Isabella “Izzy” Ford-Valiente (she/her) is a junior at West Orange High School and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer. This is her second year writing for The Pioneer. She has had a passion for writing ever since she was little and hopes her articles will interest and enlighten readers. If she is not in a meeting for the Newspaper, she can be found at Mock Trial, Mountaineer Mentors, Italian club, Black Student Union, or out on the lacrosse field playing for the WOHS varsity team.

In her free time, she likes to hang out with her friends, scrapbook, organize, watch movies, and read her favorite book series, Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.

Izzy is currently looking at colleges. Some of her top choices include Wesleyan University and NYU.  After college, she hopes to embark on a career as a litigator for criminal trials.

Her goals for this school year are to work to the best of her abilities to receive good grades and have a great junior year. Some fun facts about Izzy include that she is the youngest of three siblings, her favorite color is green, she loves to scroll through her Pinterest page, and she cannot go anywhere without her headphones. Izzy can be reached at [email protected]!