Spring 2020 Staff

♦  Fiction  ♦  Drama  ♦  Creative Nonfiction  ♦  Poetry  ♦  Music  ♦ Art and Photography  ♦  Interview ♦ 

Liubitza Mendoza Aguazul
Art and Photography Editor

Hometown: El Defay, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico.  Dry Ridge, KY.
Major: Spanish with a minor in English and Geography.
Career goal: Obtain a Master’s in Elementary Education.
Fun fact: I can sing the Mexican National Anthem and another song to the Mexican flag in my native language, Hñahñu (A native language from the central part of Mexico).

Jessica Brandenburg
Publicity Manager

Hometown: Waco, KY.
Major: English with a minor in Music.
Career goal: Become a published author or an editor for a publisher.
Fun fact: I have an Instagram/Facebook page where I sing covers of popular songs, Jess Covers Music.

Mykaela Chaffin
Fiction Editor

Hometown: Richmond, KY.
Major: English.
Career Goal: Work at a publishing company.
Fun Fact: My favorite book is A Clockwork Orange.

Dallas New
Submissions Manager

Hometown: Crab Orchard, KY.
Major: English.
Career Goal: Kentucky State Trooper.
Fun Fact: I am marrying the love of my life this semester.

Teresa Payne
Co-Editor-In-Chief

Hometown: Mammoth Cave, KY.
Major: English with a minor in Globalization and International Affairs.
Career Goal: Teach English abroad either through the Peace Corps or a TEFL certification.
Fun Fact: I named my nephew after The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde as it is one of my favorite books.

Sarah Reetz
Co-Editor-In-Chief

Hometown: Milledgeville, GA.
Major: English.
Career Goal: To be a published author.
Fun Fact: My dog is named after a character from C.S. Lewis’s The Silver Chair (Puddleglum the marshwiggle).

Phillip Richards
Creative Nonfiction Editor

Hometown: Mount Dandenong, Melbourne, Australia.
Major: History.
Career Goal: To be a Professor of History in Europe.
Fun Fact: I’m on a full athletic scholarship to play football.

Hannah Richburg
Poetry Editor

Hometown: Richmond, KY (We moved from Texas when I was 10).
Major: English.
Career Goal: I haven't decided what I want to do yet.

Samantha Smith
Music and Staff Page Editor

Hometown: Berea, KY.
Major: Paralegal Science and English.
Career Goal: To become a published author.
Fun Fact: I was named after Sammy Jo from the original Dynasty television show.

Nikki Watson
Drama and Screenplay Editor

Hometown: Berea, KY.
Major: English.
Career Goal: Screenwriter.
Fun Fact: I love true crime stories!