Uma Raja, Assistant Managing Editor
Communications senior Uma Raja, Assistant Managing Editor and third-year staffer, was born in Manhattan, New York City. She loves animals and enjoys traveling the world to see different aspects of nature and various cultures. Raja’s passion has been writing ever since kindergarten, and she has been published several times. She received an Excellent in review writing at the National High School Journalism Convention, third place for news writing in the Palm Beach Post Journalism Awards two years in a row, a Scholastic Silver Key for journalism, and three Editor’s Choice awards for journalism pieces in the literary magazine Teen Ink. She spent her summer at the Washington Journalism and Media Conference, where she participated in writing workshops and received instruction from seasoned journalists. She looks forward to creating intriguing articles and putting in a full effort. Raja has worked with esteemed writers like James Patterson and National Geographic Editor-in-Chief Susan Goldberg, and she hopes that her writing will one day inspire others.
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![[BRIEF] Dance Seniors Perform Solo Showcase](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/newsinbrief.png)
![[BRIEF] National Honor Society Inducts New Members](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/breaking-news-1200x927.png)
![Mrs. Waugh watches her students as they work on graphing data from the lab that took place during class. Prior to becoming a teacher, Waugh worked as a fire protection engineer. ”I thought it would be most impactful if I could teach science here [at Dreyfoos].” Mrs. Waugh said. “And I had loved my physics teacher. He was part of why I became an engineer,”](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/038A5265-1200x800.jpg)
![[SATIRE] Spirit Week: Written in the Stars](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/front.png)
![Communications senior Zahariah Leggett organizes carnations for the “Seeds” Valentine’s Day flower delivery. “[Students] should buy [carnations] because they’re cheap gifts to buy for all of their friends on Valentine’s Day. It also supports the annual publication of ‘Seeds,’” “Seeds” Editor-in-Chief and communications senior Taylor Spruce said.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_9925-small-900x600.jpg)
![Many Dreyfoos students often find that their passion may lie outside of their major.
"People [in my new major] tend to be more like minded and it's fun to work with people who share similar academic and artistic goals," former theatre major and now communications junior Lucie "Rhodes" Evans said.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/major-conflicts-900x695.jpg)
