
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
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