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Meet Our Staff
Meet Our Staff
Red Folder Leadership
Red Folder Leadership
Lindsey Zhao
Editor-in-Chief
Plano Senior High School, TX, 2026
Ty Tan
Associate Editor
Coral Academy of Science, NV, 2027
Azzy Xiang
Media Editor
Dublin Jerome High School, OH, 2027
Ian Cheng
News Editor
Bronx High School of Science, NY, 2027
Aditi Shashidhara
Expansion Editor
Bentonville West High School, AR, 2027
Red Folder Staff Reporters
Red Folder Staff Reporters
Boyana Nikolova
Irondale High School, MN, 2026
Roshan Shivnani
Plano West Senior High School, TX, 2026
Rowan Seipp
A&M Consolidated High School, TX, 2026
Daniel Song
East Ridge High School, MN, 2026
Aaniya Khan
Dripping Springs High School, TX, 2026
Christina Yang
Blacksburg High School, VA, 2026
Ruhaan Sood
Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL, 2026
Max Guo
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School, CA, 2026
Daphne Kalir-Starr
College Preparatory School, CA, 2027
Dhruv Arun
Clark High School, TX, 2027
Ron Kim
Lake Travis High School, TX, 2027
Sadie Zwonitzer
Cheyenne East High School, WY, 2026
Elisa Ma
Lowell HS, CA, 2026
Harry Xu
Pine View School, FL, 2027
Blake McFalls
Trinity Preparatory School, FL, 2027
Finian Knepper
Cheyenne East High School, WY, 2026
Jana Schodzinski
Wheeling Park High School, WV, 2026
Sharikkaa Shanker
Rock Hill High School, TX, 2027
Brogan Jones
Norman High School, OK, 2028
Cody Brown
Jenks High School, OK, 2026
Bryan Gu
Blue Valley West High School, KS, 2026
Sophia Amundgaard
Stillwater Area High School, MN, 2026
Adhiyanth Ram
Ridge High School, NJ, 2029
Andrew Lu
A&M Consolidated, TX, 2028
Rebecca Gehlmann
Granite Bay High School, CA, 2026
Ayat Nayyer
Broken Arrow High School, OK, 2027
Arnav Goyal
Olentangy Liberty High School, OH, 2028
Milie Gupta
Ridge High School, NJ, 2026
Patrick Li
A&M Consolidated, TX, 2027
Harry Reitman
NSU University School, FL, 2028
Jack Zhou
A&M Consolidated, TX, 2028
Santiago Jimenez Butcher
Avon High School, IN, 2028
David Hain
West Boca High School, FL, 2026
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