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Meet the Team

EXECUTIVE TEAM

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Riya Cyriac
Executive Director
About Riya
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Brent Freeman
Creative Director
About Brent
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Maria C. Algarin
Executive Assistant
About Maria
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Iris Chan
Executive Assistant Director
About Iris
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Khushi Desai
Director of Operations
About Khushi
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Fifi Wang
Director of Finance
About Fifi
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Sydney Hamilton
Director of Programs
about sydney
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Alyssa Sykes
Director of Projects
About Alyssa
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Sylvia Bonillos
Chief of Staff
About Sylvia
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Marina Tsiatiri
Head of Volunteer Engagement
About Marina

COMMUNICATIONS TEAM

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Sophia Kunkel
Communications Director
About Sophia
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Nour Salama
Marketing Director
About Nour
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Jade Yu
PR Manager
About Jade
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Kathleen Hagar
Professional Development
About Kathleen
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Nishi Nandineni
Community Team Lead
About Nishi
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Ayra Amin
Community Assistant Team Lead
About Ayra
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Lamees Lodhi
Community Team Member
About Lamees
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Zoe Foster
Assistant Social Media Manager
About Zoe
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Francesca Kyanda
Content Creator
About Francesca
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Laura Catalynna
Assistant Social Media Manager
About Laura
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Sean Choo
Discord Manager
About Sean
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Peyton Robinson
TikTok Manager
About Peyton
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Liyana Shirin
Chief Strategist
About Liyana
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Ayushi Kate
Technology
About Ayushi
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Jada Walters
Web Manager
About Jada
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Alexandra Bell
Content Writer
About alexandra
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Celeste Lau
Content Writer
about celeste
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Maria Alyssandra Briones
Content Writer
about maria
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Mohana Priya.T
Content Writer
ABOUT MOHANA
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Ayesha H.
Content Writer
about ayesha
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Janelle Yap
Juven Blog Manager
About Janelle
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Abigail Lynn
Juven Blog Manager
About Abigail
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Isabela Santana
Juven Instagram Manager
about isabela
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Leah
Juven Twitter Manager
about leah

SERVICES TEAM

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Hye-won Yoo
Editing External Director
About Hye-won
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Kaira Khadime
Editing Internal Director
about kaira
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Cindy Tran
Editing External Staff
About Cindy
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Natalie Miller
Editing Staff Member
About Natalie
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​Harsha Venkataraman
Beta Reading Internal Director
About Harsha
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Jaidah-Leigh Wyatt
Beta Reading TL External
about jaidah
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Trisha Reddy
Pre-Reading External Staff
about trisha
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Laibah Khan
Pre Reading Internal Staff
about laibah
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​Tadeáš Rulf
Book Reviewing Internal Director
About tadeas
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Varnika Thukral
​ Book Reviewing General Staff
ABOUT VARNIKA
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Corey DeCristofaro
Book Reviewing General Staff
About Corey
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Sena Epeh
Book Reviewing General Staff
About Sena
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Dani Cordero
Cover Designing External Director
About Dani
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Jigyasa Jain
Cover Designing Staff
About Jigyasa
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Karis Kim
Cover Designing Staff
About karis
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Elizabeth Corallo
Summer Programs Director
About Elizabeth
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Lin Halyda
Book Club Coordinator
About Lin
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Anisa Uddin
Events Coordinator
About Anisa
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Lydia Wang
Director of Chapters 
About Lydia
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Yessica Jain
Director of Chapters
About yessica

PUBLISHING TEAM

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Ashley Hajimirsadeghi
Juven Literary Journal
​Editor-in-Chief
About Ashley
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​Mikaela Koehler
Contest Director
About Mikaela

EDUCATION TEAM

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Hui Yi Mei
Education Director
About Hui Yi
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Aashna Rai
Education Director
About Aashna