Amy Tanaka is a senior at Mayfield Senior School and the Managing Editor-in-Chief of the Mayfield Crier. Although she hopes to study engineering in college, she is extremely passionate about writing. She was in the Creative Writing Conservatory freshman and sophomore year, and transitioned to Advanced Journalism and Newspaper junior year, where she realized that she preferred to write about more practical topics. At Mayfield Senior School, Amy is a member of the Varsity Tennis team, the Instrumental Conservatory, and the Math Modeling team. She is also a co-head of Arts Council, the AAPI Club/Affinity Liaison of SJLC, and the head of the Sustainability Club. Outside of school, Amy enjoys playing the piano and doing volunteer construction work.