For an article she wrote about recreating looks from the HBO TV show “Euphoria,” Mizzou J-school student Jashayla Pettigrew dons face gems while modeling Euphoria-inspired fashion from Younique Luxury Boutique on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Lee Hills Hall photo studio in Columbia, Mo.

Katherine Schneller—local dance teacher, coach, duck farmer, and assistant director at Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center—works with horses on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center in Columbia—the week before the center officially opened for the fall season. Even though she spent a lot of her childhood at the center, she said she didn’t fully understand how cool it was until she went off to college. She says working there is one of the most rewarding things in the world, and she enjoys the hard labor aspect of it. “If I’m not at the farm lifting buckets, and making horses do crazy things and getting stepped on or all kinds of weird shit, I'm in a dance studio, making my body do other things that aren't very nice to it,” Schneller said. “I just don't ever sit and do nothing.”

From left, Fr. Tolton Catholic High School girls basketball seniors Ellie Reynolds, No. 30, and Sophie Angel, No. 15, stand outside of the front of the school on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, at Tolton gymnasium in Columbia. “I think the relationships you build with your teammates and coaches and just learning, not only about basketball, but about life through this sport is important,” Reynolds said.

The Bluffs Human Resources Director Shauna Rios carries her team’s Batman-themed boat out of the water after making it to the finish line Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Bass Pro Shops Lake in Columbia. This was the team’s fourth time participating in Float Your Boat.

Vox editor Jashayla Pettigrew holds the zipper of a skirt as she models Euphoria-inspired fashion from Younique Luxury Boutique on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Lee Hills Hall photo studio in Columbia. The skirt is inspired by Kat Hernandez's character.

Casey Callans, owner and chef of local pizza pop-up Thunder Pies, poses for a portrait on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Beetbox in Columbia. The business held their third pop-up event on Monday.

Vox editor Janae Makenzie poses for a creative portrait on Monday, March 14, 2022, at the Lee Hills Hall photo studio in Columbia. This is one of several portraits that represent her personal journey with mental health and therapy as a Black person. A series of questions, doubts and self-deprecating thoughts led McKenzie to seek therapy. These thoughts are represented in her handwriting. (Photo illustration by Moy Zhong)

Tap dancer, teacher and artist Chris Rutledge scuffs his heel in the paint on a wooden canvas during the beginning stages of making a painting on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Columbia. “It’s literally just being able to have something to create with what I do as a tap dancer,” Rutledge said about his TapArt. “And it’s just brought me out of so many mental health issues, abandonment issues. You can leave that stuff, just a little bit, and just kind of do things. And I’ve thought about this a lot – would I continue to do this if it never became popular? Would I continue to do it if nobody bought them ever or valued the idea of what’s going on? Would I do it? Ten years later I guess I can say - yeah, yeah I would.”

Mariah Howell does a firebird on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at Willow Springs Park in Johnson City, Tenn. Howell is a freshman on the Science Hill High School Dance Team and a dancer at The Dance Company.

Maddie Snider slides back to first base on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Mizzou Softball Stadium in Columbia. Snider, a freshman on the team, helped lead Rock Bridge to a MSHSAA 5A state championship in fall 2020, scoring the winning run in the title game.

Katherine Schneller holds her goose named “Sister” on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, at the duck farm at her home in Columbia. Schneller and her husband Jordan started a duck farm at their home in 2020 after taking in a duck their friend needed to get rid of. Now they have around 60 ducks and sell duck eggs and ducks to local restaurants like Barred Owl, Butcher and Beetbox. Sister is the only goose on the duck farm, and one of few birds on the farm that is comfortable being held by Schneller.

A referee waves a flag during a high school girls varsity soccer game between Rock Bridge and Quincy on Monday, April 19, 2022, at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia. Rock Bridge beat Quincy 3-2.

In the loft of a cabin, my cousin Ashley reads a book she bought at a local book store on Monday, July 11, 2022, during our family vacation in Waynesville, North Carolina.