A native of the D.C. metropolitan area, Mackenzie McCluer is currently majoring in Journalism at Northwestern University. This year she served as photo editor and web/social media editor for The Daily Northwestern, where she began as a sports photographer in 2009, and designed two web issues and a print issue for Helicon, Northwestern's premier literary magazine. She also worked as a second shooter and social media coordinator last summer for Hero Moment Imaging, a Virginia-based sports photography firm.

She is available for freelance photography and design work in the D.C. area each summer and in Chicago for the remainder of the year. Contact her at m-mccluer2012 @ u.northwestern.edu.