Anya Raval, Print Editor-in-Chief
Anya Raval is a senior at Jefferson and began her journey in TJ Media her freshman year. As part of tjTODAY, she loves to conduct interviews, write articles on various topics throughout the school year, and improve her photography skills. This year, she hopes to continue developing her writing skills as a journalist and designing for the magazine. In her free time, she loves playing the piano and traveling with her family.
![On Friday, April 12, Jefferson’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Parent Teacher Student Association’s (PTSA) Diversity Committee hosted an Eid-Al-Fitr celebration after school. “I think especially at TJ I have to emphasize [the community] because I feel like at other schools there’s less of an open mind. There’s this environment of Muslim students as well, and so here it’s so calming and kind,” sophomore Palatin Shaaker said.](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_0420-1200x783.jpg)
![Gesturing towards their project, senior Alec Riso describes the mechanisms of the group’s QKD system alongside senior Karthik Thyagarajan. “This laser generates a stream of photons. We lined it up with a collimated lens, [which] focuses the laser into an optical fiber,” senior Connor Whiting said. “The optical fibers [preserve or maintain] are how you measure the polarization state of the photon, which lets us do the encryption protocol.”](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_0867-e1715793225721-900x1200.jpeg)
![Justin Yoo (7) celebrates with his teammates moments after scoring his first touchdown of the game. On 2nd and 1, Yoo broke out for a 29-yard touchdown rush to give Jefferson the lead. “He [Justin] broke through 5 tackles and it genuinely deserves to go on SportsCenter,” senior kicker Joshua Park (13) said.](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Featured-photo-900x600.jpg)