Meet the Team

April Morales is a senior Writing major and Latinx Studies minor. This is her third year with the festival and she has the great privilege of being the Student Director this year. When she's not being a book nerd, she is out on the rugby field with the IC Women's Rugby Team - though she does always keep some book with her at all times.

Emily is a senior Writing major with an English minor. She's been with the New Voices Festival for two years, and she loves it so much that her experiences as a student guide and assistant director have inspired her to pursue jobs in the literary event field post-graduation.

Riley is a junior English major and Translation Studies minor. This is her second year with the festival, and she is overjoyed to be one of the assistant student directors this year and a guide for Erica Berry. A fun fact about her is that she loves to cook! She loves to blend her love of reading and cooking by making literary-inspired dishes from time to time.

Olivia is a senior Literatures in English major, this is her first time with the festival and a fun fact about her is she listens to film scores while reading to heighten the drama.

Addie Bloom is a sophomore English major. This is her first years with the New Voices festival and she is looking forward to meeting all seven wonderful authors. She is really involved with music here at IC, as a member of the orchestra and jazz band.

Bailey is a first-year Writing major and this is her first year with the festival. A fun fact about her is that one of her favorite books is Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton.

Ashley is a senior writing major with a minor in live events. She takes way too many pictures of the sunset and never has enough pictures of her dog.

Sofie is a first-year TVDM major with a minor in writing. This is her first year in as a Student Guide in the festival. In her free time, she likes to read good books with a blanket and a cup of hot chocolate.

Frannie is a sophmore English and Writing major with a Deaf Studies minor. This is her second year with the festival. She wants to be a poet, so most of her personal reading is poetry, but she’ll read whatever is available.

Meaghan Burke is a third year English Literature major. This will be her first year with the festival, and she has an intense dislike for the taste of bananas.

Gemma Colasanti grew up making picture books with her dad on every school break, and decided at age seven that she would be a writer. Now, Gemma is a sophomore writing major at Ithaca College with minors in live event management, Italian, and dance. She is the Secretary for IC Defy Dance Company and the Treasurer for IC Ballroom, and is currently interning at Walking on Water Productions. Gemma feels that becoming a student guide for New Voices perfectly combines her love of writing, event planning, and the arts, and she is excited to be a part of this amazing festival!

Sasha is a sophomore Writing major and Education minor and is excited to join the New Voices Festival for the first time this year! She loves literature, hiking, running, animals, and her ultimate goal is to become a published fiction author.

Poma is a sophomore English and Theatre Studies double major, with a focus on Dramaturgy. This is his second year with the festival. In addition to his work with the New Voices Festival, he also works as an axe throwing coach.

Rita Aucker is a senior writing major with a creative concentration and a minor in English. This is their first year doing the festival and they're so grateful to finally be a part of it. They're so excited to be Raul's guide because they took many creative writing classes with him and he formed a lot of their writing, so they're excited to celebrate him for publishing his debut novel!

Ryan Vincent is a junior Writing major with a Still Photography minor. This is his first semester at the festival, and he's so excited to become a part of this class he had observed for years from afar. One fun fact about Ryan is that he's the drummer in a local band, SHOPTALK!