Melanie Cuccioli is a filmmaker and illustrator. Her ideal weekend activity is drawing strangers on the subway. She prefers her drinks out of pineapples. She is based in Brooklyn.

Krishi Desai is a Junior in the Academy for Business and Finance at The Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, New Jersey. Writing has been important to Krishi ever since she was in elementary school, and would scribble short stories in her notebook. Krishi writes journalism for 3 school publications and takes creative writing courses in which she works on poetry, short stories, and essays. One of Krishi’s favorite authors is Edgar Allan Poe. Writing has always been a place for Krishi to release her thoughts, and she wants to continue writing for the rest of her life.