Students are stressed. What's new?
Published this January, this opinion piece prefaced the Ghostwriter's 16-page special issue on student stress. It outlines our rationale for taking on such a well-known and seemingly unsolvable issue as well as delves into what positive change truly entails.
Activist students reflect on equality, growth, and change
This long-form feature I wrote in my junior year detailed the perspectives of four seniors who were the nucleus of almost all activist movements at our high school, especially those following the Parkland shooting. I aimed to get an insight on what inspires high-schoolers who are hardly of voting age, and how teenagers are growing from being insulated from the world's problems to fighting directly against them.
Teacher bias in politics: where's the line?
** NESPA Localizing Contest Winner, 2016
On the cusp of the presidential election, I wrote this piece in the beginning of my sophomore year to address concerns I had heard from students and teachers alike in regards to teachers stating their political biases.
On the cusp of the presidential election, I wrote this piece in the beginning of my sophomore year to address concerns I had heard from students and teachers alike in regards to teachers stating their political biases.