As Rahma Abu enters her first year on The Downey Legend as a sophomore writer, she is motivated to make the most of her high school career. She sets high goals for herself in the present and future, such as graduating with a 4.0 GPA, writing her autobiography, and one day move to New York. Rahma challenges herself academically through AVID, taking AP European History and Honors English. Always actively trying to grow as a student and a writer. She is known for being outgoing and straightforward, she values honesty. After graduating high school, she has her sights set on attending USC or Columbia, where she would like to pursue forensic psychology or law. For Rahma, writing is more than just a way of telling stories; it’s a way to process her emotions.

“Whenever I can’t express myself, I sit down and write what I feel,” Abu said, “It just comes naturally to me.”