Chesnie Wardell serves as a reporting intern for NNS. In addition to compiling the popular “5 things to know and do” lists, she also writes features on notable North Side and South Side residents. She is a junior at Marquette University, where she studies journalism and digital media. Away from the NNS newsroom, Wardell writes for her family’s business in Friars Point, Mississippi. Wardell has volunteered at the student-run Marquette Wire, where she’s reported on weather and sports, anchored the news desk and put together news packages. Along with modeling and acting, Wardell enjoys freelance photography, being a substitute teacher and mentoring teens across Milwaukee.