About the Authors

Albert Cheng (he/him/his) speaks English and Mandarin and is a very sarcastic person.

Alejandra Aguilar (she/her/hers) is from Lynnwood, Washington. She speaks Spanish and loves to travel to Mexico, and she has ophidiophobia (a fear of snakes).

Alex Balkan (he/him/his) is from Bellevue, Washington and speaks English and some French. He started college at Santa Clara University.

Alyssa Lotterer (she/her/hers) is from Redmond, Washington and has a Saint Bernard dog.

A.M. (he/him/his) speaks English and Japanese and collects rubber ducks.

Ant0nym (he/his/him) is from Seattle, Washington, and likes innovation in everyday technology. He likes designing projects.

C.R. Nye (she/her/hers) is from Edmonds, Washington and does creative writing and art in her spare time.

Catherine Thompson (she/her/hers) is from Kansas City, Missouri. She speaks English and has never had Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider.

Christina Xantheas (she/her/hers) is from the Tri-Cities in Washington. She speaks Greek and English, and her last name means “blonde” but no one in her family is.

Corey Henne (he/him/his) is from Kirkland, Washington and works for an Auntie Anne’s franchise company where he creates social media posts and gives away coupons.

Daeun Lee (she/her/hers) is from South Korea, speaks Korean, and loves hamburgers.

Delfina Asinari (she/her/hers) is from New York City, NY, and speaks English, a bit of Spanish and Italian.

Elisabeth Schnebele (she/her/hers) is from Seattle, Washington and has been to Ghana and the Dominican Republic.

Elizabeth Young (she/her/hers) is from Redondo Beach, California and enjoys long walks on the beach or on the Pacific Crest Trail with Bruce Wayne, her German Shorthaired Pointer.

Eunhee Kim (she/her/hers) is from Bellevue, Washington and speaks English and Korean. She eats her pizza with honey mustard.

Estephanie Guzman (she/her/hers) is from Lake Stevens, Washington. Spanish was her first language, and she also speaks English. She is majoring in Gender, Womxn, and Sexuality Studies.

Georgia Trimmer (they/them) speaks English and German, and has an award for being called Steve. Their name is not Steve.

Jisoo Choi (she/her/hers) speaks English and Korean and prefers cats over dogs.

Julia Dannoun (she/her/hers) is from Edmonds, Washington and has two tattoos that are very important to her: Palestine for her parents, and a uterus.

John Ghattas (he/his/him) is from Egypt, speaks English and Arabic, and can type up to 154 words per minute.

Kaira Eleuterio (she/her/hers) is from Fall River, Massachusetts and has been bungee jumping.

Kane Michael McIntyre (he/him/his) is from Bothell, Washington and likes to play guitar.

Katie Sue Eichner (she/her/hers) is learning Japanese but already speaks English and ASL. She has a quote from Avatar: The Last Airbender tattooed on her ankle.

Korey Hawkins is from Bainbridge Island, Washington, has been practicing Yoga for over 12 years and is graduating in June with a degree in Community Psychology.

Laura Menon (she/her/hers) is an alumni dancer on an elite level competition team and she has traveled to India 5 times.

Lauren Carr (she/her/hers) is from Bellingham, Washington and her favorite song is “1, 2 step” by Ciara and Missy Elliott.

Lidia Kapala (she/her/hers) is from Renton, Washington and speaks English and Polish. She bought a dog as a Christmas present from her parents for herself.

Lydia Yusaf (she/her/hers) is from Lynnwood, Washington. She speaks English and loves sushi!

Melinda Sandstedt (she/her/hers) is from Seattle, Washington and is teaching herself piano.

Miranda Everett (she/her/hers) is from Mukilteo, Washington and played roller derby for 5 years.

Noor Shahin (she/her/hers) is from Seattle, Washington and speaks Arabic and English, and she wants to become a researcher who does work in the Arab American community.

Patricia Kuria (she/her/hers) speaks English and enjoys the art of makeup.

Rachaelle Sampayan (she/her/hers) is from Seattle, Washington and speaks English and Ilocano, a dialect in the Philippines.

Sanjevni Prasad (she/her/hers) is from Fresno, California and speaks English and some Hindi. She loves surfing but is terrible at it.

Shalman Ahmed (he/him/his) is double jointed.

Stephanie Lê (she/her/hers) is from Everett, Washington, and speaks Vietnamese and English. She is a badass womxn who works for a first-generation program at UW Bothell.

Tomina Saelee (she/her) is from Seattle, Washington and speaks English and Mien. All 4 of her pets are female.

Tarak Ammar (he/him/his) is from Texacoco, Mexico. He speaks English, Arabic, and Spanish, really likes Nicolas Cage.

Victoria Hagedorn (she/her/hers) speaks English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and is part of 2 men only soccer teams.