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Meet Our Volunteers

The Young Writers Initiative has welcomed nearly 150 volunteers into our eight active volunteer-based departments and projects. Volunteers are the life-blood of TYWI and are the reason we're able to provide so many opportunities to young creatives all over the world.

Here, you can find all of our amazing volunteers. Those with an asterisk (*) after their name volunteer in multiple departments! And those with double asterisks (**) are part of our Leadership Team! We're very grateful to have so many dedicated people with us. If you'd like to join our ever-growing family of volunteers, check out all our volunteering opportunities under the VOLUNTEER tab!

Advanced Editors

Cindy Tran**
Jaidah-Leigh Wyatt**
Hritwa Satikuvar

Copy Editors

Angelo Dionora
Emma Andres
Liz Vaughan
Kaira Khadime**
​Natalie Miller**
​Elayne Law

Romy Zhang
​Olivia Cai
Zoe Hardin
Bethany Kwak
Lauren Wynn

Developmental Editors​

Erica Lee
Sim Ling Thee
​Shreya Sutaria
​Paisley Weigel
​Vagisha Bhatia
​April Cheung

Shivangi Shah
Prisha Gupta
Paige Riddiford
Manya Garg
​Callie Cheng

Year-Round Alpha Readers

Raven Nightshade
Stacey Kok
Madhurima Sengupta*
Jigyasa Jain**
Crystal Peng
Christyn Refuerzo

Aemil Raphael
Cleodel Capiral
Trisha Reddy
​Olivia Lindquist

Osahenhen Joy Giaus-Obas 
Ana Figueira 
Anna Ngo 
Joyce Bun 
Karina Myers
 
Emily Chen
Mishka Martin
Marina Tsiatiri**

Murtaza Jawad

Abigail Kumar
Tanvi Joshi 

Grace Avila 
Maria Lytrivi 
Drishya Mitra 

Praise Chukwuma 
Alyssa Sykes ​

Seasonal Alpha Readers

Sujana Vangala
Lauren Fakhoury
Neha Barve
Erin Hunter


Fall
Vrinda Gandhi

Winter
Paige Hughes

Ashe Creed
Spring
Kelley Kwok 

Summer
Lena Singh 

Year-Round Beta Readers

Aalia Waqas
Aamanya Sejpal 
Adair Knox
Aidan Heck 
Alena Tran
Alyvia Hutley
Ashryel Mavers
Bornil Murchhona
Elaine C.
Emeline Robbins
Emma Keas
Gabby Gartner
Grainne Murphy
Gursimran Gill
Harsha Venkataraman**
Jazmin Abels**
Joanna Lam
Jubilee Forbes x 
Kaira Khadime**
Katyayani Kwatra*

Sierra tan
Lauren Chi
Kashmini Shah
Muskaan Dhingra
Martina Giambattista
Constance Anthony

Anyssa Rahme
Archie Behera
Carmie Rocco
Cheryl Liu
Dany Galindo
Davina Hasari
Doris Gherasim
Enaya Amir
Giovanna Suwita
Hasfariza Hassan
Jordan Gallo
Kate Goulding
Katie Jubran
​Lily Elkhatib
Mariia Karacheva

Mardhiyah Nurainun
​Alaa'a Ashkar
Jessie Wang
Caitlin Donovan 

​Wren Long 
Kasley K 
Kalani Gav
Annika Troise

Zoya Vats
Ha Nguyen

Kassie Propes 

​Prathibha Kumar
Vicky Li 
Isabella Hernandez 
Kassie Propes 

Maren Detlefs 
Nibedita Ghosal
Faith Yetman 

Aleeza Awais 
Ebtesaam Abdul-Qudoos 
Ellie Andersen 
Madhav Dua 
Mehar Bahl 
Krishna Verma
Larissa Abrao
Luz Rosales
Madhurima Sengupta*
Maggie Montu
Malvika Malhotra x
Mar Llobet
Maria Canela
Mia Romeo
Nishi Nandineni**
Parmin Sedigh
Ray Choo
Ray Vee**
Riley McGrath
Sam Luthiya
Tiana Falla
Tiernan O’neal 
Victoria Stephens
Zoe Kelemen
​Maya Ross
Natasha Hebert
Helena Falcao
Paige Hojdar
Tisha Choudhari
Amanda Sanguesa
Kamtoya Okeke

Muskaan Bola
Nusyba Mahdiatzahrah
Oceane Liang
Osahenhen Joy Giaus-Obas
Ouswa Ali
Patrick Brady
Payal Taparia
Sybellah Kidd-Shugart
Trix-Nico Gebele
Veda Akula
Victoria McFarlane
Yashvi Parikh
Zainab Farooq

​Mary Carmen Saldaña
Kathaleen Mallard
Sarah Triyana 
Marisol Ciovacco 
Ethan Smith 
​
Abigail Tenenbaum 
Tricia da Costa
​Paulis Baskevics 

​Karen Dong 
Carmella (Carmie) Rocco
Taylar Richards 
Emma Foster
​Hannah Magner

​Konsoler Mandah 
Alexis Choi

Faiza Fatima 
​Varsha Murthy 
Prathibha Kumar 
Haelin Kim 

Seasonal Beta Readers

Alexandra Chmiel
Cameron Patel
Lucia Moglia 
Mohana Priya Thinesh
Anisa Uddin**
Ayra Amin**

Dharini Manoj
​Kaela Losekoot
​Alicia Nascembeni

​Fall
Diana Garza
Mashal Ashfaq
Neha Desaraju

Angie Valencia 

Winter
Rithanya Kannan

Vardah Irfan 
Laura Kocsis 
Hui Yi Mei**
Kathleen Hagar**
Sanchi Juneja
Colleen Blain
Esther Ng
Miriam Fernandez**
​Delia Henriques
Sasha Agarwal
​Harnoor Kaur Uppal
​

Spring
Paulina González

​Chi Vu 
​Arohi Purnaye
​Rita Chernikova
Dami Jinadu 

Josselyn St. Clair

Summer
Jasmine Wu
Praise Chukwuma
Walla Karir
​
Nihola Tasmi 
​Claire Beeli 

​Zunairah Shaikh
Daniela Laing 
​Amira Malti 
Amoryn Lina 

Book Reviewers

Ouswa Ali
Delaney Hendrick**
Alina Ali
Samiha Akter Su
Sudiksha Karthika
Lena Parr**
Elena Juarez
Isabella García
Tarah Hickel
Mehak Dixit
Anesa Bilurdagi
Adrija Basani
Akshinta Das
Jigyasa Jain*
Vedant Chittake
Devin Higgins
Mikaela Koehler**
Audrey Kim
Alexandra Green

Technical Event Crew

Katyayani Kwatra*
Aemil Raphael

Statistical Crew

Mimi Brown
Rahma Kwaja

Submission Readers

Ella Kruus
Vanessa Tran
Maya
Syna Majumder
Maddie Pollard
Diana Diep
Bella Gomez
Emily Joy Omen
Sarah Worthington
Chloe Lin

Chloe Lee
Eunice Chi
Leah Skay
Aya Nguyen
Jenny Pitcher
Carmella Rocco
​Emily Oomen​
Caroline Dinh
Macie Blake
Gabriella McField
Sydney Hamilton**
Jules Davidson
Jigyasa Jain**
Abhinav Raja
Natalie Miller**
Deepa Rao
Trisha Reddy

Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
Ollie Small
Haley Renzoni
Alexandra Bell**
Trisha Reddy
Yanitta Iew
​Miri Selengut

Workshop Teachers

Katyayani Kwatra*
Kaira Khadime**
Natalie Miller*

Blogging Team

Stuti Desai (Romance and Lit Fic)
Ian Heibesen (Poetry)
Skylar
Nitzel (Non-speculative Fiction)

Elena Sarigeorgiou (Nonfiction)
Grayson Yount (Non-speculative Fiction, Flash Fiction)
​Asha Swann (Nonfiction)
Yun-Fei Wang (Poetry)**
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  • MENTORSHIP
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    • Frosted Fairytales Write-A-Thon Contest
    • Past Write-a-thons >
      • Winter Write-a-thon 2022
  • Volunteer
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    • Timeless Contest
    • No Good Deed
    • Projects >
      • Black Lives Matter
  • Donate
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  • Juven Press
  • Chapters
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • TYWI's Leadership Team
    • Volunteers
    • Follow Us >
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter!
      • Our Socials
  • Summer Camp
  • Moving Write Along