Chirag Pandey, a senior at Amador Valley, is a new journalism staff member. Born and raised in California, he has been living in Pleasanton for the past 7 years. He loves writing, music, and movies; all of them being big influencers in his life. Also valuing meeting new people, Chirag loves conversing with strangers on a daily basis.

Chipotle is his most consumed fast food and Arizona Ice Tea is his favorite drink (maybe even over water!). His prefered food cuisines are Thai and Italian. In fact, one of his biggest dreams is to live in Italy for a couple of years. A dream career of his is researching psychology! He is an abnormally fast walker and his biggest pet peeve is slow walkers. Sometimes he wishes there were conveyor belts everywhere just for them!