Nobody would ever look at Sierra High varsity cheer captain Melisa Monciardini and think that she was at one time a shy wallflower that never thought she would get noticed when she arrived on the campus. The bubbly, outgoing and friendly pillar of the 18-member squad responsible for keeping the crowd quickly shed that shell, and has become one of the leaders within the program – participating not only on competitive teams but during basketball season as well. That means she must juggle her responsibilities as the president of yearbook and as a student on top of the hours of work that being a captain takes – searching for routine music, figuring out which moves transition to the song and how to put it all together in a single package.