Ashley Morrow (she/her) is a senior in high school currently residing in Southern California. She founded Youth4Arts in June of 2022 in order to amplify youth voices by providing a platform to share their creativity. In her free time, Ashley enjoys reading contemporary fiction, writing short stories, and browsing the shelves of local bookstores.

​Hello, I’m Carísa Chavez (Director of Design)

I’m a student at a fine arts school. I am hispanic. I enjoy all of the arts but my main focus is live theatre. I enjoy writing and visual arts and I have a lot of experience which makes me an excellent member of the organization. Thank you.

Anita is currently a senior attending Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey. She initially found Youth4Arts on Instagram and began submitting the creative writing pieces she made as a pastime to Blossom Magazine, which garnered her love for sharing her form of literature with a supportive and passionate community of adolescent artists. Anita is very excited to see what she can contribute to Youth4Arts as Director of Projects and is sure the organization has a bright future ahead. In her free time, Anita enjoys playing her saxophone, joining pick-up soccer games, competing in Science Olympiad, and debating in Model United Nations. She also runs a free global eLearning platform called eCoreAcademy.

Taylor Calonzo (she/her) is a student from Southern California. She is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Iris Youth Magazine, and currently holds staff positions at Cathartic Literary Magazine, DIAL Magazine, Asians in the Arts, and more. In her free time, she enjoys reading poetry, watching Wong Kar-Wai films, and listening to Mitski. 

​Cameron Calonzo is a high school student from Southern California. She is editor-in-chief of Iris Youth Magazine and she currently works for Asians in the Arts, Cathartic Literary Magazine, SeaGlass Literary Magazine, and DIAL Magazine. When she’s not asleep, she enjoys watching movies, listening to Elliott Smith, and complaining.

Heyy~~ I'm Rachel, a creative writer, editor, and manager of editing!! I love to play handball, pop songs on the piano, Genshin, watch tv series (Friends, Breaking Bad, Sherlock fan), create DIY Japanese doll houses, and listen to Canto Pop. Margarita aka Matcha KitKat Green is the best color ;3

Hi everyone! I’m Michelle and I’m an Indian living in the UAE. I am also the Editing Department Manager for Youth4Arts. I hope that through Youth4Arts we encourage anyone and everyone to express themselves through different mediums and forms of art to show the world who they really are. 

Hi! My name is Olivia Robertson, and I am the department manager of Youth4Arts as well as an editor for Blossom Magazine! I’m sixteen years old and a sophomore in high school, born and raised in New York. I’ve had a passion for the literary arts from a very young age- I wrote my first novel in fourth grade, my second in fifth and am currently drafting my third! I am so grateful to be a part of this amazing production team and can’t wait to see where the organization goes in the future!