Professor Matthew Baker
Major and Minor: Economics; Business Management
Hometown: Spanish Fork, Utah
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Editor-in-chief
Dream Job: Professor
Unique hobbies: Country dancing, cooking Hungarian Food
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imaginary), who would it be?: Benjamin Franklin
twitter.com/profmattbaker
www.linkedin.com/in/bakermatthewj
Hannah Charlesworth
Major and Minor: English; Editing and Creative Writing
Hometown: Draper, Utah
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Managing Editor
Dream Job: An editor for a Church publication
Unique Hobbies: Sewing Costumes
If you could be any superhero, who would you be?: Elastigirl because her powers are so useful. I would never have to pull out a chair to get things off of the top shelf ever again!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-charlesworth/
Jessie Bruner
Major and Minor: English; Editing
Hometown: St. Anthony, Idaho
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Assistant Managing Editor and Web/Copyrights team member
Dream Job: Editor for National Geographic or other educational magazine
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imaginary), who would it be?: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Do you speak any foreign languages?: Russian
https://www.facebook.com/jessie.biorn.bruner
https://www.instagram.com/jessie_bruner/
Noelle Conder
Major and Minor: English; Editing and Business
Hometown: Payson, UT
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Web/Copyrights Director and Substantive Editor
Dream Job: Technical Editor
Unique hobbies: Drumline! I was on BYU’s drumline for three years, and I help teach high
school drumline with my husband.
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imaginary), who would it be?: Jane Eyre
Taelin Wilford
Major and Minor: English; Double Minor in Communications and Editing
Hometown: Durban, South Africa
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Assistant Managing Editor and Web team member
Dream Job: Professor of English Literature, sub-specializing in African Law and Literature
Unique hobbies: Horse training, Waterpolo
One item on your bucket list: Summit Everest
Instagram: taelinwilford
https://www.linkedin.com/in/taelinwilford/
Kjanela Fawcett
Major and Minor: Communications; PR and Editing
Hometown: Springdale, Arkansas
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Substantive Editor and PR team member
Dream Job: Author of fantasy novels
Do you speak any foreign languages?: Swedish
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imaginary), who would it
be?: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Hailey Garcia
Major and Minor: Public Relations; Editing
Hometown: Idaho Falls, ID
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: PR Director and Copyeditor
Dream Job: Academic Advisor
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imaginary), who would it be?: Anastasia Romanov
Favorite book: “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/haileygarcia/
Victoria Hamilton
Major: Editing
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Assistant Managing Editor and Design team member
Dream Job: Working for Disney
Do you speak any foreign languages?: Italian
What is your perfect pizza?: A diavola pizza from Pellone Pizzeria in Naples, Italy!!!
https://www.facebook.com/tori.hamilton2
https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-hamilton/
Madeline Hill
Major and Minor: Editing; English Literature
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Social Media Director and Substantive Editor
Dream Job: Work in the fashion industry
What is your perfect pizza?: A classic, italian-style margherita pizza
Favorite band/singer/group: Harry Styles x100000
https://www.facebook.com/maddie.hill.372
Sarah Jensen
Major and Minor: English Language; Editing
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Social Media Team–Facebook
Dream Job: Freelance Editor
Favorite Conference Talk: “Laborers in the Vineyard,” Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
One item on your bucket list: Going skydiving
www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmahoneyjensen
Madeline Jones
Major: Editing and Publication
Hometown: Roswell, New Mexico
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Substantive Editor and Design team member
Dream Job: Editor for an online magazine publication
Unique hobbies: I really like crafts and decorative painting.
One item on your bucket list: I’d like to be able to read some of my favorite novels in the original French.
Pamela Nelson
Major: Editing and Publishing
Hometown: Formerly Alameda, CA, since 1985 Provo, UT
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Copyeditor and Design team member
Dream Job: Doing it now. Opened my own freelance editing business called From Start to Finish Family History.
What is something hard that you have done in your life?: Climbed to the top of Kings Peak
Favorite vacation spot: Christmas Meadows in the high uinta mountains by the Stillwater River
Business Website: http://fstffamilyhistory.com
Erin Nightingale
Major and Minor: Interdisciplinary Humanities; Editing
Hometown: North Ogden, Utah
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Copy editor and PR team member
Dream Job: Novelist and musician
Hobbies: Composing music and writing
Favorite book: “Unwind” by Neal Schusterman
Brittany Passmore
Major and Minor: Editing and Publishing; Music
Hometown: Lindon, Utah
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Assistant Managing Editor and Social Media & Analytics team member
Dream Job: Working as an editor for Tor, a sci-fi/fantasy publishing house
Favorite book: Besides The Book of Mormon? The Wheel of Time series.
Most memorable thing you’ve done in the past year: I had my first baby this summer on June 25th. His name is Parker Howard Passmore; he weighed 6 lbs. and 14 oz. and was 19.5 inches long at birth, and I will always remember the moment when I looked into his eyes for the first time.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-passmore-b15134161/
Maren Skidmore
Major and Minor: Chemistry; Mathematics and Editing
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Substantive Editor and Web/Copyrights team member
Dream Job: Intelligence analyst
One item on your bucket list: Swim with whale sharks
Most memorable thing you’ve done in the past year: Skydiving
Megan Udall
Major and Minor: English; Editing
Hometown: Lindon Utah
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Art Director and Substantive Editor
Dream Job: Editor
Favorite Conference Talk: “None Were With Him” by Jeffrey R. Holland
One item on your bucket list: Travel around the world
www.linkedin.com/in/megan-udall-498835175/
Oakli Van Meter
Major: Editing and Publishing
Hometown: Woodstock, VA
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Copyeditor and Social Media/Analytics team member
Dream Job: At-home editor for Deseret Book
Favorite book: “Sweet Misfortune” by Kevin Milne
Do you speak any foreign languages?: Yes! Portuguese
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oaklivanmeter/
Auburn Wilcox
Major and Minor: Communications: News Media; Business and Editing.
Hometown: Calgary, AB Canada
Position on Latter-day Saint Insights Staff: Substantive Editor and Pinterest Manager on the Social Media team
Dream Job: Technical Writer
One item on your bucket list: I want to travel to Greece.
Do you speak any foreign languages?: I speak Thai!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/auburnwilcox/