Asa Paparo is the Student Director of Internet Technology for the Bronx Science Yearbook Observatory, as well as a Chief Graphic Designer and Academics Editor. He is also a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey.’ He believes that journalism is essential to a functioning society because it enables people to learn from others’ mistakes, speeding up progress. Asa feels similarly about journalistic photography, in that it is a medium of journalism that allows for greater impact on viewers. Outside of journalism, Asa enjoys robotics, electronic music, and tinkering with computers. In the future, Asa hopes to pursue physics and computer science, although he enjoys researching and writing about topics that he finds interesting.