I received my first digital camera as a gift my freshman year of high school in 2019. I quickly became captivated with the power of the lens. When I joined the yearbook committee at my high school later that year, it became an essential part of my storytelling process. Photography granted me access to information that allowed me to rise through the ranks of my high school's yearbook committee, where I eventually became the editor-in-chief. Today, digital photography helps me capture clearly the emotion in a story I am covering. It transports the audience to the heart of the story and is the pinnacle of producing empathy through journalism. 

This semester, I took my first ever photojournalism class. It challenged me to report a story without any actual writing. Technical composition became the tools through which I communicated with an audience. The photographs below are from the projects I created during that course.