Alessandra Ashford, Opinions Editor
Class of 2025
When I’m not writing or editing you can find me reading, drawing, painting, listening to music, and ranting. I always love to tell stories and start conversations. I’m so excited to be on Student Press!
![In their full runway outfits, (from left) Audrey Lee 25, Olivia Lucy Teets, 25, Fashion Design teacher Ms. Judy Chance, and Xueying Lili Yang pose for a photo. All three girls made it to Austin Fashion Week by getting in the top 10 in a previous runway show held by Shop LC.
[I like my students] creativity and how they can look at a fabric and make it their own, Ms. Chance said.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_9686-e1714088765730-1129x1200.jpeg)
![Multiple Westwood Girls block a Vista Ridge player. Westwoods defense slacked off the entire game, but at certain points it improved. Im proud of us for playing hard and keep[ing] going even when times get rough, Caroline Doughtery 25 said.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24-1-30_girlsvarsitybasketball-ashforda-2-1200x800.jpg)
![GSA Secretary Wednesday Kolledge 23 tapes decorations to the GSA homecoming decoration. Kolledge provided all the streamers for the homecoming hall. I think that my favorite part of the experience was being able to work together with the other members of the club to create something new, said Kolledge. And add[ing] some color to the plain halls of Westwood.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/781B55E3-DEAD-43FD-A1C8-67454EAAFF67-900x675.jpeg)
![Westwood students respond to the new updates to the RRISD dress code. In January 2021, the new, updated dress code went into effect, enforcing new clothing restrictions. “It feels kind of dehumanizing when somebody tells you [that] because of how you look, you have [to be the one] to change, [instead of] the mindset of other people [changing],” Ariba Ahmed ‘24 said.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_5778-898x900.jpg)
