Our Team
Aspen Pflughoeft
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Anh Chu
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.
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.
Kate (she/they/him)
How do you deal with feeling like you don't belong in this world?