Eden Marcus is a senior at Needham High School, and is excited to participate in Rising Voices. She is president of Needham’s USY chapter, and is involved in writing programs at her high school.

Olivia Link is an 11th grader attending the performing arts high school of Boston Arts Academy. At her school, she is a dance major and hopes to take her gained knowledge and experience in her art to become a physical therapist for dancers. Though 75 percent of Olivia’s time is devoted to dance, she also is an active student government member, environmental club leader, and a passionate reader/writer.

Marissa Harrington-Verb is seventeen years old and a senior in high school. She loves words, foreign languages, and writing. Even though is rather shy, she truly enjoys performing; she sings and dances and does musical theater, and for the past two years has been a teacher's assistant in a younger dance class.

Avigayil Halpern is a Rising Voice Fellow and a senior at the Hebrew High School of New England in West Hartford, Connecticut. She is a 2013 Bronfman Youth Fellow, and a member of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) Teen Leadership Committee. She maintains a personal blog at theprocessofthetaking.blogspot.com. In her spare time, she fangirls over Mary Wollstonecraft and overuses semicolons.

Miriasha Borsykowsky is a high school senior in Burlington, Vermont. She is passionate about queer issues, fandoms, feminism, and Harry Potter. Miriasha is a regional leader of Young Judaea and has a book-hoarding problem, but she promises she's going to read all of them. Someday.

Sara Bookin-Weiner joined the New Center in 2013 as their Manager of Outreach. She previously spent two years as the Dramaturgy and Outreach Fellow at ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage. She earned her MFA in dramaturgy from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University in 2011. She also attended Cornerstone Theater’s summer institute in community-based theatre. Passionate about all of the arts (beyond theater!), Sara also serves as a member-at-large on the board of the Association for Jewish Theater and as a committee member for the JCRC's ReachOut! young-adult volunteer program. In her free time she can be found seeing arts events around town, cooking or baking, reading, and planning her next travel adventure.

Audrey Etlinger Cohen is a New Hampshire native who lives in Brookline, MA with her husband, Jeff, and their chocolate lab, Brady. She is a graduate of Brandeis University and works in public health on issues of aging, disability, and long-term care. She an avid outdoorsman, non-fiction reader, and baker.

Lisa Stone graduated from Yale College in 1978 with a Bachelor's in Literature and Society; she earned a Master's in Public Health in 1982. After working in public health education and administration, she moved to religious education and administration. Most recently, she is becoming a professional volunteer with patient services at MDAnderson Cancer Center and health education at Planned Parenthood. She also enjoys reading science fiction and fantasy, hiking, cooking and her family most of all!

Sammie Moshenberg is NCJW’s director of Washington operations and coordinates all of NCJW’s advocacy efforts in Washington, DC, and nationwide. She also staffs NCJW’s State Public Affairs network of volunteer advocates in more than 20 states. She represents NCJW on national coalitions concerned with judicial nominations, civil rights, reproductive rights, child care, and First Amendment issues, and speaks widely on public policy and legislative issues throughout the country. A feminist activist, Sammie has been at the forefront of advocating for equality, economic and social justice for over 30 years.

Adina Allen is a fourth year rabbinical student in Hebrew College's transdenominational program in Boston, MA. She is interested in the intersection of religion, ecology, embodiment and creativity.