Vanessa Pellechio

I'm that girl who is always smiling at local government or school board meetings. I'm that girl who is blessed to be doing what she loves every single day of the week. I'm that girl who will talk to anyone in the room because she enjoys meeting new people.

I'm a 23-year-old journalist at The Gettysburg Times, who always dreamed of being a reporter since writing small newsletters in elementary school to hand out in my neighborhood.

My neighbors actually paid a penny to read what a fifth-grader had to say about the world, which included the main story being about my friend cutting her hair in a bowl-cut like a boy.

The best part of my job is getting the chance to meet people and share their stories with the community.