Uriana Powell

June 8, 2026

Bonjour! I’m Uriana Powell, I am a current rising 9th grader in the state of Georgia and I have so many fun facts about myself, interests and Hobbies, it’d be impossible to list them all. Although if I had to choose a handful, I’d reveal that I actually received my Georgia medal and award of biliteracy in IB French, I have a deep interest for any Biology or Chemistry, and I love sports as I do track, swimming and diving, competitive gymnastics, sideline and competitive cheerleading, flag football and golf! Something I absolutely love is scrapbooking, I’ve been scrapbooking for almost six years now and I love decorating pages and adding my own photos. Speaking of photos, photography has also always held a place in my heart, I am an experienced and recognized Photographer and Videographer as a job, as I usually always have some type of camera on me. I early developed a love for music, I’ve played the violin for 4 years and the harp for 5 years. Even though I have the best built in biological friends in the world, I’m the youngest sibling of five…which immediately makes me the favorite!

I always enjoy having the opportunity to serve my community, I volunteer as a mentor for various programs at my church and am a part of the student council and serve in the youth ministry. My church, My school, My everything, is always so special to me so I always try my best to keep myself Included…Which leads me a while back when I decided to join my school news crew with one of my best friends. We were ecstatic to be able to try this out for the first time. Everyone could only apply for one role, so I applied for anchor.

I unfortunately did not make anchor and ended up in charge of the camera. Even though I started as the camera person, always the sidepiece, overlooked, and misjudged… I eventually managed to work my way up until I finished my 8th grade year as the producer, head anchor, planner, script writer, and the most long lasting members of my news crew as I created so many new traditions, and got so many new students and peers included in the news crew process all in three months. Now I’m continuing my journalism journey by attending this UGA journalism camp on a full scholarship- which I’m so grateful for. I’ve always wanted to attend UGA as a school since forever and so I’m so excited to be here.

I’ve always had an interest in journalism, I’ve written over four chapter books in the French language about various topics and people absolutely have loved them, I used to have a blog named “The 4 Consecutive Minutes” where I would talk about four recent important topics in exactly four minutes, I began this in 4th grade and lately took a break because it got really cringy. Yet, On another note I love writing, I write books, poems, stories, or almost any literary piece of work. I love all types of media and journalism and hope to keep working in the field.