Eliza grew up in Salt Lake City and is currently a double major in English and Spanish. This is her third year at the University of Utah and her first year working for the Wasatch as a writer and photographer. She is fascinated by the manipulation of language and film to communicate the human experience, particularly when it involves doing so creatively. Eliza is also unashamedly enamored with the mountains and has been ever since she grew up staring at the West face of Mount Olympus from her front door. When not writing or reading, she spends her time hiking, backpacking, and most recently, climbing.