Hello everyone! My name is Maika Walker and I am 14 years old. I am born and raised in Atlanta and will be attending North Atlanta High School in the Fall. It will be my freshman year and I’m excited to explore a new campus! One thing I am passionate about is sports. Whether that’s watching or playing its always been a big part of my life. Currently, I play year round volleyball and I’ve recently been getting into golf. I don’t have any prior experience in journalism, but I’m eager to learn.
Growing up, I’ve always been interested in some form of journalism. Whether it was news, sports or entertainment, I’ve always had an interest. But as soon I heard about my high schools’ newspaper The Warrior Wire, that was something I had to be apart of. So I made the decision to do everything I can to secure my seat on the newspaper staff. For the next 3-4 years, I will be taking journalism classes to be on the newspaper staff and hopefully turn it into a career later on. I don’t know much about journalism, but I will do everything in my power to be the best I can be.
Something I don’t ever think I could stop loving is volleyball. I’ve had an interest in it since I was about 8 years old. This will be my third consecutive year playing year round and I haven’t lost the love for it yet. I’ve played for my middle school for two years and played for Rio Volleyball Club and Ace Volleyball over the years. With tryouts coming back up quickly, who knows where I’ll end up next. I haven’t decided if I want to pursue my volleyball career in college but that is a decision I will have to choose soon.
If I’m not playing volleyball or in school, I’ve been getting into photography a lot recently. Having photography as a career doesn’t seem like something I’ll pursue, but I really enjoy having it for a hobby. I’m that type of person who takes photos of everything. Anything that is like remotely interesting I will take picture of. So I was trilled when my mother got me my own camera. It wasn’t some regular camera, it is a professional camera in which you have the option to take off the lens and put different ones on. It might not sound like much but it’s the little things in life that count for me.
One thing about me is that I always enjoy trying new things. With this being said, I am very excited to learn more about journalism and I can’t wait to explore the different aspects of it.
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