Miya Wasserman is a sophomore at Desert Mountain in her first year with the Wolf’s Print. She’s had a deep interest and connection with the written word since second grade, where her teacher pushed her to begin writing. During quarantine, she entered many online contests such as Nanowrimo and a Barnes and Noble publishing contest she stumbled upon (and never got any word back as to the status of her submission.) She enjoys poetry, fiction, and classical literature—two of her favorite authors being John Green and Mitch Albom. After finishing a book, she emphasizes how it “changed her life and everyone should read this” so much that the phrase has lost its meaning. The latest victim of this praise was Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared From the World—which everyone should read because it changed her life.

Miya’s involvement in the IB program and six additional clubs dictates her lack of free time, the small crumbs of which are spent playing softball, going to the gym, or wishing she had time to sleep. As an avid baseball fan, the Baltimore Orioles continuously disappoint her in the postseason and inspire her to keep up with everything sports-related. She enjoys listening to 90s/2000s rock and greatly admires Billie Joe Armstrong’s expression of his political preferences and devil-may-care attitude toward the subsequent and ever-present criticism.

As for her journey beyond high school, Miya hopes to further her education in college. She’s always been indecisive so her path is split into three—photography, journalism, or maybe a combination of both. It may not necessarily be a dying art but she wishes to make a difference in the world through journalism and investigation with reliable writing. The advent of the digital age has emphasized the true importance of human communication and she hopes to keep that alive.