Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor

Sola Mahfouz was born in Afghanistan, and immigrated to the U.S. in 2016, to attend college. She is currently a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University Quantum Information Group. In her free time, she is focusing on reading and studying different styles of fiction, as well as writing about the rugged homeland she has left behind. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Malaina Kapoor is a writer who previously served as a Fellow at PEN America, where she advocated for international human rights, press freedoms, and election integrity. Kapoor was the producer of In Deep, a nationally syndicated public affairs radio broadcast program. She has received national awards for her poetry, personal essays, and short stories. She is currently an undergraduate at Stanford University and lives in Redwood City, California