Starting her first year on the Downey Legend as an Illustrator, Nadia Phutsorn,11, hopes to make connections here at newspaper as well as get back into art. Although she doesn't know where she would like to attend college yet, she wants to major in oncology. When she's not in school Phutsorn likes to draw and play the piano, both of which she has been doing since 6th grade. Despite describing herself as an introvert Phutsorn wants to use Newspaper to help her step out of her comfort zone and be a part of a bigger community. 

“I want to hopefully connect with more people,” Phutsorn said. “For a long time I’ve avoided big communities, they made me uncomfortable in a way but now I want to settle in a place that makes me feel safe.”