This is Ishita's second year on staff and she is super excited to be writing in the torch magazine. She started ninth grade as nervous freshmen scared out of her mind that she wouldn't fit in, however when she found herself in the journalism room, she instantly felt right at home. She has a fierce passion for writing and wants to be give a voice to the students at the school. The best thing about newspaper that Ishita really likes is that she gets to be herself and she gets to meet a variety of people with different perspectives. Ishita has been taking classical dance for 10 years, and she loves dancing as it takes her mind of of school. Ishita was born in east India, and she really wants to go back because she misses all her friends and family members that she left behind. She is left handed, and loves to remind people who have forgotten that small fact. She is extremely scared of bugs like cockroaches, and loves binge watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Gilmore girls, and Parenthood.