Ivi Hua
Co-Founder & Co-President

Ivi Hua is an Asian-American writer, dreamer, & poet. A Pushcart & Best of the Net nominee, her work has received recognition from the Pulitzer Center & the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. In 2022, she co-founded Young Poets Workshops. Ivi believes in the initiation of change through language, & you can find her @livia.writes.stories on Instagram.

Fiona Jin
Co-Founder & Co-President

Fiona Jin is a Chinese American writer in the Chicago Metro Area. A 2024 YoungArts Winner with Distinction in Writing (Poetry), her work has been recognized by Bennington College, Young Chicago Authors, the Center for Fiction, NCTE, the Pulitzer Center, Columbia College Chicago, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and more.

Kyla Guimaraes
Executive Board Member

Kyla Guimaraes is a writer and high school senior from New York City. Her work can be found in SUNHOUSE Literary, The Penn Review, Aster Lit, the aurora journal, and elsewhere. Kyla is a poetry editor at Eucalyptus Lit and 2024 Adroit Journal Summer Mentee in Poetry. In addition to writing, Kyla likes puns and going on walks in the rain.

Julia Liu
Executive Board Member

Julia Liu is a Chinese-American poet currently living in New England. A Pushcart Prize nominee and an American Voices Winner, her work has received recognition from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Pulitzer Center, and the Connecticut Poetry Society. Her work also appears or is forthcoming in Eunoia Review, CUTBOW Quarterly, Hot Pot Magazine, among others. When not writing, she enjoys cafe hopping, completing crossword puzzles, and watching too many films. Find her on Twitter @byjulialiu.

Ela Kini
Executive Board Member

Ela Kini is a writer, student, and daughter of immigrants based in New York. She has been recognized by YoungArts, the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, and the Nancy Thorp Poetry Prize. Her work appears in Palette Poetry, AAWW, Rust & Moth, and other corners of the literary world.

Helen Gu
Executive Board Member

Helen Gu is a writer based in San Jose, California. An alum of the Iowa Young Writers Studio, her work appears or is forthcoming in Eucalyptus Lit, Eunoia Review, Scapegoat Review, Inflectionist Review, and others. She has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Bay Area Creative Foundation, and Bow Seat Ocean Awareness program. Aside from writing, she loves milk tea, cats, and obsessing over Pride and Prejudice. She is the editor-in-chief of Winged Penny Review.