As The 1975 say in their song “Robbers”, “she had a face straight out a magazine.” Senior Ramisha Sattar, a small girl with one-of-a-kind ideas, landed a job as a monthly contributor at Rookie Magazine. With this position Sattar has the opportunity to create art  and be a voice for her community.

Rookie Magazine was created by 20 year old Tavi Gevinson in 2011, with their five year anniversary being celebrated on Sept. 5. It is an online magazine that is a creative outlet for music, art and fashion. Sattar began her journey by submitting a few of her pieces to the magazine in October 2015. Her art caught the attention of Gevinson and she became integrated into the Rookie team.

“Ramisha is a talented artist and an absolute pro,” managing editor of Rookie Magazine Lena Singer said.  “I’ve never met her in person, but she’s someone I always imagine having a huge smile on her face because she radiates such positive energy through her writing, painting, illustration and even her emails.”

Before every issue, Sattar receives an email with all the information she needs. Themes such as “fill in the blank” and “infinity” are chosen for each month along with a color palette.

“They have different ideas and themes that they want reoccurring throughout the art,” Sattar said. “I read the story or playlist and create something that I think would look good with it.”

Sattar’s first piece was for the January 2016 issue where the theme was “truth or dare” and the color palette was red and blue. Using the vibrancy of color against a mundane newspaper background to depict an image of a young girl drawn on with the words “truth or dare” above her, Sattar was able to create art that complimented the story it was paired with.

Along with creating illustrations for playlists or stories, Sattar has the ability to pitch and create her own unique pieces; one of them being her Ramadan Diary.

“Since Ramisha has been a contributor, I’ve become a big fan of how well she conveys complicated feelings or issues through her art,” Singer said. “This summer, for example, she made a set of photo collages about Ramadan, and you only have to take one glance at them to know they’re about celebration and love.”

The Ramadan Diary was published in June 2016. It is a scrapbook style piece full of photographs and small cut out drawing that educate people about the meaning of Ramadan. Juniors Sakina Husain and Rijaa Khan were featured in this project.

“The Ramadan Diary is a depiction of what Ramadan is all about,” Husain said. “From prayers to fasting, Ramisha’s photo diary is a snapshot of what Ramadan means to all of us.”

Sattar, along with Husain and Khan, took photos of certain Ramadan traditions under colored lights and in traditional Islamic clothing, Salwar Kameez.

“We took pictures of our henna, which is done during Eid,” Husain said. “Eid is a celebration we have after fasting and praying for 30 days.”

The positive feedback of this diary represents Sattar’s pride of this piece.

“The comments I received were really nice,” Sattar said. “I taught a lot of people about Ramadan and Islam. It really opened their eyes.”

Because Sattar works closely with Rookie, she has had many other opportunities opened up to her such as interviewing one of her favorite bands: The 1975. Jessie Jessup from 102.1 The Edge pulled some strings and talked to the managers of The 1975 to surprise Sattar and one of her friends. This interview is available to watch on Youtube.

“I was super excited and it felt so surreal because we didn’t even think that we were going to meet them,” Sattar said. “The whole experience really didn’t feel real.”

She also interviewed other bands including HUNNY. She contacted the manager of the band on behalf of Alt Philanthropy, which is an organization Sattar helped start to bring attention to various charities using numerous music artists. HUNNY was interviewed in support of Hungry for Music, a nonprofit organization that donates instruments and provides music education to impoverished areas.

Other bands Sattar interviewed were Gymshorts and Spilled Milk Society.

Rookie magazine is a plethora of different ideas and perspectives; therefore, Sattar must be able to accommodate and create in numerous different styles. However, when it comes to inspiration, she gets it from her culture. Sattar uses this position as a method of growing not only as a person, but also as an artist.

“I don’t really have a style,” Sattar said. “I do a ton of different things and everything is a different style because I don’t really know what my style is yet. I’m figuring it out.”

Rookie has given Sattar many unique experiences and memories and she hopes to make the most of her job.

“I don’t plan on dropping out anytime soon,” Sattar said. “I plan to work with Rookie as long as I can.”