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Meet 

Our Team

Staff

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David Galloway

Executive Director

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Julian Riccobon

Managing Director

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Shawn Waterman

Operations Manager

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Anshi Purohit

Social Media & Outreach Manager

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Chelsea Zhu

Assistant Manager

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Nina Ballerstedt

Teaching Assistant

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Sosena Audain

Teaching Assistant

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Emilie Guan

Teaching Assistant

Vaidehi Ghotkar

Teaching Assistant

Ava Chen

Teaching Assistant

 

click on any name below to read the editor’s bio

Editorial Team

Grace Marie Liu
Editor-In-Chief
Cloris Shi
Editor-In-Chief
Aisha Weththasingha
Editor-in-Chief
Melody Wu
Art Editor / Graphic Designer
Natalia Arruda
Genre Managing Editor
Aigerim Bibol
Genre Managing Editor
Mirabelle Jiang
Genre Managing Editor
Premrudee Mepremwattana
Genre Managing Editor
Rina Olsen
Genre Managing Editor
Claire Tang
Genre Managing Editor
Chelsea Zhu
Genre Managing Editor
Dominic / Xalli Anaya Gulaya
Executive Editor
Daniel Applebaum
Executive Editor
Jiye Back
Executive Editor
Renee Chen
Executive Editor
Taili Gao
Executive Editor
Demarie Hao
Executive Editor
Taylen Huang
Executive Editor
Vivian Huang
Executive Editor
Rishi Janakiraman
Executive Editor
Shayl Khatod
Executive Editor
Katie Lin
Executive Editor
Anya Melchinger
Executive Editor
Serra Nalbantoglu
Executive Editor
June Oh
Executive Editor
Sarah Parmet
Executive Editor
Anshi Purohit
Executive Editor
Madeline Rosales
Executive Editor
Juliet Rotondo
Executive Editor
Anshul Sharma
Executive Editor
Diya Sreedhar
Executive Editor
Samuel Teoh
Executive Editor
Minnie Wu
Executive Editor
Chloe Yang
Executive Editor
Erin Yoo
Executive Editor
Xiao Bo Zeng
Executive Editor
Alondra Aguirre
Senior Editor
Sosena Audain
Senior Editor
Sophene Avedissian
Senior Editor
Haven Beckman
Senior Editor
Aigerim Bibol
Senior Editor
Natasha Bredle
Senior Editor
Rebekah Brown
Senior Editor
Abigail Chang
Senior Editor
Eric Chang
Senior Editor
Oliver Cho
Senior Editor
Chloe Chou
Senior Editor
Valentina Di-Majo
Senior Editor
Callista Domingo
Senior Editor
Rae Feldman
Senior Editor
Thomas Guo
Senior Editor
Ava Jekel
Senior Editor
Haeun (Regina) Kim
Senior Editor
Kate Kim
Senior Editor
Levi Kim
Senior Editor
Rena Kim
Senior Editor
Maribelle Lee
Senior Editor
Cathy Liu
Senior Editor
Yolanda Liu
Senior Editor
Ami Ly
Senior Editor
Sakinah Mohammed-Nur
Senior Editor
Piranavee Pirathiviraj
Senior Editor
Chloe Qin
Senior Editor
Divya Shankar
Senior Editor
Jason Shim
Senior Editor
Joy Su
Senior Editor
Sierra Sun
Senior Editor
Yeonwoo Sung
Senior Editor
Willow Szpilczak
Senior Editor
Sejal Vijayvergiya
Senior Editor
James Wan
Senior Editor
Emma Wang
Senior Editor
Jonathan Wang
Senior Editor
Jonathan Wang
Senior Editor
Selina Zha
Senior Editor
Emma Zhang
Senior Editor
Rida Zulfikar
Senior Editor
Melanie Abou Saleh
Junior Editor
Olohi Abutu
Junior Editor
Hannah Adams
Junior Editor
Vani Agarwal
Junior Editor
Lila Ahitov
Junior Editor
Soa Andriamananjara
Junior Editor
Marjorie Arend
Junior Editor
Lauren Avedis
Junior Editor
Eva Berglund
Junior Editor
Serena Bhat
Junior Editor
Maya Burkett
Junior Editor
Ava Burkins
Junior Editor
Meredith Cassidy
Junior Editor
Richard Cavaliere
Junior Editor
Kavya Chacko
Junior Editor
Sarin Chaimattayompol
Junior Editor
Brian Chan
Junior Editor
Eric Chang
Junior Editor
Bani Chatha
Junior Editor
Bauhinia Chen
Junior Editor
Owen Chin-Rust
Junior Editor
Chloe Cho
Junior Editor
Jennifer Choi
Junior Editor
Nola Coady
Junior Editor
Tiffany Darmosusilo
Junior Editor
Elena Davis
Junior Editor
James Derfner
Junior Editor
Rohan Dhulipalla
Junior Editor
Sean Dilbeck
Junior Editor
Jialu Ding
Junior Editor
Lilian Domenico
Junior Editor
Isabel Doyle
Junior Editor
Bridget Dunleavy
Junior Editor
Rowen Erickson
Junior Editor
Tanish Gaglani
Junior Editor
Nora Gupta
Junior Editor
Rachel Ha
Junior Editor
Raine Honeycutt
Junior Editor
Yeojoon Hur
Junior Editor
Jiwon Hwang
Junior Editor
Ify Ikeji
Junior Editor
ARPITA JUYAL
Junior Editor
Tanvi Jeph
Junior Editor
Rena Jun
Junior Editor
Arunima Juneja
Junior Editor
Andrew Kang
Junior Editor
Tessa Kats-Rodgers
Junior Editor
Mary Keniry
Junior Editor
Sonali Khanna
Junior Editor
Andrew Kim
Junior Editor
Jalen Kim
Junior Editor
James Kim
Junior Editor
Namkyung (Anna) Kim
Junior Editor
Judy Kim
Junior Editor
Emmelin Kraft
Junior Editor
Elliot Kung
Junior Editor
Ethan Kwak
Junior Editor
Alexander Lee
Junior Editor
Amy Lee
Junior Editor
Averie Lee
Junior Editor
Hannah Lee
Junior Editor
Sydney Lee
Junior Editor
Samara Lehman
Junior Editor
Yanitta Iewwongcharoen
Junior Editor
Lindsay Li
Junior Editor
Oliver Li
Junior Editor
Happy Liang
Junior Editor
Cathy Liu
Junior Editor
Qianhao (Linda) Liu
Junior Editor
Leanna Lo
Junior Editor
Amelia Lopez
Junior Editor
Nicole Lui
Junior Editor
Samantha Luo
Junior Editor
Xiaozhe Ma
Junior Editor
Naisha Majmudar
Junior Editor
Rowan Manley
Junior Editor
Isiaka Massalay
Junior Editor
Siddhu McLeod
Junior Editor
Suhani Mehta
Junior Editor
Sawyer Merrick
Junior Editor
Max Min
Junior Editor
Bianca Mints
Junior Editor
Seryca Monroe
Junior Editor
Siya Mundra
Junior Editor
Riya Murthy
Junior Editor
Yaejun Myung
Junior Editor
Hannah Nallathamby
Junior Editor
Soojin Nam
Junior Editor
Jolie Nassi
Junior Editor
Sofia Nathani
Junior Editor
Anita Pan
Junior Editor
Reyansh Pardeshi
Junior Editor
Crystal Park
Junior Editor
Thomas Park
Junior Editor
Shivaanshi Patidar
Junior Editor
Ryley Pitman
Junior Editor
Mila Ponce
Junior Editor
Naomi Pond
Junior Editor
Samuel Posten
Junior Editor
Jovina Zion Pradeep
Junior Editor
Sravya Putcha
Junior Editor
Hannah Ren
Junior Editor
Sam Roberts
Junior Editor
Elle Ruggiero
Junior Editor
Maggie Saunders
Junior Editor
Margot Schultz
Junior Editor
Ruby Seidner
Junior Editor
Zeynep Senocak
Junior Editor
Stella Seong
Junior Editor
Damacia Shang
Junior Editor
Fiona Shen
Junior Editor
Grace Shen
Junior Editor
Saumya Sheth
Junior Editor
Alice Shu
Junior Editor
Amber Simnani
Junior Editor
Kate Song
Junior Editor
Sucheta Srikanth
Junior Editor
Avani Sundaresan
Junior Editor
Ramya Suresh
Junior Editor
Avery Tucker
Junior Editor
Norah Vaudo
Junior Editor
Jessy Wallach
Junior Editor
Jessica Walton
Junior Editor
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2023 College Acceptances

 
Polyphony Lit editors have been accepted to the following schools in 2023.

Boston University 
Brown University
Carleton College
Dartmouth College
Grinnell College
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Pomona College

 

Purdue University
Stanford University
The University of Chicago
UC Berkeley
UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Pennsylvania 
University of St Andrews

Founder

billy lombardo

Founder / Former Managing Editor 

2004 - 2020

Cover and Website Art

 

The drawing collages of Tony Fitzpatrick, an artist, poet and actor, graced the covers of Polyphony Lit (previously known as Polyphony HS) for nine years and appear throughout our website. Tony Fitzpatrick is a Chicago-based artist best known for his multimedia collages, printmaking, paintings, and drawings. Fitzpatrick's work are inspired by Chicago street culture, cities he has traveled to, children's books, tattoo designs, and folk art. Fitzpatrick has authored or illustrated eight books of art and poetry, and, for the last two years has written a column for the Newcity. Fitzpatrick's art appears in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC. The Neville Brothers' album Yellow Moon and the Steve Earle's albums El Corazon and The Revolution Starts Now also feature Fitzpatrick's art. In 1992, Fitzpatrick opened a Chicago-based printmaking studio, Big Cat Press, which exists today as the artist exhibition space Firecats Projects. Before making a living as an artist, Fitzpatrick worked as a radio host, bartender, boxer, construction worker, and film and stage actor. To learn more, visit www.tonyfitzpatrick.com

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Meet Our Editors Page Art by Emma Chen and Tony Fitzpatrick.

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