Allison Thieng is a staff writer for the Highland Fling and a sophomore attending Helix Charter High School. Though she appreciates the various writing topics, she specifically speaks out to current-day issues to help spread awareness. Apart from journalism, you can often find her training self-defense. Allison practices a mixed form of martial arts that allows her to develop skills such as the solutions on how to handle certain dangerous situations or how to control weapons. Ultimately, she focused her fighting styles on grappling and weapon sparring. Allison also appreciates the art of lion dancing. When the Lunar New Years strikes, you can find her in and out of events with her lion dancing team.