Coming into our last year in this program, every member of the Dispatch leadership team had a rough relationship with one another; we either didn’t know each other, were scared of each other, or blatantly...

It’s surreal that I am sitting here writing this letter and preparing to graduate. When I first signed up to take the Digital Media class, I never imagined that this program would become as close to...

I literally have no clue how to begin this letter. I don’t even know what I want to write. I have created so many memories from my time on Dispatch staff; I have written so many stories, learned so many...

Graduating from high school feels incredibly surreal and amazing. When I moved to Austin in 2020, amid a global pandemic, it was undoubtedly one of the most challenging periods of my life. Being in a new...

Welp. It’s over! I remember looking at some of these letters a couple of years ago and being glad I didn’t have to write one yet, but here we are! How exciting! Or not? I’m not sure yet! I guess...

Over the years I have wanted to be many things. An astronaut, ballerina, doctor, writer, and food truck owner - just to name a few. However, being a writer has always lived in the back of my mind and at...

Bye Bye Bowie! It’s so crazy how these past four years flew by so fast. I feel like just yesterday when I would wake up five minutes before my freshman Zoom classes. Just a couple of years ago I was...

Just before I left for prom my grandfather told me this: “Take this experience with you in your heart” This phrase from my usually silent grandfather, for an event as definitive as prom has had me...

It feels surreal to be writing this. It feels like I was in my freshman Digital Media class just yesterday, and now, there are only two weeks left until I am officially a high school graduate. To be frank,...