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Riya M. Cyriac
Executive Director and Founder 

Riya Cyriac is the Founder and Executive Director of The Young Writers Initiative. Founded when she was a junior in high school, Riya wanted to establish an organization for young writers based on community collaboration. What she once though would be an organization providing simple services grew much beyond her expectations, because of the amazing team that have made TYWI what it is today.

​Now, Riya is a sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin studying Management Information Systems and Plan II Honors. She is currently also interning at NaNoWriMo, and studying abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland. She hopes to pursue Product Management as a career, and eventually become a lawyer. As for her writing, she is in her growth phase, focusing on honing her skills, and spends more of her time advocating for the writing community. If you wish to contact her, feel free to at riya@tywi.org 

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  • MENTORSHIP
    • APPLY
    • Fiction Mentors
    • Poetry Mentors
    • Journalism Mentors
    • mentorship testimonials
  • Services
    • Editing
    • Alpha & Beta Reading
    • Workshops
    • Book Reviewing
    • Cover Design
    • Writing Consulting
  • Write-a-thon
    • Frosted Fairytales Write-A-Thon Contest
    • Past Write-a-thons >
      • Winter Write-a-thon 2022
  • Volunteer
    • Submission Reader
    • Alpha Reader
    • Beta Reader
    • Workshop Teacher
    • Book Reviewer
    • Editor
    • Cover Designer
    • Blogging Team
    • Event Crew
  • Community
    • Discord Server
    • Impact
  • Contests
    • Timeless Contest
    • No Good Deed
    • Projects >
      • Black Lives Matter
  • Donate
    • Ko-fi
    • Merch
  • Juven Press
  • Chapters
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • TYWI's Leadership Team
    • Volunteers
    • Follow Us >
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter!
      • Our Socials
  • Summer Camp
  • Moving Write Along