Valerie Rivers, class of 2023, is a staff writer for the 2022-23 school year. Her past experience with journalism consists of journalism 1. Outside of  Panther Press, Valerie is pursuing her academic knowledge as she prepares to graduate and join the workforce. Valerie likes to tell the stories no one else wants to and she loves learning, and investigating, and exploration. She feels that journalism and the free press needs more love and attention than it gets, now more than ever. Her favorite time of the day is night because it is always so quietly calm and perfect for writing all the thoughts you've held in all day. Something random about Valerie is that she is a proud member of the LGBT community! Trans rights are human rights. <3