Rohan Iyer, Editor-in-Chief
Rohan Iyer is senior and a third-year member of The Blaze. A passionate writer and reader, Rohan loves writing and editing articles for The Blaze, and he thoroughly enjoys helping design the newsmagazines as well. Rohan loves using journalism as a means to serve his school community, and he’s excited to be in The Blaze this year to achieve this goal. In his free time, Rohan loves running cross country/track and competing at various meets. As a life-time Ashburn resident and food enthusiast, Rohan enjoys eating out at restaurants and trying his favorite foods, such as pizza with pineapple. Rohan also has a deep passion for music; in his free time, you can find him playing the piano or singing with the Rock Ridge chorus.
![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)
![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)
![At Rock Ridge’s home meet on Jan. 4, sophomore Micah Younger, junior Alyssa Tucker, and sophomore Lilia Jones line up at the start line for the Girls 55m Dash. “[The most difficult thing about this season] is that I’m not at my best right now, but I’m going to get there in [outdoor track],” Younger said.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DSC_0524-900x600.jpg)
![Sophomore Jai Kashyap (left) and senior Pawan Kashyap (right) sit across from each other as they perform the carnatic section. Carnatic music is a style of music traditionally played in southern India, whose primary rhythmic accompaniment is an Indian drum called the mridangam. “When I’m playing [mridangam] I represent my culture, and it means a lot to me,” Jai Kashyap said.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC_0359-900x600.jpg)
