Growing up, I always hated current events. I wasn't a particularly strong writer, and I held a prejudice of people who took pictures of everything and anything. I joined my school's print newspaper, The Lion's Roar, as a distraction from an athletic injury, and because my sister was on the school's online newspaper, so I had to be different. 

I had no idea that it would become my life. 

Because I always found fault in the pursuit of knowledge. I couldn't figure out why I would do anything if it was only to my benefit. But upon joining the newspaper, I quickly became infatuated with talking to people and exploring minds other than my own, because it gave me a purpose — something that went beyond my own desires.

By talking to people and organizing their thoughts on paper, I found my place in this world. I found the way with which I want to help people and contribute to society. My passion for journalism lies in giving people a voice and a say in their own narrative. The written word is among the most delicate aspects of our life, because it writes history. I seek to treat that word with the respect it deserves, and constantly push the boundaries and discomforts of pain in order to tell the whole story of our humanity.

• Fig City News student reporter (2023-present)

• Armenian Mirror Spectator Contributing reporter and photographer (2021-23)

Individual:

• NSPA 2022 News Story of the Year - Honorable Mention for A Balancing Act

Staff:

• 2022 Suffolk University Massachusetts Student Journalism Awards: 1st place News award

  • Award featured article: Break-ins Stoke Fear

• 2022 Suffolk University Massachusetts Student Journalism Awards: 1st place General Excellence award

• 2022 National Scholastic Press Association: National High School Journalism Convention Best of Show Award: 4th place for The Lion’s Roar

• 2023 Suffolk University Massachusetts Student Journalism Awards: 1st place News award

• 2023 Suffolk University Massachusetts Student Journalism Awards: 1st place General Excellence award

• New England Scholastic Press Association Awards: Highest Achievement award (EIC of volume)