Click here to watch student journalist Olivia Hernandez talk about her experiences on the Yakima Herald-Republic's Unleashed team. A senior at Yakima's Davis High School, Hernandez has been on the team for four years.
From foreigners to friends in just a few days -
I was scared. Spending eight days with 35 Washington high school students I don't know, in a state I'd never set foot in, was rather intimidating. And it was even more of a stretch to imagine spending four of those days with approximately 1,500 leadershi...
A place to serve -
Rylan Montgomery found the task at hand -- drilling a screw into a table without plugging it into a power source -- very difficult. The 16-year-old knew it would take him a long time. My dad, 50-year-old Robert Fontana, picked up the drill, and said, "Li...
Keep that skin safe this summer -
It's summer -- the time for back flips off the diving board, ice-cold Slurpees from 7-Eleven, and the banana-coconut scent that diffuses from tanning oils. Many summer activities revolve around being outdoors. While teenagers are exposed to the sun's rays...
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