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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

 

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Editorial Team

Rishi Janakiraman
EIC
Grace Marie Liu
EIC
Cloris Shi
EIC
Aisha Weththasingha
EIC
Chloe Anya Yang
EIC
Natalia Arruda
GME
Aigerim Bibol
GME
Mirabelle Jiang
GME
Premrudee Mepremwattana
GME
Rina Olsen
GME
Claire Tang
GME
Chelsea Zhu
GME
Dominic / Xalli Anaya Gulaya
EE
Daniel Applebaum
EE
Sosena Audain
EE
Jiye Back
EE
Renee Chen
EE
Rohan Dhulipalla
EE
Elliot Erlij
EE
Rae Feldman
EE
Taili Gao
EE
Demarie Hao
EE
Taylen Huang
EE
Vivian Huang
EE
Ava Jekel
EE
Shayl Khatod
EE
Haeun (Regina) Kim
EE
Jua Kim
EE
Maribelle Lee
EE
Katie Lin
EE
Samantha Luo
EE
Anya Melchinger
EE
June Oh
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Sarah Parmet
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Anshi Purohit
EE
Chloe Qin
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Madeline Rosales
EE
Juliet Rotondo
EE
Maggie Saunders
EE
Anshul Sharma
EE
Diya Sreedhar
EE
Sierra Sun
EE
Samuel Teoh
EE
James Wan
EE
Minnie Wu
EE
Claire Yang
SE
Erin Yoo
EE
Xiao Bo Zeng
EE
Selina Zha
EE
Gabrielle Zhu
EE
Alondra Aguirre
SE
Marjorie Arend
SE
Sophene Avedissian
SE
Haven Beckman
SE
Natasha Bredle
SE
Rebekah Brown
SE
Meredith Cassidy
SE
Kavya Chacko
SE
Sarin Chaimattayompol
SE
Mingyu Brian Chan
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Abigail Chang
SE
Eric Chang
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Vanessa Chen
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Oliver Cho
SE
Chloe Chou
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James Derfner
SE
Valentina Di-Majo
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Sean Dilbeck
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Callista Domingo
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Cathy Du
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Andi Erickson
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Elliot Erlij
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Tanish Gaglani
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Thomas Guo
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Rachel Ha
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Sophia Hong
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Kayson Hu
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Francesca Javor
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Tessa Kats-Rodgers
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Kate Kim
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Katie Kim
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Levi Kim
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Rena Kim
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Alexander Lee
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Maribelle Lee
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Samara Lehman
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Oliver Li
SE
Cathy Liu
SE
Jingyi Liu
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Qianhao (Linda) Liu
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Sophia Lou
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Ami Ly
SE
Rowan Manley
SE
Ashley Mo
SE
Sakinah Mohammed-Nur
SE
Hannah Nallathamby
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Sofia Nathani
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Yeobin Park
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Piranavee Pirathiviraj
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Naomi Pond
SE
Jooha Roh
SE
Elle Ruggiero
SE
Margot Schultz
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Divya Shankar
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Jason Shim
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Joy Su
SE
Yeonwoo Sung
SE
Lukenine Suphakarn
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Emma Torres
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Sejal Vijayvergiya
SE
Emma Wang
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Jonathan Wang
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Penny Wei
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Frederick Wu
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Victoria Wu
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Pranjal Yadav
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Jesse Yu
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Emma Zhang
SE
Rida Zulfikar
SE
Melanie Abou Saleh
JE
Olohi Abutu
JE
Hannah Adams
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Vani Agarwal
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Lila Ahitov
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Ashley Ahn
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Lauren Avedis
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Rupkatha Basu
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Eva Berglund
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Serena Bhat
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Ayana Bhattacharya
JE
Maya Burkett
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Ava Burkins
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Richard Cavaliere
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Bani Chatha
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Bauhinia Chen
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Cheryl Chen
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William Chen
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Owen Chin-Rust
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Ellie Cho
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Chloe Cho
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Jennifer Choi
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Nola Coady
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Charlie Dai
JE
Tiffany Darmosusilo
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Elena Davis
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Caelan DiCosmo
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Jialu Ding
JE
Lilian Domenico
JE
Isabel Doyle
JE
Cathy Du
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Bridget Dunleavy
JE
Rowen (Andi) Erickson
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Lucas Fang
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Diana Ha
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Gemma Hayes
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Steven Huang
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Yeojoon Hur
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Jiwon Hwang
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Rena Jun
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Arpita Juyal
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Andrew Kang
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Mary Keniry
JE
Sonali Khanna
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Andrew Kim
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Gamin Kim
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Jalen Kim
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James Kim
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Seungmo Kim
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Suhjung Kim
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Judy Kim
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Ariel Knudsen
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Olivia Korman
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Emmelin Kraft
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Elliot Kung
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Ethan Kwak
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Zoe Kyriakakis
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Antariksh Lahane
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Amy Lee
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Averie Lee
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Hannah Lee
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Janice Lee
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Sydney Lee
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Lindsay Li
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Xinyue Li
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Paige Lim
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Leanna Lo
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Lydia Lo
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Amelia Lopez
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Sophia Lou
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College Acceptances

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

Bard College
Barnard College
Boston University 
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Williams College
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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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