As she enters her senior year at Downey High, Arissa Nava enters The Downey Legend as a first year illustrator. As a shy yet friendly and humorous individual, Nava first became interested in newspaper after seeing the articles posted online and from a growing interest in documenting school events and the community around her. After highschool she plans to enjoy her summer by attending music festivals and raves. As well as traveling to some place new like Europe, more specifically Paris. In the fall she plans to start college and pursue a career in nursing, in hopes of later transferring to a UC, with UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara as her top choices. 

 “What I am most excited about doing here in newspaper this year is learning how to create a comic book,” Nava states. “I want to create something based off my creativity and inspirations and learn how to put it all together.”