Dilara Ahiskalioglu is a 15-year-old first year journalism student and contributor to The Torch. She grew up in Sayreville, NJ and moved to Woodbridge Township in elementary school. Dilara is currently a sophomore at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, and is to graduate in 2023. She is in Journalism because she enjoys having the ability to educate and inform people about different events and issues. Her favorite subject in school is English; She enjoys reading and writing poetry. She is a member of Student Council and a part of the softball team. This year, she hopes to join other clubs at JFK. In her free time she enjoys going to the gym, traveling, and drawing and listening to music. In the future, she hopes to become a Speech-Language Pathologist.