Sophia is currently studying in the Certificate in Editing program at the University of Chicago. She writes: “I remembered the child-like curiosity I felt when I had taken my first editing class with Professor Lisa Blankenship at Baruch. I remembered the joy of working with Refract Magazine, editing my peers’ writing. I am very excited…
Category: Writing
Marcelle Karp
Marcelle is a writer and brand strategy professional. She currently works at Pandora, as an Associate Creative Director, Copy. Prior to Pandora, she was a Creative Director at BET, MSG, Fuse, Lifetime, VH1 and Logo, winning many broadcasting and design awards. She has consulted for Hello Giggles, the NFL, and produced a weekly stand up show…
Victoria Merlino
Victoria is a writer and communications professional. She currently works at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where she proudly serves her city as an assistant press secretary. Prior to her communications work, Victoria was a journalist, appearing in Gotham Gazette, Family Circle Magazine, the Queens Daily Eagle, and the Brooklyn Daily…
Sarah Park
Sarah graduated from Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Baruch in 2016 with a B.A. in English, and minors in Art History and New York City Studies. By day, she is a technical support engineer at a tech start-up, and by night, she is a freelance writer and editor. Sarah is the Our Voices Section Editor…
Dani James
Dani James leads Talent Marketing with a focus on Equitable Recruiting at Asana, a work management software company. Her career in marketing has spanned field marketing; demand generation; diversity, belonging, and inclusion; talent marketing; and equitable recruiting. ln 2017, Dani received the Diversity in Tech Award. Prior to her current role, she worked at MongoDB, where she started interning while…
Sam Probber
Currently, I’m transitioning into a market research career and applying to MBA programs, and I was just appointed to the Weissman Dean’s Council. I started my career as a Client Services Manager at Interior Design Magazine. My responsibilities included leading the optimization of our clients’ largest advertising campaigns across our print, digital and events platforms,…
Sheila Elaine Anderson
After spending seventeen years on the production and sales side of publishing, Ms. Anderson left to pursue a career in broadcasting. Always interested in jazz, in 1995 she joined the staff of WBGO, Newark, New Jersey where she hosts Weekend Jazz After Hours and Salon Sessions. She has authored three books: The Quotable Musician: From…
Risa Hartsough
Risa Hartsough graduated from Baruch June 2015 and started as an editor and writer at Pulse Magazine right after. After over a year at the magazine, she started freelancing in the comfort of her small town coffee shop, which allows her to make her own schedule and travel as she wishes. Contact: risahartsough@gmail.com
Daphne Palasi Andreades
Daphne Palasi Andreades is an author and educator from Queens, New York. Her debut novel, BROWN GIRLS, was published by Random House in 2022, and has since published internationally in the UK and Commonwealth (India, Australia, South Africa, and more), France, and Germany. In the U.S., BROWN GIRLS was named a New York Times Editors’…
Jane Odartey
Could everyone adhere to that old cheesy saying: “follow your heart”? I don’t know. But as I reflect on the years I have known since college, over a decade, I see that I have been very lucky to be able to hear and listen to my heart. This means that I have lived an unplanned…
Daniella Bondar
After leaving the fluorescent-lit halls of Baruch, Daniella Bondar went on to receive her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Upon graduating she became a freelance journalist writing for sites like Vulture, Elite Daily and HuffPost covering women’s issues, politics, and entertainment with a focus on profiling comedians. She is now Head of…