Sophie Stephens is a senior at West; this is her second year on staff and her second year as an editor. She is the managing editor for the website and a print reporter. When she isn’t in the newsroom, Sophie enjoys spending time with her family and friends, drinking chai, volunteering and playing with her dogs.
![“I play piano. I’ve been playing [piano] ever since I was a kid and I started taking lessons last year. Piano is really fun, and it’s just such a stress reliever to me. I play flute. I think piano helps a lot because [piano and flute] are both in treble clef and they use the same notes, which helps with the rhythm and everything.” -Elena Koogler ‘20](https://wsspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Elena-Koogler-Sophies-505x900.png)
!["I figured out that [theater] is what I want to do with my life when I went to Cherubs [at Northwestern] because I did theater all day every day for five weeks straight and I did not get sick of it one bit. I loved every second of it, and I was like ‘Wait it’s over? I could still go for more.’ It was incredible and I think that really showed me that yes, this is what I want to do with my life, and this is something that is so important to me that I have to pursue it, otherwise I will be very sad.” -Paige Harken '18](https://wsspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/paige2-900x615.jpg)
