Marie Shvakel is a 17-year-old senior. This is Marie’s fourth year writing for The Stampede. She enjoys reading, and her favorite genre is fantasy. Marie also has an interest in computer science and mathematics. She has created three apps thus far and is familiar in Swift, Java, C++, and Python. And when she’s not obsessing over her academics, she will be religiously watching the shows “Doctor Who” and “Chuck,” with a cup of her favorite beverage, tea, of course. Her preferred style of writing in journalism is Op-Ed, and she is more than happy to be this year’s Op-Ed editor for the second year in a row. She hopes to be able to create impactful articles and direct a section that discusses important topics in the world today.