Our Team

Erin Paglione

Editor-in-Chief

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

Editor-in-Chief, Class of 2021 Managing Editorr

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.

Class of 2022; forever busy & usually addicted to coffee, using stories to bring awareness & action to social injustices as a megaphone for overlooked, unheard, or ignored voices. Resident optimist, extrovert, & chai-enthusiast

Anh Chu

WordPress Hero

Helen van der Merwe

Class of 2023 Managing Editor, Resident Poet

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

Class of 2022, Editor and Manager

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/they/him)

Staff Editor, Writer, Critical Technologist, Intersectional Marxist, Class of 2021, Brown

How do you deal with feeling like you don't belong in this world?

Ben Chen

Former Vlogging Team Lead

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

Former Chief of Finance, Digital, and Business Operations

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.

Kroner (Amelia)

Former Chief of Global Operations; Editor-in-chief

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.