Maddy Gordon

Maddy Gordon is a writer at the Her Campus Carleton chapter. Her favourite topics to write about include popular culture, mental health, social justice and politics; a list she anticipates will grow as her experience does.

Outside of Her Campus, Maddy is a first-year journalism student at Carleton University. Although her passion for writing was born in her younger years — albeit mostly in the form of melodramatic poetry and senseless short stories — Maddy's genuine writing experience began in her third year of high school at The Lake Report, a community newspaper local to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Her first editorial, written at 16, tells the story of a group of high school students rallying for change in the handling of sexual assault cases in the public school system. Since then, Maddy's dedication toward fighting for social justice has only continued to grow, along with her love of writing in a journalistic voice.

Beyond her academic life, Maddy enjoys playing the guitar, listening to music and spending time with her family and friends. She is an avid concert-goer and is always sporting her pink headphones on her way to class, most often listening to Taylor Swift. Maddy strives to spread positivity through her writing, while establishing her voice as a writer and journalist.