One of my favorite quotes of all time is from the Alchemist. It says, “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.” Maybe that’s why I fell in love with journalism. In the same way journalism can benefit the lives of people, the people I meet and the stories I tell affect me, too. They make me want to improve, and that’s why journalism is so intertwined with my life.
I have learned by now that you can plan as much as you want, but some of the most valuable things happen because of the “right place, right time,” whether that means a story I’m covering, or where I’m at in my life.
I am honored to be crafting the culture of our time—filling in the details of the extensive timeline of human history.