Allyson Merchant is a junior at Greater Latrobe for the 2024-2025 school year. This is her first year on the Greater Latrobe journalism team. She is a part of the Latrobe girls lacrosse team, as well as a travel club team Intrepid based in Pittsburgh. She loves creating positive energy for her teammates and lifting others up. As a sophomore, she was a captain of the Latrobe JV team and a player on varsity. Allyson varsity lettered her sophomore year and won an offensive player award. She loves all kinds of art mostly ceramics, sketching, painting, and scrapbooking. She loves traveling, listening to music, and hanging out with friends and family. Ally frequently babysits and enjoys learning about new people. She took this course to expand her love of photography and to learn about others' stories. Allyson is an honor-roll student who likes to challenge herself by in her academics.