KidSpirit

Welcome to Our Community

Kid Spirit is a global coed online magazine and community for deep thinkers with big ideas. Our community is a place where members actively express their views and engage each other through groups and comments. The quarterly magazine is a unique forum for kids to tackle age-old questions that affect us all. We want to help the young people of the world show their colors and share each other’s cultures, art, beliefs, ethics, and values. Our goal is to encourage varied perspectives and contribute to greater mutual understanding in our lives and our world. Each issue of the magazine has a thought-provoking theme that draws in readers and urges further exploration. Our Editorial Board meets to discuss future issues, edit current submissions, have fun, and eat cookies. We invite submissions in the form of poetry, artwork, and articles from readers around the world.

-The KidSpirit Editorial Board

Editors

New York Editorial Board

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Lucca CarlevariniNoah CarlevariniLyla ChearyJillian ChearySkyler Cheng-ChapmanEleanor ColstonJack GreenMax GreenJordan JohnsonFinnegan KellyMax MeshSatya ShawMadison Thermidor

Australia Satellite Editorial Board (Melbourne)

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Adult Liaison:Chang Liu
Amy BaiVincent ChangKailun SunLily WangAbigail WebsterJasmine XuIsabel ZhangZiyin Zhou

China Satellite Editorial Board (Beijing)

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Adult Liaison:David Jonker
Yingxin ChenJessica GaoAlison (Jingyi) HuAlice (Xiangyue) LiYuqi LiuJudy (Yuqi) LiuHaiyu XuXiaofei YangDavid (Nuofan) YangBuzhao LiuYongwei YuanBo Zhu

Ghana Satellite Editorial Board (Accra)

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Communications Liaison:Maureen Allandi
Aniniwaa Boateng AgyenimAdjoa Nsiah AsareJane Odoom

Haiti Satellite Editorial Board (Port-au-Prince)

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Communications Liaison:Sybille Nkunzimana
Gabrielle LarosiliereAliana KernisonDasol Kim

India Satellite Editorial Board (Ahmedabad)

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Adult Liaison:Namrata Jajoo
Meesha ChotaiPrithvir GadekarMaanya GadekarAyana JhalaNargis KachrumathurKushan V. MehtaSiddhant RajAdya SarinAangi ShahAnanya VermaAayreen BaagwalaSheel MehtaDravyaa OzaDhruvika Parikh

India Satellite Editorial Board (Aurangabad)

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Adult Liaison:Namrata Jajoo
Onkar BordeOm KakkadGargi AhireShrinika BhavsarVedika GambhireRanveer Sangani

Jordan Editorial Board (Madaba)

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Adult Liaison:Luna Ajeilat
Salma Al-HaddadinOmar Al-KhawaldeLeen AlsnaidAbdelrahman Feras AlwakhyanAbdullah M. EtanWaseem KhzouzRami KhzouzRakan KisarElia Ma'ayahJawad MaayahKaram Firas MasannatKarmen ShweihatOmar Al Twal

Kentucky Satellite Editorial Board (Robertson County)

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Adult Liaison:Kristy Allison
Tristin AllenGabrielle BarnettMcKayla BrumagenJoshua CarringtonPaisley CookeColby CooperJessica DenkinsMallory FrymanSindole GiffordNate GraySophia HeltonSophia HeltonAllison HendricksHadleigh LinvilleKaitlyn MillerAlyssa OldhamSoncerae RenakerAustin RichardsDionne ten HaafJaime Lynn TimmonsRachel UnthankKole Whalen

Liberia Satellite Editorial Board

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Adult Liaison:Blessing Collins and Christo Gorpudolo
Victor AudiEsther BallahMelvina CharlesEmmanuel CooperD. Leroy DiggsEthel HarrisFavor JacksonChristee JoeDiamond JohnsonO’Neal LathrobeRihanna RossFaith ThomasPennilah Victor

Pakistan Satellite Editorial Board (Karachi)

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Communications Liaison:Ayza Afridi
Leena HalimEnaya MianInaya Tapal

Pakistan Satellite Editorial Board (Lahore)

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Communications Liaison:Iman Monnoo
Fatima Ahmad ShafiMaya Ahmed LoneAnoosh AhsanMahnoor Ali PervaizEmaan Aqil AbbasiZahra Azim TiwanaAlizeh BaberMinal FaisalMaha Fawad ShamsiSyeda Alima HasanMalaika HassanMarium IhsanAdina JunaidZainab KhanEeshal KhanPalwashay KhanMinahil KhurramMahrukh KhurshidMahnoor QureshiZaynah RehanRania Rizwan ShafiAnya SadozaiRania SikanderHaani Sultan

Paraguay Satellite Editorial Board (Coronel Oviedo)

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Adult Liaison:Junyor Florentín
Jessica AilenFiorella Belén Alfonso AldamaRuth BenitezOliver Amin Campuzano GonzalezArturo De Arrascaeta PenayoLiz FabiolaMonica Elizabeth Jimenez OrtigozaMilagros Antonela Pariagua SalinasElena Abigail Sanchez Insfran

Singapore Satellite Editorial Board

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Adult Liaison:Mayank Gurnani
Communications Liaison:Avishi Gurnani
Atul BadriAditya RaoAbhinayya SaravananNaisha VohraEvannie Kho Jia Wei

South Africa Satellite Editorial Board (Ikusasa Lethu Youth Project)

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Adult Liaison:Abie Masango
Talent KhuboniMamhlaArrere MdletsheRefilwe MphuthiMpho MphuthiRorisang NtsoaneMbali RadebeKagiso RapulengBangani SurpriseQhamani Tahilla MvimbiNtsoane ThatoElisa Tsoelipe

Spain Satellite Editorial Board (Madrid)

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Adult Liaison:David Marugán Rivera
Ivan Almoguera AzanonPaula Baez MiarnauPaula Becerril RataMarina CamachoJavier Castro RodrigoFelix Delgado GiurumescuRaquel Fernandez AlvaradoLuis Garcia LopezDaniel Garcia RuizAinhoa Garcia SorianoSara Garcia TorijaLucas Ginés RemolarPelayo López GarcíaIsaac Muelas CerezoDaniela Flavia Ordonez AndradeMaria Inés Piqueras GarcíaDavid YépezGuillermo de Toro Ciudad

Taiwan Satellite Editorial Board (Taipei City)

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Communications Liaison:Clio Leung
Michelle ChangIsabella HsiehElla SarmientoSamuel TeohAllison TsaiJennifer WangJewel Yang

Texas Satellite Editorial Board (Houston)

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Communications Liaison:Neda Ravandi
Leila ChadraouiYasmine DanialJames (Will) ParkerDeclan RennickKonrad TittelAlyssa WangNicole Zeng

Ukraine Satellite Editorial Board (Khmelnytskyi)

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Vova BalachevtsevPolina BortnovskaAnna ChasnykYelizavata KharadzhaOksana SheremetaYana Slavinska

Ukraine Satellite Editorial Board (Kiev)

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Adult Liaison:Iryna Boniuk
Maria BasovskaArina StetsiukIryna TsisarukYevhenia VasylchyshynaArtur ZhukNikita Zinoviev

United Kingdom Satellite Editorial Board (London)

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Adult Liaison:Andrew Ebrahim and Tom Taylor
Isaiah AgyapongLuke BurtElisha DonkohPatryk KarpowiczElliot MarieTaylor MerrettAminah MiahAminah MiahRhianna ObiJude SheriffLeemar SheriffNubiana Smiley

Uruguay Editorial Board

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Adult Liaison:Blanca Penayo Amarilla
Arturo De ArrascaetaTamara De ArrascaetaLuciana RodriguezSofia Rodriguez

KidSpirit Representatives to the United Nations

Lewis M. Dabney, MSElizabeth Dabney Hochman, MMMaya MeshBlanca Penayo AmarillaJanice Roddenbery, PhDVidushi Sharma

Alumni Advisory Council

Noorjehan Asim
Jung Woo Bae
Michael Deschenes
Anya Dunaif
Junyor Florentin
Catherine Hochman
Caroline Hochman
Swastika Jajoo
Caie Kelley
Po-Ting (Duke) Lin
Maya Mesh
Sofia Mesh
Zayna Mian
Fizza Raza
Abdullah Sayed
Fareeha Shah
Kavya Shah
Vanita Sharma
Raavee Tripathi
Zainab Umar
Abraham Weitzman

Team

Elizabeth is the Founder and Executive Director of KidSpirit. She believes kids are uniquely capable of building a future grounded in mutual appreciation and creative solutions. Elizabeth loves to sing, spend time with her family and play with their three dogs.

Elizabeth Dabney Hochman

Jessie is KidSpirit's Managing Editor. She loves helping to elevate youth voices through a kid-led creative platform. Jessie's favorite part of the day is the early morning, spent with a novel, her sleeping cat, and a cup of strong coffee.

Jessie Insley

Katie oversees Operations and Development for KidSpirit. A believer in deconstructing binary thinking through open communication, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two boys and enjoys hiking, reading, learning her husband's native tongue Malayalam, and cooking.

Katie George

Taylor is KidSpirit’s Editorial and Communications Assistant. She is passionate about helping young people share their stories with others. Taylor is a poet and lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she enjoys bird-watching in Prospect Park.

Taylor Cornelius

Linda is KidSpirit’s graphic designer. She has worked as an art director for a print magazine, a designer/editor on an e-book project, and with KidSpirit for a number of years. Passionate about design and cooking, she hopes to one day finish a cookbook of family recipes.

Linda Zerella

Michele is Kidspirit's Video Content Manager. He is passionate about visual storytelling and has found his vocation in creating videos. He loves shaping stories that allow viewers to share in feelings and knowledge.

Michele Teodori

Board of Directors

Jung Woo Bae

Jung Woo Bae graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Jung Woo has been a longtime member of KidSpirit as a youth editor and alumnus, and currently serves as President of KidSpirit’s Alumni Council.

The Honorable Carla Craig (Ret.)

Carla Craig has 40 years of experience as a lawyer and a judge. She served as a bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of New York from 2000, and as chief judge from 2007, until her retirement in 2020. She has been a KidSpirit board member since its inception and has proudly watched it grow into a global community.

Elizabeth Dabney Hochman, MM

Elizabeth Dabney Hochman, MM, is the Founder and Executive Director of KidSpirit. She has published a number of articles on youth development and presented about KidSpirit at events sponsored by the United Nations, Yale Divinity School, Princeton University, the NYC Office of the Mayor of the City of New York Center for Faith and Community Partnerships, the Religion Communicators Council, the Big I Conference, Columbia University, Search Institute and the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

Lewis M. Dabney, MS

Lewis Dabney is Executive Director of the Key Bridge Foundation, and a leader in the field of conflict resolution with 25 years experience specializing in civil rights mediation, restorative justice, ethnic and religious conflict, program management, system design, and training.

Jonathon Bloomberg, Esq.

Jon Bloomberg is an environmental regulatory lawyer with the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs, based in Cleveland. Jon is married to Laura, who currently serves as president of Cleveland State University. Jon and Laura have two adult children, both married, and have 4 fantastic grandkids who someday will be old enough to be to KidSpirit contributors.

Patrick R. Gaston, MBA

He is the Independent Chairman of the board of directors of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. and President and CEO of PG Consulting, a management consulting company that assists corporations and nonprofits. Prior to this Mr. Gaston was President of the Western Union Foundation; served as the Senior Advisor to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund; and was President of the Verizon Foundation.

Jonathan L. Hochman, Esq.

Jonathan Hochman is a founding partner of Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, a litigation and art law boutique. He also serves as a director on the boards of the Tricycle Foundation and the Key Bridge Foundation.

Karen Humphries Sallick

Karen Humphries Sallick serves as president of The Priority Group, a management consulting firm she founded in 1996. She cofounded and is president of Contacts 411, a privacy-centric contacts updating app. Karen also serves on the boards of Phillips Academy, WSHU (a Connecticut NPR station), and the Innovative & Advanced Cancer Research Foundation.

Khe Hy

Khe Hy is a writer, podcast host and executive coach who writes primarily on the RadReads blog and newsletter. He spent the first 15 years of his career in the financial services industry and was a Managing Director at BlackRock. Khe now lives in Manhattan Beach with his wife Lisa and two young daughters and is an avid surfer.

Jane Quinn, PhD

Jane Quinn is a social worker whose five-plus decades of experience include direct service with children and families, program development, fundraising, grantmaking, research, and advocacy. She served as the Vice President for Community Schools at Children’s Aid, where she directed the National Center for Community Schools. Jane received her doctorate in Urban Education at the City University of New York.

Philip Simon

Philip Simon is the managing partner of Geometric Trading, a private systematic trading company. He was previously Chief Investment Officer of the Geometric Quant Alpha Fund and cofounder of its investment manager. Philip is based in the Hudson Valley of New York where he spends unusual amounts of time around trees and frogs and sometimes writes poems about both.

Anna Soref

Anna has worked in the natural health and wellness space for more than 25 years as a journalist, editor, consultant, speaker, and content expert. She has been an editor and contributing writer for numerous trade and consumer natural health publications. Anna also serves on the board of City Ballet of Cleveland.

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