2019 Arcturus Editing Team

Elliot Johnson is a first year student at Highline College. After he finishes his AA degree, he plans on transferring to a university to pursue a Bachelor's in English. His ultimate dream is to become a published author, but he is also interested in becoming an editor. In his free time he reads and plays video games. He's a huge fan of the fantasy genre and hopes to one day create a fictional world that others can enjoy.

Eloyi Patience Agih is a second year international student from Nigeria. She has always enjoyed reading and writing different genres of literature. She loves watching Korean dramas, listening to music, writing and spending time with her family. She hopes to transfer to a four year university after graduating this spring and major in English. 

Genevieve Tucker is a Running Start student, earning her general AA here at Highline. She plans to transfer to Washington State University in the Fall of 2019, and will major in Bioengineering. She loves writing poetry and short stories, and expressing herself through her work. 

Kailynn Hyde is a second year Highline College student. She has always enjoyed writing, and wanted to learn more about the publishing process. Kailynn just needed an excuse to get involved on campus, especially since she's always been a lone wolf. 

Olena Velichko was born in Ukraine and came to the United States in 2014. Olena is earning her Associates of Arts degree at Highline. In the future, she plans to get into an Architecture program. Her favorite hobbies are making art and buildings models. 

Shiyana Daniels is currently enrolled at Highline College for an AA with an emphasis in Psychology. She fell in love with writing when she was a child. And since then, that love has just blossomed. Spoken word poetry and fiction are two of her favorite things to write. She loves people watching which probably comes from the Psych degree, which also makes for amazing characters in stories and poetry.

Susan Rich, Arcturus Faculty Advisor, earned a BA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MA in international and comparative education from Harvard University. Rich is the author six poetry collections, including Blue Atlas (Red Hen Press); Gallery of Postcards and Maps: New & Selected Poems (Salmon Poetry); Cloud Pharmacy (White Pine Press); The Alchemist’s Kitchen (White Pine Press), which was a finalist for both the Forward Prize and the Washington State Book Award; and The Cartographer’s Tongue / Poems of the World (White Pine Press, 2000) which won the PEN USA Award for Poetry and the Peace Corps Writers Book Award. Rich teaches at Highline College and lives in Seattle.