Our Team
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Erin Paglione
Class of 2021; aggressively from NYC but fell in love with the mountains after 4 months in Colorado. She enjoys reading and talking about bacteria, literature, and the environment.
Emma Stiefel
Class of 2021; passionate about using storytelling to connect people and start conversations; currently looking for better ways to do both by combining humanities and technology.
Aspen Pflughoeft
Anh Chu
Helen van der Merwe
Helen is a zoology enthusiast and animal lover. She enjoys reading fantasy novels and poetry. She is also a nap enthusiast and an amateur beanie knitter.
Jatin Kansal
Jatin is a curious person who tries to understand how everything works. He also loves to hear people's stories. He is currently exploring the blend between Physics and Philosophy.
Kate (she/her/they)
How do you deal with feeling like you don't belong in this world?
Kroner (Amelia)
Class of 2020; Kroner (preferring her last name) spends her time cooking, eating, or thinking about food while also contemplating how to create sustainable systems – from effective organizational structures for The Quest to environmentally sustainable cities of the future.
Ben Chen
Class of 2020; Ben was born in China but now lives in Canada. Studying business and economics, Ben dreams of one day hosting a talk show but will realistically become a marketing consultant instead.
Eric Lin
Class of 2020; really loves food. Not so talented content producer but here to keep things running for more than one semester. Optimization and staying out of debt is what I do.
Gabriella Grahek
Class of 2019; optimistic realist, Mogi (meditator and yogi), and lifelong believer in the feasibility of creating a more equal world for all.
Louis Brickman
Class of 2019; born in Berlin and grew up in NYC. He's a dreamer; tree-hugger; student of politics, ethics, and development; and a strong believer in independent, vigorous journalism.
Sadie-Rae Werner
Class of 2019; Sadie is from Canada. She is studying socioeconomic development and history at Minerva and plans to go to law school and work in journalism and journalists' rights.