Sydney Gaw

Sydney Gaw is a summer 2026 reporting for the Orange County Register's local news team. Gaw is a student at Northwestern University, majoring in journalism, creative writing and Asian American studies, with a minor in global health. She serves as an editor and contributor for several campus publications, including The Daily Northwestern and nuAZN, and is the president of Northwestern’s Diaspora Writers Society and Asian American Student Journalists club. Her writing has been featured in Mochi Magazine, TriQuarterly, USA Lacrosse and Westwind Journal of the Arts, among others. She is an Orange County native.