Editor's Letter

YOU ARE YOU

You are Monet and Van Gogh and Kusama. You’re inspiring, resilient and brave. You’re beautiful, really. Breathtaking, actually.

You are more than what others think and say of you. More than your past, your mistakes, your flaws. More than a number, a title, a job. More than the clothes, the color and the burdens you wear.

Oh, you.

Ordinary is never you. You’re complex, full of life, full of love! You feel, you bleed, you cry, you shout, you mend, you laugh, you love. The only thing stopping you from anything is yourself. You’re your worst enemy, the harshest critic and the loudest voice inside your head.

Own you. All of you. Unusual you may be, weird perhaps, but never ugly. You’re underrated more like, yet outstandingly talented in everything that you do.

Unstoppable, you are a force to be reckoned with. You defy all odds. You’re a legend and a star, and most certainly made of magic. You conjure hopes and dreams and aspire to be more than you are. You don’t have to — you’re great as you are.

Unattainable by anyone else, you’re most definitely you. Only you know you. All of you. There is no one like you. Truly unique, absolutely extraordinary and inexplicably incredible.

You are YOU

-Delaney Tran EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Editor-in-Chief Delaney Tran Art Director Tracy Keller Online Editor Annika Brandes Social Media Editor Niyah Maldonado

Managing Editor Natalie Wallace

Multimedia Editor Reina Suio

Senior Editors Anika Ljung Chelsea Quezada Assistant Online Editors Nahid Ponciano Julia Terbeche

Assistant Social Media Editors Gabby Gobaton Jaclyn Lim Features Editor Jade Lew

Graphic Designer Rip Kal Multimedia Assistant Stephanie Cornejo

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