Payal Chitoda is a 17-year-old senior who was born in India and currently attends John F. Kennedy Memorial High School. She is a contributor in the school newspaper. A few of her hobbies are crafting at home, learning languages, and writing poems. She loves to play volleyball and to spend time with her friends. Her favorite artist is NF, but she also listens to Alec Benjamin, Charlie Puth, and Ed Sheeran. She is in American Cancer Society, Key Club, and Eco-Friendly Club. One of her future goals is to become an English teacher and is the reason she took Journalism so that she can improve her writing skills. Her goal in the next ten years is to be fluent in the following languages: Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Spanish.