Meet the Editors

Pixel Journal's New Editors, Fatima Rahim and Isabella Samutin, answer our 20 Questions

The editors together on a service trip to Nepal.

What’s the first thing you do every morning?

FR: Workout and finish whatever class reading I’ve been procrastinating on. 

IS: Check my phone. 

What’s one thing on your bucket list?

FR: I don’t have a bucket list, but I’ve always wanted to live in Spain or Colombia.

IS: Traveling to every country. 

Coke or Pepsi?

FR: Neither. 

IS: Neither, I hate soda. 

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

FR: I’ve always been fascinated by and interested in medicine. 

IS: I wanted to simultaneously be a rockstar and play at Wimbledon. 

What could you eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

FR: Really good pizza 

IS: Sushi. 

If you could have coffee with any person, living or dead, who would it be?

FR: Anyone and everyone, I love good conversation (and coffee).

IS: Hate coffee no matter how much I force myself to try. 

Beyoncé or Rihanna?

FR: Rihanna

IS: Rihanna. I love everything about her. 

Kittens or Puppies?

FR: Puppies.

IS: Puppies. 

What’s one thing no one knows about you?

FR: I hate cheese on burgers, it drives me insane

IS: I hate peppers.

What’s one book you would recommend? 

FR: Sorry I can’t possibly choose one; The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, Complications by Atul Gawande, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

IS: This is too tough. 

What’s the best song on your playlist right now?

FR: All of them.

IS: Fire by Barns Courtney. Although “I’m an Albatroz” by AronChupa always makes me laugh. 

Do you have a favorite movie?

FR: 21 Jumpstreet is timeless

IS: The Godfather. 

Who’s your favorite OHS teacher?

FR: Could never choose one, the teachers are one of my most favorite things about the OHS.

IS: All of the teachers are incredible but my favorite would have to be the teachers that makes it seem like we are all in a physical room together.

What’s your favorite emoji?

FR: The fire

IS: Definitely the fire emoji. 

What’s your biggest dream? 

FR: To commit myself to the betterment of others - whether in medicine, policy, or just on the basis of humanity.

IS: To make an impact on the world. 

If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?

FR: The negative misconceptions of people who have different beliefs, origins, and ethnicities.

IS: The environmental issues that plague our planet today. 

What’s your favorite OHS class?

FR: DFRL, AP Spanish, & Leadership

IS: An impossible choice. 

Graduation Weekend or Summer @ Stanford?

FR: Graduation Weekend.

IS: Summer @ Stanford. 

What do you want to do after high school?

FR: Everything (and college)

IS: Experience the world. 

Finally, what’s one piece of advice for OHSers

FR: Have a genuine passion for everything you do and remain authentic to yourself. 

IS: Don’t get caught up in comparing yourself. Every one of us is unique and we have to remember that.