CO´24, Junior Blessing Bate began participating in The Raider Review as a Staff Writer in fall for 2022. Showing Proficiency for reading at an early age,  she has always been interested in writing and found journalism to be a great way to expand the skills she already possesses. Blessing believes journalism is a great way to express yourself to be heard by a bigger audience and that more people should be open to the possibilities that journalism holds. Blessing gives all credit to her English and Language Arts teachers that she’s had over the course of her many school years because they enabled her to think outside the box and make writing not only informative but interesting. To further her writing, Blessing hopes to attend universities that have top ranked journalism programs, or follow her first choice of becoming an Obstetrician Gynecologist. However life decides to unfold, her love for writing will not cease.