Meet Our Staff Members
What is it like working as a staff member for Ke'lab? Watch the staff video below to find out.
"Creativity is the heart and soul of humanity and it is a light in the dark for so many during times of hardship and grief.
This year has been challenging. In keeping with this creative spirit, we present to you our community’s light keepers."
—Emma Underwood, Student Editorial Director 2021
This year has been challenging. In keeping with this creative spirit, we present to you our community’s light keepers."
—Emma Underwood, Student Editorial Director 2021
2024 Staff
Natalie F. Kent, Jon Majka, Orion Willett, Max Xyreus, Sebastian Bucknor, Emelina Hendrickson
2023 Staff
Amalia Watts, Ahja Haedicke, Sam McAvoy, Keana Phanhthalath, Laurie Fulton-Lohstroh, Nina Bedell, Lilith Parmiter
2022 Staff
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Avery Ballard
Student Creative Director, Database & Submission Manager, Editorial Designer, Web Designer, Social Media & Marketing Content Designer See more of Avery's Work at, varluna.com Avery Ballard is a Graphic Design Major at TC3 who enjoys creating logos and fantasy art. Avery often spends his free time playing board games with friends like Dungeons & Dragons and Magic, or reading fantasy series. Outside of his classes, Avery was a peer tutor for Graphic Design, helping students navigate Adobe programs and iterate their designs. Additional 2022 StaffWolf Schreiber
Professional Staff Members: College staff Michelle LaMorte and Crystal Lyon & alumni Angharad Gilly |
2021 Staff
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Emma Underwood
Student Editorial Director, Project Manager Writing, Submissions Database Manager, Event Manager, Copy Editor, Narrator & Audio Producer Hear more of Emma's Work at, majordepressiveparty.bandcamp.com Emma is an experimental musician, artist, and writer and a longtime member of the Ithaca musician community. She is currently studying Human Services at TC3 with a special focus on social justice and community organizing. Her music project Major Depressive Party focuses heavily on mental health, social justice, and queer identity. |
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Amelia Kaufman
Student Creative Director, Print & Interactive Publication Designer, Social Media & Marketing Content Designer See more of Amelia's work at, www.runbikecreate.com Amelia is a runner, cyclist, and outdoor enthusiast with a creative side. You’ll see her at trail races with muddy shoes and blistered feet, but when she gets home, she lets the legs rest and puts the pencil to work. Her adventures often inspire her art; she enjoys capturing the moments of joy, frustration, and hilarity of the sports she loves. Amelia works in a range of mediums, including pencil, colored pencil, acrylic paint, ink, collage, and digital. |
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Michelle LaMorte
Project Manager Art, Submissions Database Manager, Print & Interactive Publication Designer, Social Media & Marketing Content Designer, Web Designer See more of Michelle's work at, www.michellemlamorte.com Michelle is a Graphic Design major at Tompkins Cortland Community College. On warm sunny days, she can often be found outside enjoying one of the local walking trails, tending to her vegetable garden, or fishing with the family. Michelle enjoys creating with a variety of mediums including photography, clay, graphite, paint, and leather, and has recently taken interest in digital illustrating. 2022 Update: Michelle became the college's para-professional ART/Design tutor at the college in 2022 and volunteered as a support staff member for that year's issue. We welcome her assistance on many more! |
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Leonora Randall-Petronzio
Publicist, Event Manager, Print & Interactive Publication Designer, Social Media & Marketing Content Designer , Narrator See more of Leo's work at, www.pptcreations.com Leonora or Leo works with traditional and digital illustration and attends TC3 for Graphic Design. She dreams of publishing her children's books focused on mental health and finding a path where she can illustrate. Leo is an Epileptic and pulls creativity from her experiences as a sick child. She has worked on a series based on the sensations and experiences with Epilepsy named Series E and is working on another. Some would say she is a free spirit and is always on the search for mental growth and inspiration! |
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Amanda McNally
Submissions Database Manager, File Manager, Print & Interactive Publication Designer See more of Amanda's work at, www.citrusdragon.com Amanda McNally is a Graphic Design major at TC3 and lover of all things mythical. She can usually be seen drawing fantastical creatures like griffons, phoenixes, and dragons. When not creating she can often be seen spending time with her cats or watching tv. |
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Carrie Simon
File Manager, Distribution Manager, Print & Interactive Publication Designer See more of Carrie's work at, spottedmaple.com Carrie Simon is a Graphic Design major at Tompkins Cortland Community College. She is a born-again creative after spending almost two decades in academia and the workforce. She has a passion for photography, illustration and of course… good design. When not being creative she can be found hanging with her kids, walking the dogs or searching for treasures at the local second-hand shops. She is graduating this year and is looking forward to new opportunities. |
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Crow Goyette
Social Media & Marketing Content Writer, Social Media & Marketing Content Designer, Copy Editor See more of Crow's work at, www.crowhawkcreative.com Crow is a graphic design major at TC3, specializing in paint, collage, and all thinks dark and spooky. They aspire to use art and other creative methods to help others. Their love of writing made them jump to the Editing Team, and Marketing team. Crow is an indigenous artist, with a passion for preserving Indigenous culture, human rights, and the environment. Much like the bird sharing their name, Crow is also dark, loud and often picking shiny things up off the ground |
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Robert Buchanan
File Manager Copy Editor Robert is the first New Media program major to join the publication's staff! |
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Angharad Gilly
Intern Grant Writing & Editor 2019 Issue 2 Editorial Director See more of Angharad's work at, www.facebook.com/AngharadGilly Angharad is a TC3 graduate, currently going to SUNY Potsdam for her BFA in Creative Writing and her BS in Business Administrations. Angharad is interning with Ke'lab as a grant writer and working with Associate Professor Christine Shanks as Ke'lab's website and curriculum editor. Angharad enjoys writing, reading or watching TV, and hanging out with her cat. She focuses on fiction and poetry but has dabbled in playwriting and creative nonfiction. Angharad hopes to work in the publishing world when she’s out of college. |
2020 Staff
Anna Gallegos, Tricia Seel, Carlotta Case, Kevin Hauck, Adam MacNeill, Mary Ann Williams, James Willis, Tianna English, Elizabeth Ripley
2019 Staff
Angharad Gilly, Mary Ann Williams, Rose Hettich, Vicktor Rice, Dylan Riley, Jonathan DeForrest, Frank Brittain
