about asha:

Asha Imani Wiggins is currently a sophomore at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Preforming Arts. She was born and raised in New York City and resides in Harlem, NY. It is her first year as a mentee in the Girls Write Now program and she hopes to strengthen her ability to structure her writing and communicate her ideas to the world. Her favorite writing style is poetry, and she is very interested in fiction.

about alex:

Alexandra (Alex) Ossola is a freelance science journalist. She writes about medicine and biology for Popular Science online and contributes articles about science and education to publications such as Newsweek, The Atlantic, Nautilus, Motherboard, and Brain Decoder. After years of leading community service trips to Latin American and mentoring students in Washington, D.C., Vermont, and New York City, Alex is thrilled to connect with young female writers and seeks to empower them.