Shaila Patel, Staff Writer
Junior Shaila Patel is a staff writer on "The Blaze." She joined newspaper in the hopes she could explore something different that she might use in the future and to be in a new environment that she's never experienced before. In Patel's free time, she enjoys reading, dancing and running. This is her first year on cross country with Rock Ridge. When asked to give advice to anyone, Patel said, " It's not the mistakes we make, but how we learn from them and how it defines us."