Kamber Joy McConnell
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Lincoln, California
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; copyrights/web team member
Favorite quote: “O be wise, what can I say more?”—Jacob 6:12
Unique hobbies: Complex paper snowflakes
Favorite band/singer/group? TwentyOnePilots
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Mallory Lynn Dickson
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Assistant managing editor; copyrights/web director
Dream job: Coauthoring a book with Brandon Sanderson
Unique hobbies: Writing illegibly, painting with my fingers, riding fake roller coasters
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imagined), who would it be? Mr. Darcy (or if he’s unavailable, Mr. John Thorton wouldn’t be a bad second choice)
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Rebecca Flinders
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Payson, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Assistant managing editor; copyrights/web team member
Dream job: Stay-at-home mom who edits, writes, makes food, and can keep plants alive
Unique hobbies: I love cooking and eating any and all food.
What is your perfect pizza? Chicken Bacon Ranch
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Marisa Gooch
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Las Vegas, Nevada
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Copy editor; social media team member
Most memorable thing you’ve done in the past year: Married the love of my life!
What must you always have on your person? Chapstick!
Favorite Mormon Insights article or topic? The Atonement
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Alisa Hulme
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Draper, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; design team member
Favorite conference talk: “The First Great Commandment,” by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Favorite vacation spot: Washington, DC
Do you speak any foreign languages? French
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Rebecca Purse
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Rexburg, Idaho
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Copy editor; design team member
Dream job: YA novelist
Unique hobbies: Whistling—I’m pretty good at it.
What is something hard that you’ve had to do in your life? My mission, but I didn’t have to do it—I chose to. 🙂
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Jessica L. Reschke
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Vancouver, Washington
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; PR/social media director
Dream job: Editorial content director at the Disneyland Resort
Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imagined), who would it be? Walt Disney
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Sarah Shields
Major and minor: English; editing
Hometown and state: Salt Lake City, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; design director
Dream job: In all seriousness, a rockstar
One item on your bucket list: Short term: light a dandelion on fire; long term: get a lovable french bulldog and name him Radcliffe.
If you could be any superhero, who would you be? Hermione Granger
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Maisy Ward
Major and minor: English language; editing
Hometown and state: La Canada, California
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Managing editor
Favorite conference talk: “Be Ye Therefore Perfect—Eventually,” by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
One item on your bucket list: Go skydiving
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imagined), who would it be? Abraham Lincoln
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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 Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin.
What is something hard that you have done in your life? I ran a 50-mile race with 8,850 feet in elevation gain.
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