Herald Welcomes Summer Intern

Growing up I never really knew what I wanted to do with my life. To be honest, I still don’t have a full grasp on what it is I want to do. But I know what I like to do. I like to watch sports, analyze those sports; and I like to write.

Growing up in an upper middle class neighborhood in Northern Virginia there is this sort of unspoken “pressure.” Pressure to get good grades, pressure to get into a good college, and pressure to get a high-paying job in the government or in the STEM field. Jobs that are seen as “better.” Once you begin high school, that pressure, which has been instilled into yo...