Jace Juliano was born in Chicago, Illinois and is a senior at James Madison High School who has been a staff reporter for two years.  She plays on the school softball team and a travel team.  Additionally, she runs free pitching clinics for youth players, helps her mom during practices, does community service, and aspires to study film in college to bring attention to people with disabilities. She is qualified to be a journalist because she wants to advocate for those whose voices are not heard and to participate in a widely respected school newspaper.