About Us

Welcome to my blog!

Our idea is a magazine that aims to amplify the voices of women worldwide. through a platform dedicated to diverse forms of expression. In a world where women’s voices are often marginalized and silenced, we seek to provide a space where women can speak freely, share their stories, and express their creativity. By addressing the inequality that persists in media representation and societal discourse, we strive to create a supportive community for women to share their stories, opinions, and creative works while fostering education and empowerment through journalism and writing.

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Aditi Mod

Co-Founder

Aditi is from Chicago, Illinois. Outside of Magirlzine, she is passionate about advocacy and women’s rights, and dedicates her time in speech and debate. She is also an avid writer and a lover of all things literature! In the future Aditi aims to work in law and public policy where she hopes to dedicate her time in helping women around the world gain access to equal education and work opportunities.

Hahyeon Kim

Co-Founder

Hahyeon lives in Oklahoma, but she has lived in many other midwestern states as well as South Korea. Outside of Magirlzine, Hahyeon is passionate about menstrual equity, serving as the deputy executive director of Red Equity, advocating for systemic change to end period poverty, sparking conversations to de-stigmatize periods, and creating period packages to donate to her community. She is also a swimmer and a cat lover. Hahyeon aims to explore the field of public policy where she hopes to amplify young women’s voices to create positive societal change.

Our Beautiful Team

Seanna is from the Southside of Chicago, Illinois. Her love for creative writing stemmed from discovering out-of-the-box writing styles in preschool. Her childhood visits to the library hold the memory of coming home with over 20 books and a smile on her face. Today, Seanna is dedicated to addressing diversity gaps in the STEM field and advocating for social justice in her community and beyond. As the Marketing Director for Magirlzine, she aims to further her work in the technology and business sphere to promote sustainable intersectionality and make a meaningful impact.
Seanna Mercado
Team Member
Aarna lives in Chicago, Illinois. Outside of her role as Social Media Manager in Magirlzine, she is very involved with the arts, STEM subjects, and advocating for women’s rights. Aarna is currently a board member of Young Women of Color! As a part of YWOC, she hopes that girls of color get their voices shared across the globe too. She is also on the tennis team at her school and plays the violin! In the future Aarna hopes to work in the field of law and public policy or finance!
Aarna Arora
Team Member
Wanyi Li lives in Shanghai, China. As the Head of Photography, she is keen on taking photographs of historic neighborhoods in different cities, especially Shanghai. She has done continuous field investigations in several neighborhoods and planned several mini exhibitions about their changes as Shanghai develops. During her free time, Wanyi enjoys doing mock trial and watching musicals.
Wanyi Li
Team Member
Laya lives in Wisconsin, but has lived in both Poland and India before. Outside of Magirlzine, she is passionate about bringing cultural diversity and global citizenship into the classroom through literature, and is the Founder and CEO of The Literary Diversity Initiative, where she curates book recommendations and creates curricula for educators around the country to teach Asian American and other minority groups’ stories in schools. She is also a competitive singer, a poet, and an avid reader. In the future, Laya aims to become a successful lawyer, policy maker, diplomat or singer, and empower Asian American and women’s rights, voices and dreams.
Laya Sumithra
Team Member
Gloria comes from China, Jiangsu. Outside Magirlzine, she is running the magazine Vision—a campus magazine at her high school. Gloria dislikes her textbooks, especially that of Economics, which she considers a shame, but loves all sorts of fun stuff: novels, movies, and news that says some monkeys were born on a tree! Gloria is a dog lover and a ping-pong lover. She is also passionate about women's rights and social justice and hopes to make a difference. Anyway, she is always there ready to hear stories from you!
Gloria Shen
Head of Storytelling
Georgina lives in Shanghai, China. She serves as the strategy director in Magirlzine. Outside of Magirlzine, Georgina is interested in public policies that are related to gender equality and equality in education and has published some works on The Forbidden Flourish as a group leader. Besides, she is also the founder of the school’s Nexus Club, which mainly focuses on helping females, young children, and the elderly. She is also passionate about dancing ballet and reading all kinds of books. In the future, she hopes to share all her opinions on feminism and education equality by writing meaningful stories as well as poetries.
Jianing Zhang (Georgina)
Team Member
Charvi lives in Naperville, Illinois. Outside of Magirlizine, she loves to read, write short stories and poetry, and bike in the parks near her house. She also loves to participate in her school’s Principal’s Advisory Council. As a Sophomore in high school, she is excited for all the new opportunities the rest of high school will bring and hopes to get involved in even more activities this year. This year, she will be serving as the Head of Editorials for Magirlzine.
Charvi
Team Member
Adhya is from Bangalore, India. Outside of Magirlzine, she is passionate about sports and women's empowerment. With an interest in behavioural science and public policy, she wishes to be a strong advocate for challenging societal norms, particularly in India and make a significant impact in the fields of policy-making and youth employment. Apart from this, Adhya enjoys reading, movies and literature. In the future she hopes to major in economics and pursue a career as a consultant, providing expert advice to businesses on economic trends, strategy, and financial planning.
Adhya Boby
Team Member

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