Being the youngest in a group of sports journalists has never bothered me. I got used to it at 14 years old when I covered my first Major League Baseball World Series for Sports Illustrated Kids. After being the lone freshman covering the 2024 Paris Olympics from UNC, it solidified my desire to do as much international reporting as possible during my time at college.

When the opportunity arose to be the only sophomore reporter on our Buenos Aires trip, I was all in. This experience was exactly what I had been looking for, merging my love for international reporting with a new continent I had never been too.

The challenge of doing trauma reporting is both scary and unique – while I don’t have expertise in this side of journalism yet, I’m excited for the unknown and how I can grow from it. Reporting on homelessness in Argentina and focusing on how Milei’s cuts are impacting resources is by no means an easy topic, but it will be eye opening to dive deep into it.

Having the title of the “baby” on the trip from my classmates doesn’t bother me. In fact, being the youngest on this trip is exciting to me, since I will be able to learn from the older reporters and keep the things that I learned much longer than our nine day trip.