Izzy Peterson is a first-year Statesman writer. She enjoys club soccer and plays soccer for LHS as well. Along with soccer, she loves to write and create, especially baking sweet treats and trying out DIY projects. She was born in Tallahassee, Florida, spent the first year of her life in Senegal, West Africa, and eventually moved to the coast of Georgia, where she lived until she was 12. She moved to Sioux Falls at the start of middle school. She also has three cats: Moonflower, Soleil, and Georgie. Her dream is to go to college in Florida, and one day she hopes to be a screenwriter.