In my three years as a staff photographer for the Daily Bruin, I’ve had the privilege of writing exactly one news article: “Burning Man festival brings community to the desert.”

Black Rock City, Nev. “”mdash; Driving her way from Santa Cruz
into the dry and dusty Nevada desert, Tanya Ridino, a recent
graduate of the UCLA School of Law, suddenly gushes with awe as she
sees the outskirts of her destination.