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Leadership

Sonia Hammer
Development & Fundraising Director
Genre Editors
Sara Afshar
Poetry Editor

Moises Delgado
Prose Editor

Sam Downs
Prose Editor

Albert Liau
Prose Editor

Sierra Lindsay
Prose Editor
Staff Readers: Poetry Team
Diya Abbas
Poetry Reader
Muiz Opeyemi Ajayi
Poetry Reader
Sarkis Antonyan
Poetry Reader
Subhaga Crystal Bacon
Poetry Reader
Sam Baker
Poetry Reader
Miguel Barretto Garcia
Poetry Reader
Cole Barry
Poetry Reader
Michael Baruch
Poetry Reader
Matthew Buxton
Poetry Reader
Chay Canceran
Poetry Reader
Miles Cayman
Poetry Reader
Mbizo Chirasha
Poetry Reader
Lauren Claus
Poetry Reader
Lauren Claus
Poetry Reader
Tatiana Dolgushina
Poetry Reader
Morgan English
Poetry Reader
Shawna Ervin
Poetry Reader
Alana Esposito
Poetry Reader
Loisa Fenichell
Poetry Reader
Sabbi Gale-Donnelly
Poetry Reader
Gavin Yuan Gao
Poetry Reader
Juniper-Bea Gilbert
Poetry Reader
Samantha Grenrock
Poetry Reader
Kathryn Haemmerle
Poetry Reader
Sophia Hall
Poetry Reader
Javeria Hasnain
Poetry Reader
Gretchen Heyer
Poetry Reader
Leslie Hodge
Poetry Reader
Hunter Hodkinson
Poetry Reader
Cory Hutchinson-Reuss
Poetry Reader
Jared Joseph
Poetry Reader
Mackenzie Kean
Poetry Reader
Abbie Kiefer
Poetry Reader
James King
Poetry Reader
Divyasri Krishnan
Poetry Reader
Jane Laurence
Poetry Reader
Corinne Leong
Poetry Reader
Kasie Leung
Poetry Reader
Samantha Liming
Poetry Reader
Joanna Liu
Poetry Reader
Giovanna Lomanto
Poetry Reader
Rebecca Morton
Poetry Reader
Shareen Murayama
Poetry Reader
Eli Nachimson
Poetry Reader
Rebecca Morton
Poetry Reader
Jenna Nesky
Poetry Reader
Iris Nguyen
Poetry Reader
Cynthia Parker-Ohene
Poetry Reader
Isibéal Owens
Poetry Reader
Mayowa Oyewale
Poetry Reader
Natalie Perman
Poetry Reader
Lucie Richter-Mahr
Poetry Reader
Isaac Salazar
Poetry Reader
Devi Sastry
Poetry Reader
Christine Scanlon
Poetry Reader
Joyce Schmid
Poetry Reader
Jean Li Spencer
Poetry Reader
Nora Sun
Poetry Reader
Tola Sylvan
Poetry Reader
Kylan Tatum
Poetry Reader
Meagan Washington
Poetry Reader
Jim Whiteside
Poetry Reader
Kenton K. Yee
Poetry Reader
Karen Zheng
Poetry Reader
Kelsey Zimmerman
Poetry Reader
Emily Zogbi
Poetry Reader
Staff Readers: Prose Team
Som Adedayor
Prose Reader
Isaiah Gbenga Adepoju
Prose Reader
Michaela Anchan
Prose Reader
Rachel Attias
Prose Reader
Charlinda Banks
Prose Reader
Layla Bayoumi
Prose Reader
Jazmine Cooper
Prose Reader
Mina Dahl
Prose Reader
Sam Downs
Prose Reader
Anne Falkowski
Prose Reader
Caroline Fleischauer
Prose Reader
Caroline Fox
Prose Reader
Bruna Gomes
Prose Reader
Yasmine Guiga
Prose Reader
Yastika Guru
Poetry Reader
Amanda Hawkins
Prose Reader
Sarah Hofmann
Prose Reader
Nina Holtz
Prose Reader
Carrie Hsu
Prose Reader
Ben Humphries
Prose Reader
Matthew Ineman
Prose Reader
H. L. Kim
Prose Reader
Monica Kim
Prose Reader
Larysa Labiak
Prose Reader
Kyra LaFitte
Prose Reader
Olesya Lyuzna
Prose Reader
Tess O’Brien
Prose Reader
Jaz Papadopoulos
Prose Reader
Oz Paszkiewicz
Prose Reader
Trevor Patterson
Prose Reader
Will Pewitt
Prose Reader
Cole Phillips
Prose Reader
Stephanie Podgorny
Prose Reader
Iris Preaker
Prose Reader
Young Rader
Prose Reader
Kaydance Rice
Prose Reader
Angie Romines
Prose Reader
Cora Schipa
Prose Reader
Danielle Sherman
Prose Reader
Yeldana Talgatkyzy
Prose Reader
Cherry Lou Sy
Prose Reader
Conor Truax
Prose Reader
Dilinna Ugochukwu
Prose Reader
Sarah Wu
Prose Reader
Avery Yue
Prose Reader
Emma Zhang
Prose Reader
Editorial Ops Team
Matilda Lin Berke
Editorial Manager
Thomas Hobohm
Web Editor
Sarah Renee Beach
Staff Engagement Coordinator
Laney Conger
Editorial Assistant
Shannan Mann
Editorial Assistant
Content Team
Divya Mehrish
Associate Director of Content
Emily Collins
Content Editor
Sam Casto Hollman
Content Editor
Ben Regan Marra
Content Editor
Neha Mulay
Content Editor
Marketing Team
Autumn Koors Foltz
Social Media Manager
Rachel Dillon
Email Marketing Manager
Lara Katz
Event Marketing Manager
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PREVIOUS STAFF MEMBERS – ARCHIVE
Leadership
Sarah Fletcher (2012-13), Alexa Derman (2013-15), Lucia LoTempio (2015-16), Lauren R. Korn (2018-20), Garrett Biggs (2015-21), Kate Sweeney (2020-22), Dolapo Demuren (2021-22), Anne Marie Wells (2022), and Iris Law (2022-2023).
Genre Editors
Ameerah Arjanee (2011-14), Connor Cook (2011-13), Magen Eissenstat (2011-15), Namita Krishnamurthy (2011-12), Kratika Mishra (2011-13), Samantha Ardoin (2012-13), Elizabeth Ballou (2012-15), Russell Bogue (2012-14), Linda Ge (2012-13), Kamden Hilliard (2012-14), Katherine Frain (2013-14), Kaitlin Jennrich (2013-15), Charles Ramsay McCrory (2013-15), Aaron Robertson (2013-15), Cody Ernst (2014-17), Michelle Donahue (2014-17), Jackson Holbert (2014-18), Talin Tahajian (2014-22), Shelley Whitaker (2014-19), Isabella Nilsson (2015-21), Anthony Veasna So (2015-19), Jesse De Angelis (2016-18), Lisa Hiton (2016-22), Peter Grimes (2017), Wayne Johns (2017-21), Liz Breazeale (2018-19), Derrick Austin (2019), Leslie Sainz (2019), Katerina Ivanov Prado, Caroline Fairey, Marissa Castrinago (2023), and Francisco Marquez.
Staff Readers
Aria Aber, Nicole Acton, Jaylen Adams, Natalie Aflalo, Tolu Agbelusi, Temperance Aghamohammadi, Maryam Ahmad, Julia Aizuss, Olivia Alger, Brianne Allen, Rachael Allen, Mariel Alonzo, Madeline Anderson, Arman Avasia, Mary Ardery, Christian Arthur, Wale Ayinla, Lukas Bacho, Colin Bailes, Luisa Banchoff, Bindu Bansinath, Jenna Bao, Samantha Bares, Abaigh Barlow, Ayomide Bayowa, Lesya Bazylewicz, Emily Bernard, Ninad Bhat, Pritha Bhattacharyya, Destiny O. Birdsong, Ellie Black, Emma Bleker, Daniel Blokh, Nadia Bongo, Tom Bosworth, Andre Bouyssonouse, Meg Boyles, Hannah Boysko, Michael Brashear, Mayan Braude, Hayden Bunker, Chelsea Bunn, Kim Bussing, William Ward Butler, Annie Cao, Sara Carmichael, Walker Caplan, David Carey, Lucy Catlett, Nicky Cayless, Alexander Cendrowski, Dorothy Chan, Leila Chatti, Amelia Chen, Yongyu Chen, Haeyeon (Tina) Cho, Alexandria Chu, Helena Chung, Yennifer Clarin, Jo Clark, Samantha Xiao Cody, Anna Conner, Kell Connor, Preston Cooper, Andres Cordoba, Marisa Crane, Madeleine Cravens, Elizabeth Crowdy, Nathan Cummings, Jade Cuttle, Bianca Darby-Matteoda, Adrienne Davich, Delia Davis, Marc Decitre, Tige DeCoster, Claire Denson, Lane Devers, Sarah Jo DeVore, Trang Dinh, Aline Dolinh, Allison Donohue, Natalie Dunn, Bowen Dunnan, Steven Duong, Noah Dversdall, Mars Early-Hubelbank, Maya Eashwaran, Isabelle Edgar, Trista Edwards, Elliot Eglash, Sean Ennis, Mica Evans, Reed Everette, Julia Falkner, Lisa Favicchia, Alyson Favilla, Joseph Felkers, Marlin Figgins, Julia Fine, Lily Fishman, Kathryn Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Forsythe, Michael Frazier, Will Fraizer, Idalia Friedson, Samantha Futhey, Sophie Gaddes, Theresa Gaffney, Nick Gardner, Cassie Garison, Ashleigh Gill, Matty Layne Glasgow, Heather Gluck, Henry Goldkamp, Hannah Goldstein, Stefania Gomez, Ellie Gordon, Alina Grabowski, Chelsey Grasso, Hannah Green, Emma Grillo, Ivy Grimes, Jaclyn Grimm, Dominic Gualco, Dedeepya Guthikonda, Rebecca Gyllenhaal, Sage Calder Hahn, Aisha Hamid, Adam Hamze, Kate Hao, Alex Hartley, Jordan Harper, Edil Hassan, Elijah Rushing Hayes, Sara Mae Henke, Nora Henrie, Miles Hewitt, Julia Hogan, Trish Hopkinson, Maison Horton, Carolina Hotchandani, Will Howard, Carrie Hsu, Kaitlin Hsu, Allison Huang, Nancy Huang, Kinsale Hueston, Claire Hurley, Y. Jelal Huyler, Sierra Jacob, Gunnar Jaeck, Dabin Jeong, Michelle Jia, Nanya Jhingran, Zane Johnson, Emma Joss, Caleb Kaiser, Christos Kalli, Virginia Kane, Seelai Karzai, Maya Kaul, Caroline Kelley, Chloe Kim, Eunice Kim, Heidi Kim, Maddie Kim, Ben Kline, Hannah Knowles, Cody Koester, Silas Jones, Daniel Kovalcik, Tom Kozlowski, Dan Kraines, Mari Kramer, Hadiyyah Kuma, Rebekkah LaBlue, Piper Lane, Rich Larson, Lily Lauver Claire Lee, William Leggat, Tucker Leighty-Phillips, Rachel Leung, Blake Levario, Jared Levy, Rachel Lewis, Jessie Li, Jeffrey Liao, Allison Light, Esther Lin, Rachel Litchman, Yi-Ling Liu, Anthony Thomas Lombardi, Carol Lubin, Megan Lunny, Casey Lynch, Amy Lyons, Emily Mack, Alice Maglio, Christopher Mahon, Fatima Malik, Rick Manayan, Lip Manegio, Victoria Mao, Christine Marella, Cahaley Markman, Chloe Martinez, Lillian McCarthy, Ariana McGinn, Molly McGinnis, James McKenna, Kathryn McMahon, Timothy Thomas McNeely, Jeff McRae, Liana Meffert, Chase Melton, Rebecca Mennecke, Kathryn Merwin, Chloe Michaelidis, Peter H. Michaels, Isadora Milanez, Rose Miles, Fatima Mohie-Eldin, Eliza Moley, Joanna Moley, Emily Morris, Eric Morris, Vasilios Moschouris, Catherine Mosier-Mills, Da’Shawn Mosley, Shareen K. Murayama, Meghana Mysore, Su Nadeau, Joe Nasta, Jackson Neal, Mia Nelson, Kimarlee Nguyen, Jae Nichelle, Greg Nicholl, Caleb Nichols, Amelia Nierenberg, Nkosi Nkululeko, Daniel T. O’Brien, Maggie O’Brien, C. Hiatt O’Connor, Paz O’Farrell, Michael O’Ryan, Julia O’Sullivan, Ife Olatona, Aaron Orbey, Carolyn Orosz, Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Deonte Osayande, Olatunde Osinaike, Sahi Padmanabhan, Dara Passano, Sophie Paquette, Rhiya Pau, Roger Pellegrini, Alejandro Pérez, Andrea Mendoza Perez, Eleanor Peters, Harley Phleger, Rushing Pittman, Meghann Plunkett, Michael Pontacoloni, Klara Pokrzywa, Andy Powell, Jenny Qi, Varun Ravindran, Caitlin Richardson, Kathleen Radigan, Ben Read, Rachel Reeher, Jessica Regione, Frances Revel, Rachel Reidenbaugh, Amie Souza Reilly, Matthew Ridley, Jayme Ringleb, Saga Ringmar, Angie Romines, Juliana Roth, Danny Rothschild, Tom Rowe, Sofia Rower, Amy Sailer, Dominique Salas, Iris Samuels, Julie Sanchez, Ravneet Kaur Sandhu, Melita Schmeckpeper, Margaret Schnabel, Mit Shelke, Shakthi Shrima, Paul Van Sickle, Amanda Silberling, Avantika Singh, Ryan Skaryd, Jess Smith, Keenan Teddy Smith, Audrey Spensley, Ariel So, Jennifer Sperry Steinorth, Kimberly Grabowski Strayer, Taylor Strickland, Pauline Suwanban, Crystal Sung, Scott Szpisjak, Avia Tadmor, Oriana Tang, Valerie Taylor, Jonathan Teklit, Parisa Thepmankorn, Jacqueline Winter Thomas, Emily Tian, Ben Togut, Emma Townley-Smith, Amish Trivedi, Rebecca Tseng, Matthew Tuckner, Leona Vander Molen, Thomas Waddill, Ryan Wagahoff, Lloyd Wallace, Jieyan Wang, Kara Kai Wang, Haines Whitacre, Alice White, Roy White, Isaac Williams, Spencer Williams, Dalia Wolfson, Nicole Wong, Jules Wood, Chelsy Jiayi Wu, Tiffany Xie, Katherine Xiong, Lizabeth Yandel, Emily Yang, Gisselle Yepes, Jay G. Ying, Chun San Yong, Alex C. Zhang, Carrie Zhang, Emily Zhao, Ashley Zhou, Grace Zhou, Alexander Zitzner, Claire Zlotnicki, and Julie Zuckerman.
Art Staff
Michele Selene Ang, Brannon Dorsey, Will Erwin, Jessica Suhr, Lathan Vargason, and Emily Zhang.
Mentorship Team
S. Brook Corfman, Ollie Kim Dupuy, Kris Faatz, Polina Solovyeva, Emma Townley-Smith, Caleb Kaiser, Molly McGinnis, Carly Joy Miller, and Douglas Ray.
Marketing, Web, & Operations Team
Stephanie Chang, Darnell “DeeSoul” Carson, Katherine Chou, Samuel Clark, Amelia Van Donsel, Dené K. Dryden, Nadia Farjami, Stephanie Fieseher, Kelly Han, Genevieve Hartman, Eileen Huang, May Huang, Victoria Lau, Katrina Lee, Annie Li, Laurin Becker Macios, Michael McCarthy, Archita Mittra, Claire Oleson, Kaila Philo, Isabelle Sakelaris, Samantha Slupski, Zoe Stoller, Olivia Treynor, Bradley Trumpfheller, Kaitlyn Wang, Macrina Wang, Becky Wolfson, Cindy Xie, and Justin Zhu.
Content Team
Claire August, Bindu Bansinath, Bailey Bujnosek, Ariella Carmell, Darren Chang, Peter Chappell, Marina Chen, Corey Dahl, Derick Edgren, Peter Fera, Ally Findley, Aidan Forster, Henry Heidger, Audrey Kim, Kateri Kramer, Esther Lee, Emily Marquis, Joanna Moley, Reuben Gelley Newman, Gillian Pelkonen, Brynne Rebele-Henry, Imogen Shaw, Amanda Silberling, Eloise Sims, Jeffery Wang, Meimei Xu, and Audrey Zhao.
Internship Team
Shira Abramovich, Claire Ahn, Rachel Alatalo, Sage Braziel, Amelia Chen, Michael Ivory, Ariel Kim, Kyubin Kong, Sarah Lao, Youngseo Lee, Sophia Li, Jennifer Liu, Maria Mendoza, Uma Menon, Meena Rakasi, Jessie Seng, Derek Song, Nathan Phuong, Katie Pyontek, Isabel Prioleau, McKenna Ritter, Maia Siegel, Ivy Tica, Grace Wang, Cindy Xie, and Jisoo Hope Yoon.