Hi, my name is Emily. I am a junior and I am returning to the USJ as one of the Features Editors. I enjoy reading, playing with my dog, and spending time with my family.
![Creek alumna Audrey Dow (right) and fellow CBYX participants Leah Byrne (center) and Jaden Leatherman (left) visit the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Participants in the program are sometimes able to travel around Europe on weekends, despite the fact that most of the participants’ time is spent in Germany learning and interning. “We traveled all around Europe [and] I went to Berlin, which was far away from where I was in the South, Croatia, Italy, Greece, and Serbia, so a lot of [different] places,” Dow said.](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/dow-675x900.jpg)
![English teacher Joel Morris wears his yellow Dr. Martens.
Because Morris has synesthesia, he associates colors with other topics such as the days of the week, yet he does not feel the need to color coordinate what he wears with those colors. “I dont feel like I need to color coordinate at all because its not really about [how] I have to match the color,” Morris said. “Its just that when I think of Monday, I think red.”](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/morris.jpg)
