Rachel Zients Schinderman is a writer, teacher, and mother, but not always in that order. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Manifest Station, and The Los Angeles Jewish Journal to name a few. She is a regular performer in the hit show Expressing Motherhood and had an ongoing column in The Santa Monica Daily Press called "Mommie Brain." Her work can be read at mommiebrain.com or rachelschinderman.journoportflio.com. She lives in Culver City, CA with her husband, two sons, and Harry, their poodle mix.

Hannah Kornblut is a Cleveland, Ohio native currently enrolled in the Honors Program at DePaul University in Chicago. She's a history and political science double major with a minor in Arabic. When she was in high school, she discovered her passion for history and politics. Her Jewish identity plays a large role in how she views the world and has shaped much of who she is today. Reading and writing was an integral part of her childhood and she's so excited to have the opportunity to turn her writing into a tool of justice.

Elana Moscovitch is a teacher, social worker, and guidance counselor working at a feminist girls’ school in Toronto. She is the mother of an eight-year-old daughter who has the Hebrew name Ma’ayan after her grandmother Zichrona L’bracha. The second time she lived in Jerusalem in seventh grade, she became best friends with Judith Rosenbaum, Executive Director of the Jewish Women’s Archive in Boston. Both of their families were on sabbatical that year and got to know each other. She and Judith were next door neighbors and attended the same Misorati Junior High School in French Hill. It is through following Judith’s posts and personal blog online that Elana discovered this avenue for publishing.  

Dahlia Soussan is a senior at Kehillah Jewish High School in the Bay Area, California. She is active in her school community as the Jewish Life Commissioner, the leader of her school’s minyan, and a leader of the Moot Beit Din team. She is an alumna of the Rising Voices Fellowship. Dahlia co-leads Jewish Teens for Empowered Consent (JTEC), an initiative dedicated to eradicating toxic hookup culture from Jewish youth groups. Outside of school, you can find Dahlia writing, cooking, on long phone calls with friends, or passionately discussing political, religious, and cultural issues. 

Sasha Azizi Rosenfeld is a sophomore at Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ. She is the co-leader of her school’s current events club and a member of its Jewish Student Union. She is an active participant in an Israeli/Palestinian conflict, culture, and history class at NYC’s LGBTQIA+ synagogue. She also works at her Hebrew school, teaches Haitian refugees English, and co-leads a class for elementary school students about the effects of climate change. Sasha runs cross country and loves Camp Havaya, hanging out with her friends, the rain, fruit, and her dog, Opal.

Ella Plotkin-Oren is a senior at El Cerrito High School in California. Nothing makes her happier than working at Camp Kee Tov, where she was a long time camper. During the year, she works alongside survivors of genocide to research and disscuss patterns of genocide. She is a very active member of her local Jewish youth group, and interns with StandWithUs. Ella also loves her work as a teen volunteer at UC Berkeley’s public science center, and as a volunteer tutor for fourth graders. Whenever she can find free time, she loves exploring the Bay Area with her two little sisters.

Lilah Peck is a junior at Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she serves as the copy editor of her school newspaper and president of the interfaith club, where she leads forums relating to Jewish identity and current events. She is an active member of NCSY and BBYO. She spends her summers at Camp Ramah Darom, and she is an alumna of Ramah’s Israel semester program, Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim. She loves musical theater, and when she is not in rehearsal she can be found at Zumba at the JCC, listening to Jack Johnson, or enjoying a cup of bubble tea.

Mica Maltzman is a senior at Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, where she is an editor for the school's newspaper, the head of the Jewish Student Coalition and a group called Student Voices, and a member of Model UN. Outside of school, she can be found at dance or a NFTY event as she serves as her region's Programming Vice President for the upcoming year. Beyond obsessively reading the news, she also likes to spend her free time thrifting or attempting to understand what her phone is saying in Spanish.

Ellanora Lerner is an eastern Connecticut resident currently studying history and education at Clark University. She is an editor at Risen Zine and an alumna of JWA’s 2019–2020 Rising Voices Fellowship. She is also a co-founder of Jewish Teens for Empowered Consent (JTEC), an initiative founded to combat toxic hookup culture in Jewish youth spaces. Find her on Instagram @ellanoruhhh and find JTEC at @jews4empoweredconsent. 

Hannah Landau is a junior at de Toledo High School in Los Angeles, where she is involved in theater, debate, and mathletes. She is the club president for her school’s literary magazine and for Girls Learn International. Hannah is a dancer, and she also tutors bar and bat mitzvah students. Hannah is a meme connoisseur and a spelling bee champion (favorite word: defenestration). She is a proud attendee of Camp Ramah in Ojai, an experienced shopper, and strives to improve herself and the world around her every day.

Ellie Klibaner-Schiff is a senior at Maimonides School in Brookline, MA, where she is Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, captain of the Math team and Mock Trial team, and founder of the Girls Who Code club. Ellie was a reporter for "Since Parkland," a joint project between The Trace and The Miami Herald, where she worked to chronicle the lives of children killed by gun violence in the year following the Parkland school shooting. She spends her Sunday mornings volunteering at Gateways, a Hebrew school for kids with disabilities, and is a 2019–2020 Rising Voices Fellowship alumna. Ellie will attend Harvard University after a gap year in Israel. 

Isabel Hoffman is a senior at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, where she is a member of the drumline, president of the social action club, and co-founder of the hiking club. An alumna of URJ Heller High School in Israel, Isabel has a passion for Israeli culture and Jewish life. In her free time, Isabel loves learning Hebrew and playing guitar. In the future, she hopes to travel the world and continue writing music with her friends.

Shoshanna Hemley is a junior at City High School, in Iowa City, IA. She enjoys theater, mock trial, social justice, and student government. She is also an editor on the school newspaper. She enjoys travelling and has lived in three different continents. Her friends know her as being very outspoken and passionate about social justice.

Eleanor Harris is a Jewish American woman who is passionate about feminism, Judaism, diversity, LGBTQ+ issues, mental health, the environment, and more. She is involved in NFTY and is currently President of her temple youth group. As a Rising Voices Fellow, Eleanor hopes to bring an interesting perspective to the table, learn more about Judaism, feminism, and writing, and make new friends who share her interests.

Lila Goldstein is a senior at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida where she studies creative writing, journalism, and speech. She is passionate about reading, writing, the arts, and Jewish studies, and enjoys volunteering at a local newspaper in her free time. In addition, Lila is an avid record collector and music fan, and she is always willing to discuss her time at URJ Camp Coleman in Cleveland, Georgia.

Belle Gage is a junior at Clayton High School in St. Louis, Missouri. She is dedicated to working with her school’s speech and debate team to develop the skills she uses when speaking out for social justice causes. Belle has participated in many leadership programs to grow herself as an activist, including Anytown and Cultural Leadership, a non-profit organization that teaches youth about the Black and Jewish experiences and creates a platform for conversations around social justice issues. She recently returned from a three week trip following the Civil Rights movement with Cultural Leadership. Belle also helps write and direct a children’s musical each summer, and enjoys playing tennis and tutoring in her free time.

Ari Fogel is a senior at Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota. She is a member of her youth group’s regional board, studies Hebrew at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and has done studio dance for 8 years. She is passionate about history, sociology, politics, and theology, and does her best to advocate for social justice in her everyday life. In her free time, she likes to spend time on Minnesota’s beautiful lakes and watch documentaries. She loves educating and engaging in meaningful discussion about topics she's passionate about, such as criminal justice reform and reproductive rights.

Neima Fax is from Los Angeles California, and is now a junior at Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is majoring in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies with a minor in History. She serves on the board of the Brandeis Orthodox Organization as the Education Chair where she programs and organizes community learning opportunities. Neima is deeply passionate about Judaism, Zionism, and feminism. During her free time she enjoys finding Jewish books deep in the stacks of the Brandeis library, crocheting Kippahs, and getting J.P. Licks ice cream with her friends. 

Ilana Drake is a junior at the High School for Math, Science & Engineering. When she's not in school, she can be found participating in a number of programs: she is a chorister in the Young People's Chorus of NYC, a mentee in Girls Write Now, and a Built by Girls advisee. Ilana was also appointed as a Young Leader of Manhattan and a fellow in YouthBridge-NY. During the summer of 2019, Ilana spent time in Germany through a homestay program, and was a Seed in Seeds of Peace. Additionally, Ilana was the teen secretary for The Greenhouse, and she is a long-standing member of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.

Madeline Canfield is a senior at the Emery/Weiner School in Houston, TX, where she leads the social activism and politics clubs. When escaping the ever-presence of school and studying, she volunteers for her synagogue’s religious school as a TA and for political candidates. She ardently organizes youth around climate justice (passivity is naive in a flood city where kids fear rain), primarily through a local hub of the Sunrise Movement, the Houston Youth Climate Change Coalition, and Zero Hour. She understands the prodigious value of the art of reading and writing—the fellowship will further develop her reverence of this art.

Elana Spivack is a writer from New York City whose essays have been published by Bitch Media and Alma, and whose satire has been published by McSweeney's, Reductress, and others. She studied English and Spanish-language literature at Kenyon College. She prefers cats and loves cottage cheese. Find more of her work at elanaspivack.com and look for her on Twitter as @e_spivack.

Dani Pinkus is an award winning feminist writer. She was born and raised an Angelino in Southern California. Dani is a CU Boulder grad with a degree in English, Creative Writing and Women & Gender Studies. Get more from Dani on her website and follow her on Instagram and Twitter.