Jessica Cyrell won 1st place in the state Polly Rosenbaum Writing Competition in the 9th/10th grade category. She attends Chaparral High School. Part of a poem she wrote called "Trapezoidal World" is on the chalkboard behind her.
After graduating from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona with a degree in Communications/Photojournalism, I worked as a photography intern and later a freelance photographer for the East Valley Tribune and the Arizona Republic. Then, in 2000, I took a full-time photograpy job at the Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse, NY. After enduring two winters in the chilly northeast, I returned to Phoenix where I am now a staff photographer at the East Valley Tribune. I have had so many amazing experiences while working for newspapers including hiking the Grand Canyon for a story about women backpackers, flying over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter to photograph the release of California Condors raised in captivity, participating in a winter survival course in snowy Flagstaff, Arizona, and getting to photograph the past 5 Fiesta Bowls. I love what I do and I still sometimes can't believe how much fun I get to have while at "work"!
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