Melany Agababyan, a freshman, is on the staff of The Mirror, the award-winning student newspaper and website at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles. She enjoys watching movies and hanging out with her friends when she’s free from stacks of homework. After school, she likes meeting up with her cousins to play volleyball or heading home to spend time with her family. Agababyan has a strong passion for reading and writing about her interests. She is currently focusing on mastering her high school years to attend a university with a strong pre-med program. After graduation, she wants to travel around the world, with Ireland, Japan, Italy and Korea on her list of destinations.