Elicia Cheney
Major and minor: English major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Rocklin, California
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Associate editor; analytics/social media assistant director; web team member, writer
Favorite quote: “Whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies.” —Thomas S. Monson
Unique hobbies: I collect themed cookbooks.
Do you speak any foreign languages? French and Sgaw Karen
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Christina Segovia Crosland
Major and minor: Humanities major; editing and Latin American studies minors
Hometown and state: Mountain Home, Idaho
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Art director, associate editor, web team member, writer
Most memorable thing you’ve done this past year: Found a dried frog in my dryer—with my clean clothes.
Unique hobbies: Someday I want to get into woodworking. As of now, all I do is read.
If you could be any superhero, who would you be? Darwin. He’s a mutant that can evolve for any situation.
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Kayla Echols
Major and minor: English language major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Richmond, Virginia
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Associate editor, Facebook manager, translation team member, writer
Favorite quote: “It’s easy to believe in something when you win all the time. . . . The losses are what define a man’s faith.” —Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
What do you always have with you? My binoculars, my MP3 player, and my Kindle
Favorite superhero: Nightcrawler from the X-Men. Teleporting is the coolest superpower, and I admire his religious conviction.
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Christine Eck
Major and minor: English Major; editing Minor
Hometown and state: Provo, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Copyeditor, Translation team member, Design team member
Dream job: Poet
One item on your bucket list: See the northern lights
Favorite musician: Simon and Garfunkel
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Laura Fuchs
Major and minor: English language major; editing minor
Hometown and state: West Valley City, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Associate editor, web director, Instagram manager, design team member, writer
What is something hard that you have done in your life? I made it through junior high.
What is your perfect pizza? Pizza to me is already perfect. Unless there is pineapple on it—then it’s an abomination.
Do you speak any foreign languages? Tagalog and Ilokano
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Breanna Call Herbert
Major and minor: Linguistics major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Minersville, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Associate editor, translation director, Pinterest manager, writer
Dream job: Writing and editing children’s books
What do you always have with you? Chapstick
One item on your bucket list: Go to Brazil
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Alex Hugie
Major and minor: English major; editing and creative writing minors
Hometown and state: Keizer, Oregon
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Assistant managing editor, assistant copyrights director, translation team member, writer
Unique hobbies: I collect bookmarks.
What is something hard that you have done in your life? I went to Hell and back. Twice. (It’s a restaurant in Rothenberg, Germany.)
Anything else? One time I read the Book of Mormon backward—a chapter at a time starting from Moroni 10 back to 1 Nephi 1—so now I can say I know the Book of Mormon forward and backward.
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Naomi Hurd
Major and minor: English language major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Woodville, Wisconsin
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Managing editor, associate editor, design team member, writer
Favorite quote: “You cannot always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes you must dare to jump.” —Yasmine Bleeth
Favorite Mormon Insights article or topic: “Speaking More Positively by Overcoming Negative Thinking”
Favorite musician: Right now I’m loving Tom Walker, but that could change by the end of the day.
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Nicole Meyers
Major and minor: English major; editing and creative writing minors
Hometown and state: Mililani, Hawaii
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Copyeditor, assistant web director, public relations team member, writer
One item on your bucket list: Swim with otters
Favorite vacation spot: London, England
Do you speak any foreign languages? Mandarin
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Bethany Patterson
Major and minor: Public relations major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Purcellville, Virginia
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Associate editor, public relations director, social media and analytics director, writer
Dream job: Working on Capitol Hill!
Personal motto: “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” —Oscar Wilde
What is your perfect pizza? Hot take: every slice of pizza needs some pineapple.
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Emma Snow
Major and minor: English language major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Burlington, Iowa
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Associate editor, web team member, copyrights team member, writer
Most memorable thing you’ve done this past year: I’ve been teaching myself to write with my left hand—because ambidexterity is awesome!
What do you always have with you? I carry my sketchbook and pencil pouch with me (almost) everywhere. If I’m not drawing with those, then I’m doodling on whatever scraps of paper I have at hand.
One item on your bucket list: Someday I’m going to finish one of these stories floating around in my head. Then maybe I won’t be the only person staying up all night over these characters.
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Katie Stanley
Major and minor: English major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Hickory, North Carolina
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Associate editor, Twitter manager, public relations team member, writer
What is something hard that you have done in your life? I decided between marriage and a mission.
Favorite musician: Taylor Swift (don’t @ me)
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imagined), who would it be? Benjamin Franklin
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Nicole Terry
Major and minor: English language major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Spring, Texas
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Copyeditor, assistant art director, copyrights team member, writer
Favorite conference talk: “Lord, I Believe” —Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
One item on your bucket list: Find a sasquatch
Anything else? I’m a proud Slytherin.
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Jess Verzello
Major and minor: English language major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Southbury, Connecticut
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Assistant managing editor, public relations assistant director, translation team member, writer
Favorite quote: “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look in the mirror and change yourself” (The LEGO Batman Movie). Oooooh.
What do you always have with you? Two books!
Do you speak any foreign languages? Spanish and Papiamento
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Heather White
Major and minor: English major; editing minor
Hometown and state: Warren, Oregon
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Assistant managing editor, copyrights director, design team member, writer
Favorite book: The second most read book of my life is most likely Pride and Prejudice; it is one of the most hilarious books I have ever been graced with the opportunity to devour with my eyes. I also read a lot of old science fantasy books that almost no one has ever heard of. One of my favorites is The Witches of Karres.
Unique hobbies: I create stained glass, am a black belt in Taekwondo, ride horses, and research and make my own costumes.
Favorite Mormon Insights article: I read a really good one recently called “Prayer of an Atheist.” It’s all about the power of wanting to believe and the power of prayer. It’s a wonderful perspective on prayer and brought to mind the many times I’ve had my own prayers answered.
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Rebecca Cazanave
Major and minor: English major; editing and creative writing minors
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Position on Mormon Insights staff: Teaching assistant
Personal motto: I can do hard things.
Dream job: Adolescent fiction author
Favorite book: The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
Favorite quote: “He to whom God has given knowledge / And the gift of speaking eloquently, / Must not keep silent nor conceal the gift. / But he must willingly display it.” —Marie de France
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Suzy Bills
Major and minor: Undergrad major: history; minors: editing and dance
Hometown and state: Glendale, Arizona
Position on Mormon Insights staff: Editor-in-Chief
Dream job: I’ve got it! I LOVE teaching editing at BYU.
Unique hobbies: I run 80-90 miles a week. (Okay, maybe that’s a crazy hobby.)
Favorite conference talk: Picking a favorite conference talk is like picking a favorite child. I love them all. But a top pick is “Come What May, and Love It,” by Joseph B. Wirthlin.
What is something hard that you have done in your life? Run a 50-mile race with 8,850 feet in elevation gain.
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