aka ‘Martu’, is a first-year member of the Bulldog Bark staff. Although Eastwood did not choose to be in a journalism class, it’s a familiar subject to her as she took it in middle school. It doesn’t hurt that she likes to write as well. 

Although she was born in Argentina, she grew up in Florida and hasn’t traveled much.

Eastwood doesn’t like the effect the global pandemic has had on schooling. 

“Sitting at a computer all day not moving around for a long period, and also figuring out how to use the website that we are using for school is hard,” she said.

 Eastwood moved around a lot as a kid, and it shaped her character.   

“I had to switch schools which really changed me because I used to be very unsocial,” she said.

 Eastwood is easily amused by her friends and laughs a lot when she’s with them.

“They awake the joyous side of me,” Eastwood said. 

Eastwood’s mother is her inspiration.

“She is a very strong and independent woman and loves and cares for her family,” Eastwood said.

She prefers being indoors, watching Netflix shows, and listening to the boy band BTS. She relishes her role as a comfort to her friends and family and thinks the best compliment she’s received is that she is the most comforting person.

She says some people think she is bratty, mean, and having it easy due to her outside appearance, but she doesn’t let that stop her from being kind.