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Kaitlyn O’Neill

July 19, 2022

As a current high school student at Oregon Episcopal School, Kaitlyn O’Neill(she/her) discovered her love for poetry in her tenth-grade English class. Kaitlyn has always had a passion for performing, so naturally, she found herself familiarizing herself with slam poetry in particular. Working with MediaRites is Kaitlyn’s first professional project, but she is sure that it certainly will not be the last! For example, an adaptation of her poem “Taken for Granted” was performed by Kaitlyn herself at the Armory in Portland in early June in partnership with DanceAbility. When Kaitlyn isn’t working on her poetry, she’s preparing for her career in musical theater by taking piano and singing lessons, dance classes, performing in school plays, and involving herself in many other local productions. Kaitlyn wants to thank her friends, family, and teachers for supporting her work and poetry, she couldn’t have done it without you all!

Isabella Santana

June 28, 2022

A recent graduate from West High School, Isabella Santana (she/her) hopes that her words can change the world. Isabella has received recognition for her writing on a local, state, and national level. She recently received the title of Los Angeles Youth Poet Ambassador, one of ten in Los Angeles County. In January of 2022, she received a copy of a poetry anthology, Expressions, published by the American Library of Poetry. The anthology featured one of her poems, Snow White and Her Apple Trip. She felt elated when she saw her poem in print, and hopes to recreate that feeling of euphoria with a book of her own soon. She thanks her teachers and family for never giving up on her inner child, who loves writing…forever and always.

Katherine Elliott

June 28, 2022

Katherine Elliott is currently studying at Summit Olympus in the hopes of getting into college and becoming a Pharmacist.  Previous work has included Creating a Story (Arts Corps) and various other art projects, so this is one of the first official works created. Katherine is very excited for this opportunity to share her creations with others. She hopes to continue creating stories and media to discover more possibilities in getting recognition for her work. In her free time, Katie likes to draw, read, and play online video games. She would like to thank her mom for helping her with the interview and supporting her in school.

Genevieve Bascos-Arce

June 28, 2022

Genevieve Bascos-Arce is a Filipino-American freshman (14) studying at Dulles High School who hopes to showcase creativity in traditional careers such as medical science. She is looking forward to entering more creative writing work and art pieces to diverse platforms in the near future. Book after book and sketch after sketch, she enjoys reading fantasy and philosophy while working on paintings and sketches. Her inspirations are playing cello, writing, and her elder sister.

Roodley Merilo

June 28, 2022

Roodley is a Haitian-American senior at New London high school that hopes to become an accomplished writer in the near future. Previous works have included writing 12 a.m. Thoughts for Writer Block INC as well as being commisioned for a piece with F.R.E.S.H. In his free time Roodley likes to take pictures for his community and is an ECC all-star for his track and field team. They’d like to thank Joshua Brown and Juanita Wilbur for nurturing his writing career.

Ella Celko

June 28, 2022

Ella is in the sixth grade at Childpeace Montessori School.  She lives in Portland with her parents, brother, and two cats.  She enjoys drawing and playing with her cats.  She also loves sushi and macarons.

Journeya

June 28, 2022

I’m Journeya, and at this moment, I am 17 years old. I live in Mystic Connecticut with my soul companions Callie the talkative cat, Jasper the energetic beagle, and all of my wonderfully joyous plant friends. Fun fact: I live right by the famous Mystic Pizza and walk by it from time to time. 

Nico

June 28, 2022

Niko Boskovic is 21 years old and lives in Portland, Oregon where he attended high school and graduated in June of 2019. Before high school, he was homeschooled and underwent a lot of therapy to treat his autism, but the thing was, he never really needed most of it. While he was minimally-speaking, it became clear once he learned how to communicate that he was quite intelligent and had been paying attention all along. Since that time, He has dedicated himself to writing about life as a low-speaking autistic, and finds that he is best able to express his lived experience through poetry. Niko is a columnist for Spectrum Life Magazine (https://www.spectrumlife.org/blog), and writes a monthly blog for Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities (https://www.ocdd.org/nikos-blog/). He loves presenting at disability conferences, especially when there are parents in the audience. He has had poetry published in Montana Mouthful (2020); Lunch Ticket’s Amuse-Bouche: Spotlight (2019); In Parentheses Magazine (Fall 2020); The Pointed Circle (2021), and Kind Writers Magazine (August 2022).

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