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Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
All content by Natalie Mix
![This was at the senior goodbye party last year.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_3806-900x675.jpeg)
[Photo] TCT’s The Countless Thanks 2022: Sofia Hargis-Acevedo
Sofia Hargis-Acevedo, Editor in Chief
• November 24, 2022
![A picture that my neighbor took, which is the epitome of what my perfect fall entails.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_1700-673x900.jpeg)
[Photo] The gratitude monologues – sweater weather
Sofia Hargis-Acevedo, Editor in Chief
• October 5, 2022
![A million different versions of me, all preserved on The Central Trend](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CD10586A-0459-4D88-A81A-63121D31AE08-720x900.jpeg)
The Central Trend is not your diary—but it was mine
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• May 10, 2022
![too much](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DBDF1E24-1CB0-4070-9726-2E73B0DE102B.jpeg)
too much
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• May 10, 2022
![Sydney, Jessie, Meggie, Allie, and I all hugging one another, sobbing about the time that got away from us.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_3811-675x900.jpg)
[Photo] The ongoing, everlasting concept of time: part 2
Sofia Hargis-Acevedo, Social Media Manager
• May 13, 2022
![a million moths](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/8D9AC161-ECCF-41E4-A012-CF79FA44FE1E-675x900.jpeg)
a million moths
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• April 28, 2022
![This was taken the day that this poem was based on. It was the first time in a while that I had felt so good, and I didnt want the feeling to slip away.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0559-675x900.jpg)
[Photo] Breathe in, don’t breathe out
Sofia Hargis-Acevedo, Social Media Manager
• May 2, 2022
![A snapshot from the walk we took at the park, on an early spring night when it was warm enough for me to pull out my summer wardrobe.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG-3136-675x900.jpg)
[Photo] The moment before goodbye
Jessie Warren, Print Managing Editor
• April 24, 2022
![HBOMaxs Our Flag Means Death stars Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/66168227-3D80-465F-9805-F6F0FAA4C10B-611x900.jpeg)
Our Flag Means Death’s success proves that the television industry has been waiting for something like this
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• April 20, 2022
![Dancing to the music in Terra Bagels, during a bittersweet spring break, bittersweet like this ending](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/E188FDCC-6E2D-4635-8AE2-AD11ED0C9A9A-675x900.jpeg)
This moment – the end
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• April 20, 2022
![Womens History Month Q&As 2022](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/66FE732F-6C62-4306-95D1-346868AAEDCA-900x600.jpeg)
Women’s History Month Q&As 2022
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 31, 2022
![Jelier and her husband in Moscow](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/05324C91-90C7-47CB-AF64-3D334B8B1DA7.jpeg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Jaye Jelier
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 31, 2022
![Meribell Varghese plans to go into international relations or international business after high school](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/64D77A24-DAC5-4252-AC85-64C24C0A92B9-900x535.jpeg)
Meribell Varghese is a proprietor of positivity in her day-to-day human connections
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 30, 2022
![Womens History Month Q&As: Robbin DeMeester](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/627F6FFD-9120-4C59-9A6C-EA037AD2110C.jpeg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Robbin DeMeester
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 29, 2022
![Womens History Month Q&As: Patricia Richardson](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20210722_112539-e1648514612943-900x777.jpg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Patricia Richardson
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 29, 2022
![Journaling over a clear pool in Oregon during spring break last year, only days after editor decisions came out. I think I like the person I am now better.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/C65EAACE-41B6-46B1-AFAC-0A5118DB205F-675x900.jpeg)
It was only yesterday
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 29, 2022
![Womens History Month Q&As: Kristy Butler](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GreatWall21-900x600.jpg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Kristy Butler
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 22, 2022
![Rem, paying for their blueberry bagel and orange mango juice](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/886364EE-F85D-4F96-A3CE-CF762744AAED.jpeg)
Terra Bagels had all the golden honey warmth of home—and maybe the best latte I’ve ever had
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 22, 2022
![Grace Stynes with some of her students at the FHC Art Show](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PXL_20220315_232348508-900x675.jpg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Grace Stynes
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 18, 2022
![Womens History Month Q&As: Kimberly Anderson](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/iceland-profile-picture.jpg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Kimberly Anderson
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 17, 2022
![Womens History Month Q&As: Lisa Penninga](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/unnamed-900x675.jpg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Lisa Penninga
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 17, 2022
![Womens History Month Q&As: Kelli Potts](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image0-1.jpeg)
Women’s History Month Q&As: Kelli Potts
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 17, 2022
![A photo from a day when I remember being so genuinely present for the first time in a while](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1A313F65-7A5C-4D21-B578-D8BF4F343919-675x900.jpeg)
This moment – life without answers
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 16, 2022
![A photo from our vacation lake house this summer that looks a little bit like how peace feels to me](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/4918E8CB-FE5C-47E7-9193-0A265957CAD0-683x900.jpeg)
“Thank you,” she thinks, as she has nothing to say
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 15, 2022
![AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS by MICHELLE was released on March 4, 2022.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ADD604D5-D635-48A0-98EC-DC9C3F2CBB42.jpeg)
AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS is an invitation to dance through rosy spring melodies
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 8, 2022
![The person who managed to calm my racing thoughts today—hidden behind these plants that belonged to someone else entirely](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/684EA801-4A3D-4A3C-8726-0A9CF561747F-e1646117779651-675x900.jpeg)
You’ve always said too much
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• March 1, 2022
![On a hike, avoiding the slippery path, carrying the tote bag Jessie painted for me and the trail snacks we bought at the gas station. I was happy.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/E3334620-979C-4C89-A2E8-CAD641FA0DED-688x900.jpeg)
This moment – paint me a rainbow
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 25, 2022
![Kat and I on the trail with our trail snacks](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/88E974CE-8A42-41FF-99CD-EA1380C54E04-675x900.jpeg)
[Photo] Leaning into the change and learning to breathe once more
February 23, 2022
![The 2022 Winterfest court nominees](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_9897-900x675.jpg)
[Photo] 2022 Winterfest Court Q&As
February 25, 2022
![Senior Sammie Wing standing in front of a picnic table, holding a stick](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9D93EED1-EEF8-4DB6-A236-22AE6BEF08E7-900x600.jpeg)
Sammie Wing lives her life for the stories it will tell
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 22, 2022
![What was left of our bagels and coffee shortly before we left](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/A283761C-A8BB-4C57-B5CD-0D101D5A7226-684x900.jpeg)
Bagel Kitchen might be a stop along the journey, but never the destination
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 22, 2022
![A photo from The Central Trends Valentines Day bake sale](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/A4CFA325-FF5E-4627-92AE-D5ED097C59AD.jpeg)
February 14 – eighteen, no pressue
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 17, 2022
![Lorelei on a Facetime call on her break at work Sunday morning](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BA484049-0D7C-4BE2-A4BA-6117D86093EE-699x900.jpeg)
February 13 – the rhythm of little things
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 17, 2022
![Sofia and Allie in D&W while we bought soup](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FE4E2DD2-B8B0-48AC-976B-EF2CC965BE2C-688x900.jpeg)
February 12 – the Gatsby effect
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 17, 2022
![In the elevator on the way up to City Highs winter dance](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/12591FAB-E5C7-43FD-AD08-24B8CF7D5531-682x900.jpeg)
February 11 – keep me here
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 17, 2022
![The photo I took after coming home from Hamilton](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/6154AD0B-963A-42A1-804F-A6D591491114-e1644936961668-675x900.jpeg)
February 10 – don’t forget
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 16, 2022
![The Yellow Wallpaper art project from AP Lit with my continuous line faces](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/E5F4C7F6-E910-4E4D-BE7E-5C77836A8289-684x900.jpeg)
February 9 – wash, rinse, repeat
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 16, 2022
![Lorelei sitting on the couch in question under that knit blanket](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0C5D81F9-78C3-4E0A-8163-694A91F00005-686x900.jpeg)
February 8 – today on that couch
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 15, 2022
![Seven days of poems—before eighteen](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/192015B7-CF43-4247-A36F-54B210A0BAC8-679x900.jpeg)
Seven days of poems—before eighteen
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 15, 2022
![At Nonnas Trattoria for one of my best friends birthdays a week ago](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0A01EC94-3C34-4D60-A669-79C19F3476B0-691x900.jpeg)
Today, she’s eighteen
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 15, 2022
![Roxy, by Jarrod and Neal Shusterman, tells a salient story of drug addiction through the personification of various drugs.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/56980350-595x900.jpg)
Roxy is a bejeweled bookend between utterly immersive fictional worlds
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 8, 2022
![Mrs. Andersons Level 1 ASL class, in attendance and hard at work](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/72FF958F-DD81-4229-B36B-0CFA73147D33.jpeg)
[Photo] Your presence at school is important, especially on Count Day
Gigi Sinicrope, Staff Writer
• February 8, 2022
![B4CC34A5-4E30-4DC4-BEE0-5A845FB5B11D](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/B4CC34A5-4E30-4DC4-BEE0-5A845FB5B11D-682x900.jpeg)
[Photo] The teacher who influenced my love for writing
Man Cing, Staff Writer
• February 2, 2022
![Junior Paulina Diesen reading in her grandmas library when she was younger](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/8CE0F23A-7682-4B4B-9689-4AB167C14317-900x600.jpeg)
Through fantasy universes, students have shaped worldviews that brim with empathy and adventure
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 3, 2022
![The galaxy my friend drew onto my arm for her art portfolio, a reminder of the nearly perfect evening we had](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/F783777C-794B-4C96-910C-004F71EFA5CF-675x900.jpeg)
This moment – finally February
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 2, 2022
![A photo from when Im pretty sure I was genuinely happy, but it can be so hard to tell](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/04252D4D-BB29-42A6-BA5D-B5232C32E158-683x900.jpeg)
She’s made of something not meant for this world
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• February 1, 2022
![The album cover for AURORAs third studio album, The Gods We Can Touch](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/https___images.genius.com_9652b50be56408587a3b667629352546.1000x1000x1.png)
AURORA’s The Gods We Can Touch is a divine gallery of art worthy of becoming lost within
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• January 25, 2022
![Freshman Drew Wright plans to play for FHCs varsity hockey team all four years of high school.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/D79E70C2-B9C7-4A99-876A-CB327B16A7A2-900x600.jpeg)
Drew Wright collects valuable experience through the passions that energize his life
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• January 20, 2022
![The bouquet of flowers my friend bought from a farmers market this summer](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/99D5248A-6662-4D6D-AC52-5BCBC29D8A55-679x900.jpeg)
Flowers in this garden, poetry on this page
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• January 18, 2022
![A photo from New Years Eve that makes me inconceivably happy](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/B3B51708-F90D-4339-9AB5-8EFE31C51ECB-652x900.jpeg)
This moment – broken teacups and butterfly wings
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• January 12, 2022
![Promo posters for American Auto, Ghosts, Harlem, Abbott Elementary, and Pretty Smart](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/76482E91-0A7C-4260-B21B-56C01D11779A-662x900.jpeg)
Five pilot episodes that just might be worth your time
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• January 11, 2022
![Encanto was released in theatres on Nov 24 and is the fifth Walt Disney Animation Studios film to explore Latin American culture, according to IMDb.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/p_encanto_payoff_21512_e2c5d246.webp)
Disney’s Encanto dances with bursts of color and sound that outshine the lackluster plot
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• December 7, 2021
![Students studying for exams diligently, making sure to be completely prepared.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/A57244BB-DFB3-4475-BA12-8FB118727FF1-900x675.jpeg)
[Photo] The students and teachers at FHC are doing their best to ensure success on upcoming exams
Alex Smith, Junior Writer
• December 7, 2021
![One of the many pieces of blackout poetry plastered around the school](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FACE3677-0122-4995-8C4A-D81400BD2A8C-900x675.jpeg)
The halls of FHC tell the stories of the students who have found their paths through them
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• December 2, 2021
![Kelsey with the parmesan cheese that we did eventually find](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/178C5438-9C8C-4486-AD72-F390058656A9-e1638273447809-675x900.jpeg)
She’s trying to be happy, despite it all
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• November 30, 2021
![TCTs The Countless Thanks 2021: Natalie Mix](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG-5335.jpg)
TCT’s The Countless Thanks 2021: Natalie Mix
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• November 25, 2021
![Just another November sunset because the one good thing about this month is the stunning sunsets](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/52C2D218-3144-467A-B495-1173BE134BE0-e1637042369657-675x900.jpeg)
Dear November, my coldest regards
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• November 16, 2021
![Play Q&As: Israell King](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/65B5F020-398B-46B0-BDE6-E070EAE7EE32-900x600.jpeg)
Play Q&As: Israell King
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• November 11, 2021
![The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time — Fall Play Q&As](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A76C915F-A484-43F1-84AF-F90F41A8D8F3-900x699.jpeg)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time — Fall Play Q&As
Avery Jordan, Natalie Mix, and Emma Zawacki
• November 11, 2021
![Play Q&As: Jonathan Mossner](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/22AEBF62-0B25-4AB6-B52C-276F63ED62D9-900x675.jpeg)
Play Q&As: Jonathan Mossner
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• November 10, 2021
![Play Q&As: Zach Guikema](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/35E0C82C-CB0C-4BF5-AA09-2F121B71A0A9-900x675.jpeg)
Play Q&As: Zach Guikema
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• November 10, 2021
![Play Q&As: Tara Brace](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/E2BF13AC-0EC8-4DDD-9DEC-25BE3C8E8BED.jpeg)
Play Q&As: Tara Brace
Natalie Mix, Editor in Chief
• November 10, 2021
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