Zoe is a senior at HSMSE and serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Echo. Beyond the C5 newsroom, you can find Zoe getting her fifth (sixth?) coffee of the day at Cafe One, rewatching Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes (and perfecting he...

Orlena still remembers the immense sigh of relief when people actually showed up for MSE's first student newspaper meet. The Echo has grown faster than Orlena could have imagined and although she'll miss its humble beginnings,...

Astrid joined The Echo last year as a founding member, because they like editing articles and writing about their interests. Astrid has written several articles about movies, but admits that they don't watch movies that often...

Ella Devi has been on the Echo team since its founding in 2022. She writes frequently about everything culture-related as she believes that studying our culture is vital to cultivating a healthy society. Her favorite activity...

Jayden joined The Echo right before its first issue was released in 2023. Since then he’s written, edited, and contributed art for articles, as well as managing The Echo’s website theechohsmse.com. Jayden is concerned mostly...

Md has been at The Echo since its humble beginning in 2022. He kicked off the very first issue by interviewing Mr. Swenson and has done several interviews and spotlights since. Although he's very serious about giving a voice to...

Eli joined the Echo at the start of the 2nd issue. She loves grammatical editing and occasionally contributes digital drawings to the newspaper. Her favourite writing hot take is that British spelling is often, but not always,...

Willow has been a member of the Echo since its third edition in early 2023. She is a sophomore who enjoys baking and Taylor Swift and both of these hobbies are displayed in her writing. Her favorite food is sushi and her favorite...

Feng Yi has been at The Echo since founding of the club. He greatly appreciates the faculty at HSMSE and believes that the faculty should give their history on who they are. He has already written about school issues, interviews...

Kent has been in The Echo since its start in 2022. He is the section head for perspectives writing, and tries to write things about the school from the students' point of view. He hopes that his writing brings more connectivity...

Asher has been at The Echo since spring 2023. He is The Echo's first and current sports columnist covering athletics every issue. In addition to being a sports fan, he is passionate about music and gaming.

Ronald has been at The Echo since its start in 2022. Ronald often writes ridiculous articles, from ants to hamsters to Roombas. He likes writing these articles to mask messages to the school community in a more humorous voice....

Emily is a founding member of The Echo, excluding the first ever newspaper club meeting which she did not attend. She enjoys ranting for hours about topics you may have heard of but definitely have no interest in and she revels...

Maddy is a senior who joined The Echo in the Fall of 2023 as a writer and layout designer. Being a part of the newspaper pushes them to do their best, and they love seeing how much their drafts can improve after going through...

Julian has been an active member of the Echo since the start of the 2023-2024 season. He joined The Echo as he feels that the school newspaper is an amazing way to channel one of his core values, creativity. An avid film nerd...

Diego Benitez is a sophomore from Washington Heights. They started out writing for The Echo in the after school club, and later switched to writing full time in the elective. Diego usually writes articles on school related issues...

Adonis has been at The Echo ever since September of 2023. He is a student at HSMSE and tends to stay optimistic. Adonis often writes about current events in the media. Adonis is also Popeye's supplier of spinach.

Luke has been working at The Echo since the start of the 2023-2024 school year. Luke often writes about student opinions as the Echo is a paper for the people. His favorite activities include skiing and playing the guitar.

Clodagh has been at The Echo since the beginning of the 2023 school year. She enjoys writing for The Echo because it gives her an opportunity to meet new people and be creative! Her favorite kind of articles to write include student...

Matthew started writing for The Echo as an outlet for his immense passion on transit. He noticed an extreme lack of coverage on the subway system and was motivated to join The Echo. He has researched a lot on the subway and is...

Evelyn has enjoyed working on The Echo since the start of the 2023 school year. Evelyn is a designer who enjoys all things fashion. She also recently has developed an interest for writing which she pursues here at The Echo. Evelyn...

Jason has been at The Echo ever since it became an elective in 2023. He likes hanging out with his pals and running around the city. He tries to write about funny topics, but sometimes they flop. No worries though because he just...

Lear has been a satirical writer for the Echo since early 2023. On the day of the first issue's release, he got inspired by the creativity and the sheer energy of the newspaper, so he decided to join, wanting to contribute to...

Noah Kim is a junior at HSMSE. His hobbies include cooking, board games, and chilling with friends. Recently, he has picked up randomly binging k-dramas and learning to code. He gets dizzy when he looks up at the endless sky....

Annalie spends her time playing sports and watching “One Tree Hill.” If she isn't hiding in her room or at practice, you can find her out with friends. She could probably also be found at her favorite dumpling restaurant with...

This is Alexander’s first year of writing at The Echo. He likes writing about HSMSE sport teams. He also likes to write about more obscure sports because he finds it interesting to learn about the sport and be able to share...

Adeola is a senior at HSMSE and has been at The Echo since Issue 2. She enjoys collaborating with others and talking about the issues once they are out. Adeola has written about animals and recently started the Ask it Forward...

Gareth has been a member of the Echo staff since September 2023. It is probably a fairly well-known fact about him, but Gareth is a big train nerd. As for something that may not be such common knowledge, he is probably complaining...

Audrey joined The Echo as a sophomore because she finds raising awareness about different topics of the school very important. She also loves being able to interact with so many different people, which is why she loves incorporating...

Maya joined The Echo this year, for the beginning of her sophomore year. She loves writing in the arts and culture section of the newspaper, sharing her love for books and music with people, and cannot wait to continue being a...

Ocean is a sophomore who has written and edited for the Echo since Fall 2023. In addition to covering the topics of school and culture, he likes to write poetry. In his free time, he enjoys listening to Boygenius, spending time...

Charlize has been in The Echo newspaper elective since its beginning in 2023. Charlize is in the arts and culture section in the newspaper. Recently, she has written articles about movies or about opportunities to express student's...

Siona is a junior who does writing, editing, and layout for the Echo. She loves appreciating little moments, running track, and crafting. She hopes to travel around the country in a van someday. Her favorite book is Strange the...

Joven is a junior in HSMSE and this is her first year in Echo. She joined Echo because she wants to be part of the crew making the school newspaper happen and let everyone enjoy her art. She's a really good artist, make sure to...

Etta, formally known as Elizabeth, has been with the Echo since 2023. She is a social person, and loves that she gets to help people share their stories through the paper. She is a runner, and is part of the school's cross country...

Lorys joined The Echo this year as a senior who likes cats. She enjoys editing and reading new articles. It’s important to her to contribute her skills to help writers’ ideas be communicated more effectively in their articles.

Oliver is a sophomore who has been an editor at the Echo since the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. He has also assisted in writing a couple of articles that will soon be published! Outside of school, he's interested in marine...

Farah's currently a senior at HSMSE and has been on The Echo staff since it's creation. Outside of creating art for The Echo, Farah enjoys playing basketball (and using her height to her advantage), working in her Mount Sinai...

Euler is a senior who had only recently been a member of The Echo staff. Although he hasn't really participated in many student events, he's more than willing to help where he can as he helps take the load off of the talented...

Arianna Bassini is a founding member of The Echo and an Editor and Chief of the club. She has also been leading the lobbying effort to get newspaper-wide fedoras for the last two and a half years. In her spare time, she is either...

Phoebe is a founding member of The Echo. She dabbled in editing and writing articles, but ultimately found her calling in designing and formatting the layout of the physical newspaper. As the Head Designer, her dedication to her...