All posts by Sammy Mckenzie

Sammy McKenzie is a driven photojournalist with a mission to tell stories through meaningful imagery. She accomplishes this goal as the photo editor for the UTC University Echo. Outside of photojournalism, Mckenzie began her own photography business specializing in portraits and wedding photography in 2019. McKenzie graduates UTC in May 2024 with a degree in Communication. Upon graduation, she’ll seek a career where she can stay behind the camera.

The Diversity Garden – by Sammy Mckenzie

Once upon a time, in a beautiful garden, there existed blooms of all hues and sizes in blissful harmony. A group of flower friends soaked up the sun every day in their same patch of peaceful land. On this land lived Rosemary Rose, Donna Daisy, Fran Fern, Heather Hydrangea, and Lila Lavender. Their closeness and bond are what nurtured this patch of land and caught the attention of many ongoing spectators. Every day the flowers continued to grow and spread their seed among the patch of land.

Life was seemingly perfect, that is until one dark cloud gathered over the friend’s patch of land and later that day a storm blew through the peaceful garden causing chaos. In the midst of the storm, the group of flowers were ripped from their patch and strewn all over the landscape.

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