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Sabrina Ellis (any pronouns)

Managing Editor

Sabrina Ellis is a fourth-year English major from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Their interests include crocheting, collecting weird earrings, and watching two-hour long video essays about random topics.

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Sydney Gaw (she/her)

Managing Editor

Sydney Gaw is a second-year English major and Creative Writing minor. Her writing has appeared in Girls' Life MagazineUSA Lacrosse Magazine, and UCLA's Daily Bruin. When she's not brainstorming outlandish character names or re-watching Dead Poets Society, she loves to draw, crochet, and go on walks with her cat, Hermione.

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Piper Bailey (she/her)

Executive Poetry Editor

"Piper Bailey is a fourth-year transfer student, with a major in English and a minor in Education. When she is not reading everything under the sun, she prefers to go for walks with friends, create multimedia art, or plan her next cross country adventure!

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Samantha Lee (she/her)

Executive Poetry Editor

Samantha Lee is a third-year American Literature and Cultures major also completing a minor in Geography and Environmental Studies. Her favorite things to do in LA are reading on the beach and exploring new art exhibits. At home, she enjoys walking her dogs around the Oakland Hills while listening to Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey.

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Roman Bieliaieva (he/she/they)

Executive Fiction Editor

Roman Bieliaieva is a second-year English and Psychology double major from the Bay. When they’re not busy researching bizarre historical details for their novels, they can be found reading, crocheting to modern rock, and binging vaguely queer crime procedurals.

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Logan Shobe (he/him)

Executive Fiction Editor

Logan Shobe is a second-year English major from the Central Valley. While writing is his first and foremost passion, his many other interests include: wine-tasting, clothes that smell like tobacco, and old, thrifted books. 

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Abi Royster (she/her)

Creative Nonfiction and Blog Editor

Abi Royster is a fourth-year English major with a creative writing concentration in poetry. Her work has been featured in Cul-de-Sac and Westwind literary magazines. In her 'free' time, she likes to post wildly unjustified goodreads reviews--because she is right. 

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Jacob Lawson (he/him)

Art Editor

Jacob Lawson is a second year Public Affairs Major from Los Angeles, CA. He is passionate about architecture, urban planning, and graphic design. In his free time, Jacob enjoys running, adventuring, and going to museums.

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Maisy Green (she/her)

Design Editor

Maisy Green is a fourth-year anthropology major and gender studies minor writing her thesis on multi-gendered experiences working in the indie music industry. Her interests include Boygenius, bouldering, and people with septum rings.

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Gwendolyn Lopez (she/her)

Social Chair/Outreach Director

Gwendolyn Lopez is a second-year English and communication major who loves reading and writing all things genre fiction. Besides thinking about words, she enjoys listening to classical music, playing tragic video games with whimsical facades, and saving funky artwork on Pinterest. 

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