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Winter 2021 Stowaway Staff

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Name: Heather Bergeson
Position: Managing Editor
Major: English
Minor: Editing and Creative Writing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: American Fork, Utah
Favorite Book: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
Dream Travel Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Name: Courtney Seale
Position: Assistant Managing Editor
Major: Anthropology
Minor: Editing and Publishing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Favorite Book: The Messenger by Mark Zusak
Dream Travel Location: Iceland

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Name: Sam Lofgran
Position: Assistant Managing Editor
Major: Editing & Publishing
Minor: Creative Writing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Gooding, ID
Favorite Book: Ella Enchanted 
Dream Travel Location: Iceland

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Name: Anna Zapalac
Position: Design Team Lead
Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Communications
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Corona, California
Favorite Book: The Harry Potter Series
Dream Travel Location: Every Disney park in the world

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Name: Michela Miller Dickson
Position: Design Team Member
Major: English; Editing & Publishing
Minor: Japanese
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Provo, UT
Favorite Book: It changes, but recently "My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell
Dream Travel Location: I'd like to go to Singapore or Thailand someday!

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Name: Kiersten Guymon
Position: Design Team Member
Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Italian
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Vista, California
Favorite Book: Emma by Jane Austen
Dream Travel Location: Sicily

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Name: Meghan Rollins Wilson
Position: Design Team Member
Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Astronomy and Geology
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: West Jordan, Utah
Favorite Book: Brandon Sanderson books
Dream Travel Location: Croatia and Bosnia

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Name: Sierra Shirk
Position: Design Team Member
Major: English
Minor: Creative Writing and Editing & Publishing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Favorite Book: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Dream Travel Location: Iceland

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Name: Andra Wells Lainhart
Position: Design Team Member
Major: Editing and Publishing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Tecumseh, MI
Favorite Book: Anything written by Kiera Cass, but if you ask me to choose between her two The Siren books I'm going to choose the original.
Dream Travel Location: I still need to see Ireland and Scotland, but I also want to travel to Russia to see my husband's mission.

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Name: Nicole Grant
Position: Design Team Member
Major: English Teaching
Minor: Editing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Favorite Book: The Monsters we Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick
Dream Travel Location: Kyoto, Japan

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Name: Erica Bassett
Position: Advertising Team Lead
Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Gainesville, Georgia
Favorite Book: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Dream Travel Location: Paris!

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Name: Eliza Smith
Position: Advertising Team Member
Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Creative Writing
Year in School: Junior
Hometown: Beaverton, Oregon
Favorite Book: The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Dream Travel Location: Tianzi Mountains, China

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Name: Nathan Wanlass
Position: Web Team Lead
Major: Journalism
Minor: Editing, Ballroom Dance
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Layton, Utah
Favorite Book: How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps by Ben Shapiro
Dream Travel Location: Prince Edward Island

Name: Ashley Jorgensen
Position: Web Team Member
Major: Digital Journalism
Minor: Editing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Draper, UT
Favorite Book: Goose Girl
Dream Travel Location: New Zealand, Samoa, or Singapore

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Name: Sarah Henderson
Position: Web Team Member
Major: English
Minor: Editing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Herndon, VA
Favorite Book: A Court of Mist and Fury
Dream Travel Location: Scotland

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Name: Zachary Matthews
Position: Web Team Member
Major: Family History—Genealogy
Minor: Editing and Publication
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Favorite Book: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Dream Travel Location: Middle-Earth

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Name: Emma Benson
Position: Web Team Member
Major: Journalism
Minor: Editing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Favorite Book: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Dream Travel Location: Thailand

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Name: Calvin Watson
Position: Social Media Team Lead
Major: Communications
Minor: Editing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Herriman, Utah
Favorite Book: The Lord of the Rings
Dream Travel Location: I would love to visit the British Isles; many of my ancestors come from there and I'd relish the opportunity to get in touch with my past. The scenery is beautiful and the landmarks are spectacular.

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Name: Eden Buchert
Position: Social Media Team Member
Major: Editing & Publishing
Minor: English Literature
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Favorite Book: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Dream Travel Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Name: Michelle Olivier
Position: Social Media Team Member
Major: Editing and Publishing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Bucks County, PA
Favorite Book: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Dream Travel Location: Bali

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Name: Olivia Evans
Position: Social Media Team Member
Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: English
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Cottonwood Heights, UT
Favorite Book: All the Light We Cannot See
Dream Travel Location: Anywhere with a beach