Picture courtesy of Mikayla Benjamin.
Mikayla Benjamin is Columbus born and raised, and she studies both environmental science and environmental policy at The Ohio State University. Her many interests include traveling, hiking, working with the homeless under the citypak project, and photography.
Mikayla’s photo won second place, and she states the following about her submission: “This photo always served as a reminder that life always finds a way, and it reminded me that even when things weren’t always going my way, I would grow through it and find a way, just as nature found a way to grow plants in a discarded glass jar left in the middle of the forest.”