Sanvi Challa, Editor-in-Chief
Sanvi Challa is a senior this year and in her second year with The Blaze. As editor-in-chief, she leads the staff to ensure everything runs smoothly and edits all articles to be publication-ready. In her first year on The Blaze, she won five Best of SNO awards and the grand prize for her Halo Vape Sensor feature article at the Loudoun Now Excellence in Journalism awards. One of her goals is to eventually publish a book to further her passion in writing. She also plans to pursue a healthcare-related field, with interests in neuroscience and psychology. Outside The Blaze, Sanvi is on the varsity tennis team for her fourth year, the debate team, the vice president of the Care4Kiddos club, and the creative director of the Student Council Association. Newspaper is her favorite class, and she is excited to write many more in-depth and investigative articles for The Blaze. She hopes to encourage everyone to get out of their comfort zones and cover the complicated and thrilling stories, and especially to love writing as much as she does.
![The Phoenix varsity volleyball team lines up for the national anthem. “We were more communicative [with each other] during this game, and I feel like we kept our energy up, especially after the first set,” senior Jessica Valdov said.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_0202-1200x800.jpg)
![Junior Alex Alkhal pitches the ball. “[I] just let it go and keep practicing so we can focus on our goal for the next game to get better as a team,” Alkhal said.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSC_0013-1-1200x929.jpg)
![Junior Diya Arun stares out a window. For Arun, the winter season brings out the holiday blues. “ I think [the winter] has a negative effect on my mental health because I feel like the cold weather and people around me are also sadder [and] that affects me,” Arun said.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_8047-1200x800.jpg)
