Angela LinIn all my eighteen years, I’ve traversed so many countries around

the world, witnessing significant historical events and everyday life. Those moments are forever memorialized in my pictures. Being a photojournalist not only means correctly portraying and capturing a moment, but also gaining a global view of world.

After finding my love for taking photos of people wherever I travel, I joined newspaper my freshman year. I became a photojournalist at my school, spending late nights until my feet almost gave out at foot-ball games, shedding tears at the children’s cancer ward, and climb-ing dangerous heights just to get the perfect photo at shows.

At times, photojournalism challenged my own ability to keep my emotions intact as it often forced me to sacrifice my own beliefs and happiness to tell the story of others, but through photojournalism, I learned what it’s like to hope, struggle, love, laugh, fear, and cry all at once. Each of my photos paints a story to the viewer.

I hope to receive the honor of Tom Pierce Photojournalist of the Year award because I have dedicated myself to telling the stories of others and documenting my school and the world in its truest form.

Junior Annalee Bossory laughs as she throws a handful of confetti in the air during prom held at The Gallery of Amazing Things. This year’s prom’s theme was A Night to Remember and over 300 students attended. Alumnus Destini Garner watches the reflection speaker reminisce on memories in high

school. “I’ve been waiting so long to graduate, but now that I am, I feel like time has passed by too quickly,” Garner said.

Senior Eden Kinlock protests outside of American Heritage School in solidarity with Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Seniors Faith Ward and Nicholas Fonseca organized the protest after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting Feb. 14, 2018.

Senior Running back Tyler Jones passes the 30 yard line. Heritage Varsity football won the game against Stranahan High School 39-6.

Seniors Ariann Barker and Gavin Grnja scream as they are announced Homecoming king and queen at the Homecoming football game. Both have been anticipating this moment since the start of October when stu-dents were asked to vote on their favorite couple.

Sophomore Shiv Chokshi laughs as freshman Willhelm Tvedt pops a water balloon on Chokshi’s head. Both members of the Patriot band, Chokshi and Tvedt volunteered to be hit by water balloons to raise money for the band.

Senior Emma Quarequio dresses as Elsa to visit children in the Pediatric Oncology Unit at Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital. Quarequio has been in the Pre-Med society for four years and attends the annual superhero and princess party every year.

Junior McCall Phillips stretches before rehearsal for the upcoming dance concert. The dancers rehearse every other night leading up to the concert from 4-7 p.m.

Alumni Cristina Beck, Sophia Pace and Gabriela Fuertes slide down the Fun Slide at the senior carnival. Administration started the carnival as an incentive for seniors to stop trying to see how early they could get suspended from campus before their last days of school.

Sophomore Myles Walter battles his opponent for the ball. Heritage won 5-2 against Pem-broke Pines Charter in the varsity boys soccer semifinals.