Natasha Andersen
Major and minor: English; Editing
Hometown and state: Morgan, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights Staff: Assistant managing editor; Design team member
Dream job: Novel editor—or professional dessert taster
Favorite conference talk: “The Infinite Power of Hope” by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
One item on your bucket list: Learn how to decorate fancy cakes
Connect with Natasha on LinkedIn.
Megan Anderson
Major and minor: English; Editing
Hometown and state: South Jordan, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Copyeditor; PR director
Dream job: Freelance editor
What is something hard that you have done in your life? I am currently taking sixteen credits and working, and I did that last semester as well.
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imagined), who would it be? Abraham Lincoln
Jillian Argento
Major and minor: Communications (News Media); Editing
Hometown and state: Pittsburg, California
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; Social media director
Dream job: Communications specialist for local government
Personal motto: Make it happen. Shock every single one of them.
Favorite book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Connect with Jillian on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Matt Baker
Major and minor: Economics; Business Management
Hometown and state: Spanish Fork, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Editor in chief
Dream job: Professor
Do you speak any foreign languages? Hungarian
Favorite conference talk: “Three Choices” by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Laura Bushman
Major and minor: major: Elementary education; minors: TESOL K-12, Editing
Hometown and state: Joseph City, Arizona
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Copyeditor; Web/copyrights team member
Dream job: Elementary school teacher
Unique hobbies: Running
Favorite book: All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry
Ellie Castillo
Major and minor: Linguistics; Editing
Hometown and state: Pocatello, Idaho
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; PR team member
Dream job: Mom and linguistics professor
Most memorable thing you’ve done in the past year? It’s been quite the year, so I have two very memorable moments. First, I lived in my van over the summer while working in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and second I got engaged!
What must you always have on your person? Chapstick—it’s a necessity!
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Emily Cook
Major and minor: major: English; minors: Editing, Digital humanities
Hometown and state: Springville, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; Web/copyrights director
Dream job: Editor for the Church
Favorite conference talk: “The First Great Commandment” by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
One item on your bucket list: Visit Hilltop Farm
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Saralee Dunster
Major and minor: major: English language; minors: Editing and TESOL
Hometown and state: Savannah, Missouri
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; Social media: Facebook manager
Dream job: Something involving traveling around the world
Unique hobbies: Watching the behind-the-scenes of my favorite movies, having musical jam sessions, learning a language, collecting stationary, Bollywood dancing, etc.
If you could be any superhero, who would you be? Violet from The Incredibles
Alec Harding
Major and minor: major: Psychology; minors: Editing, Business
Hometown and state: Provo, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; Social media: Twitter manager
Dream job: Forensic social worker
Unique hobbies: Model building and painting
Favorite conference talk: “Personal Strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ” by Elder Richard G. Scott
Sarah Harris
Major and minor: English language; Editing
Hometown and state: Niles, Michigan
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; Design director
Dream job: Professor and researcher of Old English
If you could be any superhero, who would you be? Wonder Woman
Most memorable thing you’ve done in the past year: I went on a study abroad to Great Britain and Ireland with my husband.
Teya Jensen
Major and minor: majors: Communications (advertising), Russian; minor: Editing
Hometown and state: Hilo, Hawaii
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Assistant managing editor; Social media: Instagram manager
Dream job: It would be fun to work with Bonneville Communications working with the Church on projects like the Light the World campaign!
Unique hobbies: I play the violin and am studying patterns between Russian and English memes for a thesis project.
What must you always have on your person? I always carry band-aids and chapstick, because when you need them, it’s too late to go find them.
Robbyn Merrell
Major and minor: Editing and publishing; English language
Hometown and state: Mapleton, Utah
Positions on Mormon Insights staff: Substantive editor; Web/copyrights team member
Dream job: Freelance fiction editor
Unique hobbies: I love to play Water Polo.
If you could be any superhero, who would you be? A jedi. (I know, not really a superhero, but being able to use the force is definitely my dream, so there.)
Kimber Severance
Major and minor: English; Editing
Hometown and state: Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Positions on Mormon Insights Staff: Copyeditor; Social media: Pinterest manager
Dream job: Editor, author, or illustrator/graphic novelist
Favorite book: The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Favorite vacation spot: Bar Harbor, Maine
Mackenzie Sinclair
Major and minor: Editing and Publishing; Political Science
Hometown and state: Zionsville, Indiana
Positions on Mormon Insights Staff: Managing editor; Design team member
Dream job: Astronaut
What is your perfect pizza? Deep dish supreme (Chicago style).
If you could be any superhero, who would you be? Captain America
Savanna Stone
Major and minor: English; Editing
Hometown and state: Redding, California
Positions on Mormon Insights Staff: Assistant managing editor; design team member
Dream job: Editor, author of fiction
One item on your bucket list: Go to Italy
Do you speak any foreign languages? Thai