I knew I wanted to pursue journalism in college when researching current events for high school assignments became my favorite topic to investigate and dive deeper on. When I attended elementary school and was as young as eight years old, a few older students were the face of "STAL Channel 5," a broadcast channel that would give the morning news to the whole school each day of the week. For being as young as I was, I knew I wanted to be on the classroom TV screen when I was older, and as the channel fizzled out as those students left, the channel was no longer. When I reached the eighth grade, I worked alongside other students to get STAL Channel 5 up and running again, as the morning news channel. Journalism and storytelling have always been a large interest of mine, even before I knew what journalism really was.I knew I wanted to pursue journalism in college when researching current events for high school assignments became my favorite topic to investigate and dive deeper on. When I attended elementary school and was as young as eight years old, a few older students were the face of "STAL Channel 5," a broadcast channel that would give the morning news to the whole school each day of the week. For being as young as I was, I knew I wanted to be on the classroom TV screen when I was older, and as the channel fizzled out as those students left, the channel was no longer. When I reached the eighth grade, I worked alongside other students to get STAL Channel 5 up and running again, as the morning news channel. Journalism and storytelling have always been a large interest of mine, even before I knew what journalism really was.

In April of 2025, I was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists in Region 4 for First Place in General Column Writing.

Region 4 recognizes student journalists in Michigan, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 

To receive this high recognition for my column writing is beyond exciting. I am very thankful for my colleagues at The Post who continue to support me! 

While balancing both coursework and extracurriculars at OU, I have benefited the most from involving myself in student organizations that care for the student ad well as student journalists.

Here, I received a scholarship from the Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists in April of 2024.

In February 2025, I was selected, alongside other student journalists from both The Post and The New Political, to attend Pro Con 2025, a conference for college students studying media and journalism.

This conference allowed me to network and speak to industry professionals. I learned lots of skills that I brought back to The Post.