Elliot Erlij (she/her) is a rising senior at Marlborough school in Southern California. She spent her sophomore year living with a host family in Spain, where she had a cultural immersive experience and learned Spanish. Now, she writes for her school's multilingual magazine and devotes a lot of her free time to research comparative regional studies. She also has her own research paper published in the Research Archive of Rising Scholars (RARS). Outside of her work with editing and writing, she loves to travel, try new recipes for her cooking club, and make short films. She is honored to be apart of the Polyphony Lit editing team!