Staff Details

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Charlie is a student from Hong Kong aspiring to pursue studies in literature, journalism, and marketing. Passionate about creative expression, she loves exploring the complexities of the human experience through her work, particularly in her writing. She’s ecstatic to work with everyone at Chartium!

Literary Editorial Director

Jessica is a student based in Indiana with a love for all things creative, from crocheting to writing to tech theatre. If she's not busy with too many passion projects, you can find her playing with her two cats or rewatching the Now You See Me series. She is the editorial director for literary submissions at Chartium.

Literary Editorial Director

Jeannie is a student from Hong Kong and is passionate about literature and history. In her free time, she works on her literary magazine, Waves of Words, and dives into Wikipedia rabbit holes.

Film Editorial Director

Iulia is a passionate film student with a love for visual arts and creative expression. From a young age, she's experimented with various art media, ranging from sculpting to writing. With the patience of a painter and the keen eye of a film director, she loves working on all sorts of projects that stimulate her creativity and push her to learn and discover more.

Film Editorial Director

Li Parker is a sixteen-year-old writer and theatre artist. With a passion for the arts and humanities, she spends most of her leisure creating. When not honing her craft, she can be found reading, or watching video essays.

Music Editorial Director

Sanjana PB is an 18-year-old student from India. While her primary area of interest is medicine and research, she is also passionate about technology, music, literature, and social activism. She is a huge music-lover and loves listening to all kinds of music. She is a trained singer and she also plays the keyboard. She also aspires to create music of her own in the future.

Visual Arts Editorial Director

Neli is a high school student from Hong Kong with a deep passion for art history. She believes that artworks offer a unique lens through which people today can glimpse the past. Balancing academics and daily life, she dedicates her time to reading (often impulsively purchased books) and exploring both medieval and modern art.

Visual Arts Editorial Director

Sam is a designer, artist, and writer from New York City with a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and Studio Arts. She finds passion in finding the balance between visual art and tangible experience. She spends her (little) free time taking on new passion projects and buying books.

Visual Arts Editorial Director

Daniela Bendo is a creative and recent graduate of the University of Florida. She is passionate about storytelling, visual media, art, and everything in between. Her interests include travel, books, art, and making the perfect banana bread.

Visual Arts Editorial Director

Currently an undergraduate student in Art History, Visual Culture and Classical Studies at Exeter University, UK, Hannah is a lover of creative output, be it modernist or antique forms. She also loves to write through creative expression, be it poetry or prose - and is currently in the process of world-building for a book. She loves going outside and has a passion for all things green, and is a strong advocate for the awareness and love of the arts.

Visual Arts Editorial Director

Malinn is currently working towards a double creative writing and journalism undergraduate degree in the UK. With a focus in contemporary fiction and literary prose, Malinn enjoys screenwriting and flash fiction.

Editor

Firza Hapsari is a writer and English Literature student. She once dreamed of becoming an astrophysicist but turned to writing after realizing math wasn’t her strength. Now, she writes obsessively about God and why He hides behind the stars. Her work has been shortlisted for the Ink of Ages Prize for Fiction 2024, and many more have been published in various magazines. She shares her life with a semi-outdoor cat named Archie.

Editor

Nicky Felicia is a wordsmith with a love for storytelling, social media, and all things creative. Armed with a degree in English Department, she enjoys making words come to life. Whether she’s writing, curating content, or exploring the latest trends, she’s always on the lookout for new ways to bring creativity to the digital world!

Designer

Asmita Saha is a graphic who loves telling stories through her art. She enjoys working with colors and composition to bring ideas to life. Her work is inspired by emotions and nostalgia invoked by music and movies . Through design, she hopes to connect with people and make them feel something real.

Editor

As a high school student in Hong Kong with a passion for creative pursuits, Amanda is always on the lookout for new ways to express herself. With an undying love for literature, music, art, philosophy, and film, she is not one to shy away from challenges or the unknown. She’s a musician, a bibliophile, a dreamer - all rolled into one eccentric bundle of wit and sleep deprivation.

Editor

Sebastian Karall is an emerging poet and writer from Woodstock, Ontario. He recently graduated from Huron at Western University with a BA in English Literature and creative, where he served as the editor of Huron’s long-standing poetry publication, Grubstreet, for two years. His work has appeared in Yolk, Iconoclast, Symposium, Synaeresis: Arts + Poetry, and previous editions of Grubstreet.

Editor

With a love for stories, cinema and quiet reflections, Adithi finds beauty in spaces between words. At Chartium, she hopes to help shape work that lingers long after it's read. An avid literature enthusiast and poet herself, she strives to bring writers together and help their words find a home in the world. Every story has a place, when it's shared from the heart.

Editor

Blythe Smith is a Canadian author, poet, and editor. Smith has a bachelor's degree in creative writing and publishing from Sheridan College. She has been published in literary journals such as B222 Journal, and anthologies such as Inscape: An Anthology. She currently lives in Keswick, Ontario, with her cat Guillotine.

Editor

Author, poet, and painter, Shrike is particularly interested in interstitial spaces, and has a lot of feelings about the intersection of wonder and terror. Find them in parks all over the world fixated on how light moves over water, or asleep in the grass, or really doing anything but working on his book.

Editor

Jillian is currently working towards double history and English undergrad degree. She loves to read everything under the sun, but especially fantasy. She can’t wait to read all of your work for Chartium!

Editor

Part time human, full time Laufey's biggest promoter.

Editor

Aaliya is 20, a freelance writer, book reviewer and bibliophile. She spends most of her time collecting hobbies, books and fandoms.

Editor

Isabelle is a young writer based in Boston, Massachusetts. She currently attends Emerson College and is hoping to be a full time author/editor one day.

Editor

Aratrika M is a hard-working student from India whose dedication to reading and editing is only rivalled by her enthusiasm for music. She finds consolation in melodies from the 1980s that accompany coffee-fueled all-nighters. She also enjoys playing wordle and analyzing Shakespearean plays. Whether buried in books or with her headphones on, Aratrika tries to harmoniously balance her life as a student with her many hobbies.

Editor

Amber Mars is a writer, editor, and recent graduate of Texas Tech University. She earned her degree in English Literature that her passion for books led her to pursue. She believes that writing and creating art is an essential part to living. When she is not working, she spends her time reading, crocheting, and playing video games.

Editor

Rabiya is an entrepreneur and graduate student in English Literature from Pakistan, always drawn to the "what ifs" of dystopian worlds and the way stories shape us. She loves deep conversations about literature, psychology, and digital spaces—where identities blur and narratives take on new life. As the former Editor-in-Chief of "The Last Word" at Kinnaird College for Women University, she found her voice in storytelling, a passion she now pours into her clothing startup, turning fashion into a canvas for ideas and self-expression.

Editor

Arunima has always been drawn to the world of art, regardless of its form. Literature, music, performance, or cinema—all of these intrigue her and compel her to immerse herself, and lose herself in the beauty they offer. Writing has been her refuge ever since she was 14, a time when no one seemed interested in the conflicts and hardships of a child. As she is about to graduate from high school, she is ready to face the peculiarities of the real world, and contribute to the society through various artistic endavours.

Editor

Ayana is a (mostly) grammatically correct aspiring indie darling from India. She was a runner up for the 2024 Young Romantics Prize. Her work has appeared in Bitter Melon Review, Delhi Poetry Slam, B'K Magazine, and The Rosa, and can be found on Instagram @overayanalysis. When she's not consumed by an almost perfect line, though, you can find her fangirling over her favourite artists, reapplying lip gloss, and appreciating em dashes. 

Editor

Diya is an A Level student in England with a strong interest in Literature, Law, and the wider Arts and Humanities. She dabbles in storytelling in all its forms; whether through creative writing, essays, or film.

Outreach Manager

Kate is a highschooler in Ontario passionate about music, fashion, and everything pop culture. She loves listening to (and writing about) the latest new music, and enjoys watching and reviewing movies on Letterboxd. In her spare time, Kate enjoys catching up with friends over an iced matcha latte, watching her favourite shows, or reading Vogue.

Outreach Manager

Melissa is currently a first year university student in Australia. In her free time, she's either taking scenic walks while soaking in the sun, making a matcha latte, or listening to music. She loves listening to stories, especially ones about people, hence her position!

Outreach Manager

Aanya is an aspiring journalist from London with a fervent affinity for both sharing and hearing stories, whether it’s through a narrative, a poem, or even a conversation. She is an incorrigible addict of manga, The Sims 4, and waffle fries, and when she’s not writing, you can probably find her making yet another unnecessary Spotify playlist or practicing her instruments in her room (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑)

Marketing Officer

Zein is looking to pursue a career in film, media, and theatre, always searching for new ways to express ideas, inspire others, and connect with audiences. She’s a versatile creator with a passion for videography, theatre, and music, blending creativity with curiosity in everything she does.

Marketing Officer

Rosanne is a high school student in Canada. She enjoys exploring creative hobbies such as writing, painting, and filmmaking.

Marketing Officer

Kate is a Marketing Officer for Chartium located in Los Angeles, California. She is a performing artist, a singer, a songwriter, and an avid music fan. With a keen interest in the arts – ranging from music to literature, scrapbooking, fashion, and film – she believes Chartium builds a community of like-minded people who are united by life’s greatest gift: creativity! Kate supports the arts and values highlighting the voices of those who don’t feel heard.

Marketing Officer

Elizabeth Jia is a current high school student at Jordan High School. She is a Marketing Officer here at Chartium, and is interested in the marketing as well as public relations industry. She believes social media is an extremely powerful source of both communication and raising awareness for the talents of youth today. When she isn’t creating content on Canva, she spends her time playing tennis, blasting music, and singing.

Designer

Toby is a high school sophomore from Hong Kong. She is passionate about designing and art, and sees visual art as a way to express herself. She wants to pursue communications and design in university.

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Yuri, a 15 year old who loves graphic designing for fun. Beyond academics, she often finds herself hopping on a new hobby. If not designing, Yuri can be found enjoying dramas or exploring different genres to add into her playlist with Wave to Earth and Clairo being her favorite. Otherwise, she will be found sleeping with rain sounds on, on her Spotify.

Designer

Milimo Shilukobo is Zambian A-level student in Dubai, UAE. She has loves all things creative: whether it's a thought-provoking painting or a five hour video essay. She's hyper fixated on how different shapes, colors and elements can communicate meaning. When she’s not designing, she’s reading books, writing whatever’s on her mind, or arguing about society and culture.

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Writer, artist, designer---a probable jack of all trades on her way to be master of all too. Shubhalaxmi, or Shumi, is currently a second year undergraduate student majoring in Sociology and in her free time tries to stitch together her debut novel and make music lyric posters. Find more on @shumilikesnothing <3

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