Anika Sanka is a junior at Robinson and this is her second year on staff. This year, she will be serving as the Knight Writer’s features editor.
She is an active club member at Robinson, acting as the vice president of the book club and the donation head for the clothes for kids club. She also runs for the Robinson track team outside of school.
Sanka says one of the things she really likes about the Robinson track team is its structure.
“Running doesn’t really seem that hard, but just motivating yourself to go on a run when you could just be sitting at home is hard,” Sanka said. “That and the team, it’s always more fun to do stuff with friends.”
After growing up reading the newspaper regularly, Sanka joined the staff to have fun while learning, and she says it has been very beneficial to her writing over the years.
“It’s really easy to get writers block, and this just helps you. The more you practice, the better you are, the easier it’ll come,” Sanka said. “I think it’s really helped me expand my writing skills.”
Her goals for this year are to create an exceptionally good print issue for the paper.
Outside of school, Sanka’s hobbies include reading good books, baking, swimming recreationally, and running to a fun playlist.
“I think it makes me more efficient, sometimes, if I just come home and I’m trying to do my homework, I have a hard time focusing. If I do something else before, and don’t go straight into that, it helps me focus,” Sanka said.
Her plans for after high school include attending college and going into pre-law.
“There’s so many different kinds of things you can do,” Sanka said regarding the pre-law track, “you could do business, you could just be in meetings all day, or you could be talking to people about how to get their green card. I just like that there’s so many different ways you can use your degree.”
