Lili Klayman is a junior at Mansfield High School in Mansfield, MA. She is enrolled in two Sunday programs, Prozdor and Gateways, which she enjoys a lot. Along with writing, Lili enjoys listening to music, running, and being with her friends. She is so happy to have the opportunity of being a part of the Rising Voices Fellowship.

Katy Ronkin lives in Newton, Massachusetts and attends Newton South High School. There she performs with the school's improv comedy troupe and in theater productions throughout the year. Katy also goes to Prozdor Hebrew High School, is a member of her local USY board, and has attended Camp Young Judaea for many years.

Isabel Kirsch is a junior at Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. When she’s not reading, she can be found running cross-country, registering voters, doing crossword puzzles, or participating in Model UN. Isabel is a member of her school’s feminist affinity group and hopes to bring her passion for feminism to a career in international relations or politics.

Hannah Himmelgreen is a junior at Brooks Debartolo Collegiate High School in Tampa, Florida. When she does not have her head in a book, she is snapping photographs, singing with her school choir, and serving as a programming Vice President on her youth group board. Hannah loves writing, coffee, the Harry Potter series, and her Colombian and Jewish heritage. She has a passion for social justice and feminism and is beyond excited to be a part of the Rising Voices Fellowship this year.

Emma Bauchner is a senior at Hunter College High School in New York City. Emma plays piano and sings in two choirs, and loves all things related to music. When she’s not sleeping or procrastinating, Emma also enjoys reading obscure feminist blogs, going to art museums, learning about history, and attempting to play guitar.

Eden Olsberg is a senior at Gann Academy, a pluralistic Jewish high school in Waltham, Massachusetts. At school, she is involved in Model UN, Israel advocacy, and peer mentoring. Outside of the classroom, Eden enjoys reading, cuddling with her dog, and keeping up with the news, as well as with the Kardashians. She is bubbling with excitement to be a part of the Rising Voices Fellowship this year. 

Diana Myers is a senior at J.R. Masterman High School in Philadelphia, PA. She serves as editor-in-chief of both the school newspaper and the school literary magazine. When not running around trying to get the latest issues out, she can be found volunteering at her Hebrew school, working out at the gym, or reading in a corner. Diana hopes to major in history and/or literature, because all she really wants out of life is to get paid for loitering in libraries. 

Aliza Abusch-Magder is a Sophomore at The Weber School, in Atlanta, Georgia, where she lives. She is passionate about writing, feminism, Jewish prayer and singing. Some of the things in life that bring her joy are sunsets, stickers, ice cream and stars. You can often find her at the gym, summer camp or meeting with some of her beloved teachers! 

Abigail Fisher is a rising Freshman at Wesleyan University. She was a 2017 Rising Voices Fellow, and part of the 2018 cohort of the Bronfman Youth Fellowship. She was recently named one of the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36. In addition to receiving numerous Scholastic Arts Awards for creative writing, her work has appeared in Huffington Post, Lilith, and The Forward. In her free time, she enjoys performing in musicals.

Joanna Goodwin’s philanthropic work is focused on empowering youth and women to become effective leaders and especially peace builders, negotiators, and sustainers. She serves as president of both the Goodwin Foundation and the Middle East Peace Dialogue Network, Inc. She is a member of J Street’s Board of Directors and J Street’s Women’s Leadership Forum Steering Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), a consortium of more than 85 organizations that conduct people-to-people coexistence and reconciliation programs and activities both within Israel and cross-border. Joanna is actively developing a U.S. support network for WePower, a non-partisan Israeli NGO promoting women's leadership, gender integration and equality at all political levels of Israeli society. She is a committed supporter of the Israeli NGO Women Wage Peace (WWP). In 2015, Joanna and her father, Richard Goodwin, received J Street’s highest honor, the Tzedek v’Shalom award for their lifetime commitment to peace. Joanna received her undergraduate degree from Temple University, cum laude. After 25 years in Los Angeles, she now lives in Baltimore, MD, with her husband, Mark J. Friedman. Between them, they are parents to two daughters, three sons, one daughter-in-law, and one especially delightful granddaughter.

Lisa Yelsey is a writer and baker in New York. After learning how to make food for Shabbat dinners at Swarthmore College Hillel, she began writing up recipes for the school paper. Since graduating in 2013, she has also written for The Toast. Lisa’s passions include hiking, skiing, and downloading but never listening to podcasts. She is a vegetarian but can still tell you where to buy the best gefilte fish.

Elissa Altman is the award-winning author of the memoir Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw, and the critically-acclaimed memoir Poor Man’s Feast: A Love Story of Comfort, Desire, and the Art of Simple Cooking. 

S.L. Wisenberg writes about the personal and the political and historical. Her most recent book is The Adventures of Cancer Bitch (University of Iowa Press), based on her http://CancerBitch.blogspot.com blog.