2310“When I was in sixth grade in school I started writing stories, a lot of them during English class,” Lavanya says in her audio clip.

”My English teacher was very happy with them, and she used to give me some appreciation. At the end of the academic year she came to me and said this.

”Today, I’m passionate about journalism and I'm going to be a journalist one day.”

Taken in Dubai, UAE, on the SOTM World Tour.