Arushi Avachat
is a writer from Pleasanton, California. She is a two-time National YoungArts Winner in Writing and a three-time Scholastic Writing Awards National Medalist. She released her first book, a short story collection titled When Love Dies, in Spring 2019. Arushi studies English and Political Science at UCLA. She loves dark chocolate, Jane Austen novels, and California winters.
Jessie Cho
Jessie Cho is a high school senior from Hong Kong. She aspires to study English Literature in university, and particularly enjoys reading poetry and short fiction. She's a big fan of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and likes to note down Shakespearian insults.
Eleanor Colligan
Eleanor Colligan is a writer and college student studying creative writing and statistics. She hopes to one day publish a poetry collection.
Aditi Desai
is a first-year student at Princeton University and plans to study Neuroscience and Creative Writing. She is a two-time Scholastic Writing Awards Medalist and her work has been featured in the Daily Princetonian and Keke Magazine. She's incredibly passionate about exploring health, illness, and body through writing and is excited to be on the Blue Marble Review team!
Isabella Milacnik
is a second-year student at the University of Washington-Seattle and plans to study both Communications and Law. In her free time, she loves to read mystery novels and play with her puppy Coco. She is passionate about human rights in the legal world and is excited to continue her work at Blue Marble this year!
Trisha Santanam
is a junior at the Early College at Guilford in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is excited to be an editor for Blue Marble! Her favorite type of writing is lyrical nonfiction, particularly those pieces that touch upon nature. She's a foodie at heart and has a weakness for anything savory. Her work can be found in [PANK] magazine, Vita Brevis, The Cardiff Review, and VOYAGE YA.
Kate Schiltz
is a college student at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. She is excited to continue her journey with Blue Marble, where she has been working since high school. She currently works at the Writing Center at her college, and she absolutely loves it! She enjoys playing clarinet, traveling, watching movies, and spending time with friends and family.
Olivia Stevens
is a high school junior, living in Minnesota. She loves to read, write, and listen to music. She’s had a great time reading essays, and seeing how creative this young generation is.
Maggie Sun
currently lives in Southern California. She loves listening to history podcasts, and her phone case collection is inspired by the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Do Ho Suh.
Priscilla Trinh
(she/hers) is an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota studying Sustainable Systems Management, particularly Food Systems. Her work has been featured in the Minnesota Women’s Press, Girls Right the World, Jeff Bridges’ documentary promotion, and more. Priscilla is involved in food sovereignty organizing and advocates for an ecological-decolonial future. If reincarnated, she like to be a weeping willow or mango tree.
Alexa Vos
is studying Graphic Design and Communication Studies at Bethel University. She appreciates the many different forms of communication and loves how each provides an avenue for individuals to have a voice. Her voice is found in art as she understands it to be a universal language for expression and connection.