My name is Sara Newton and I am the Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus UCF. I am a junior at the University of Central Florida, majoring in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication with a minor in English Writing. I am involved in the Rho Lambda Honor Society as well as my sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, where I am an active member in my Eta Theta chapter. I would wear heels everyday if I could, and am a lover of shopping, my ‘Sex and the City’ DVD collection, giggling, oversized watches, my family, and Her Campus. I love the city and hope to move to Manhattan when I graduate.
My dream job is to be the Editor in Chief of a big-time magazine in New York City. Finding Her Campus and bringing it to UCF has been incredible. As Editor-in-Chief, my duties are to build and motivate the amazing Her Campus UCF team while I strive meet our reader’s wants and needs. We love to inform our readers of the latest news, UCF events, love, life, and Campus Cuties, always ensuring your happiness!
“Dream until your dreams come true”
Want to learn more about the author of you favorite article? Wondering who plans all the fabulous Her Campus UCF events? Read about each of the brilliant minds behind Her Campus UCF!
Publicity/Events Director
Jara Lipman is a junior studying Interpersonal/Organizational Communication. She is from Boca Raton, Florida and is the Publicity and Events Director at Her Campus UCF. With her foot already in the door, Jara wants to use her experience from working with and co-creating the Steven Jay Limpan Foundation at the Cleveland Clinic to help families and patients all over. Her ultimate goal is to work for Non-Profit Organizations in awareness and fundraising one day. She is a HUGE Georgia football fan but rooted for her Knights in the Liberty Bowl. She loves to travel but is afraid to fly; her goal is to see the world.
Social Media Director & Contributing Writer
Kelsi Rosenberg is a sophomore at the University of Central Florida majoring in Public Relations/Advertising. After graduation, her dream is to move to New York City and work in the fashion industry. This past summer, she interned in NYC for a fashion PR firm and then assisted with Spring 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. This was definitely one of her most memorable experiences. Here at UCF, she is a member of her sorority, Alpha Xi Delta and a Style Guru Writer for CollegeFashionista.com, an online fashion blog where she writes a weekly column on the latest styles and trends on campus. Twitter has become her new obsession, and when she’s not keeping up to date with social media, she loves spending time with her friends and enjoying college life while it lasts. She is also so excited to be a part of Her Campus UCF!
Feature Writer
Allison Miller is a Feature Writer for Her Campus UCF. She is a junior double majoring in Journalism and Political Science. Being from Orlando, Allison couldn’t think of going to another school besides UCF. Her favorite things are dark wash jeans, the beach, dogs, super high heels and oversized purses. Her passion is to work with people and to be able to write about it. After college she plans on working in the communications field and maybe studying for LSAT… maybe.
Feature Writer
Jacquelynne Faith is in her fourth year at UCF and is a Pre-Clinical Health Sciences major, even though she not-so-secretly wants to write, act, and travel. She has been to 7 different countries. She can be found on campus wearing the letters Alpha Epsilon Phi, reading on her NookColor, or heading to a dance class. She enjoys music, theatre, and film, and wants to use her passion for them in her articles. Jacquelynne loves animals and science almost as much as she loves Harry Potter. Her heroes include Ani Difranco, Tina Fey, J.K. Rowling, Ellen Degeneres, Natalie Portman, Idina Menzel, Shakira, and basically any unique chick who has made something of herself. Aside from writing, she can tumble, count in ten languages for no good reason, and pretend she can sing (in the shower where the acoustics are good). She is happily dating an honorary Campus Cutie, even though he will never be featured because she wants to keep him to herself.
Feature Writer & Editor
Andrea Feldman is one of the Copy Editors and Feature Writers for Her Campus UCF. She just began her journey at UCF this past fall as a junior majoring in Interpersonal/Organizational Communication. As a new student to the school, Andrea jumped at the opportunity to become involved in the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta, where she participates in an array of campus activities involving all of greek life and UCF! Her favorite hobbies include working out, playing basketball, hanging out with her sisters, and eating! Andrea is a very sociable girl and hopes to work in the human resources field in the future. Her dream career is to be a human resources manager for the NBA or NFL, but most of all she just wants to be happy, wherever the career path may lead.
Feature Writer
Leisy Vidal is a freshman at the University of Central Florida, double majoring in Journalism and Digital Media. Leisy relentlessly seeks out obscure fashion blogs and quirky DIY home décor sites on a regular basis. However, there’s only one indulgence she can’t get enough of: the expression on every boy’s face when she beats them at video games. Her favorite things include Jeopardy, satire, and road trips. After graduation she hopes to work in the fashion or graphic design industry.
Contributing Writer
Megan (Meg) Barrett is a senior studying English Technical Communication at UCF and is an active member in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She is a senior and plans to graduate in the Fall of 2011. Besides writing, acting is another passion of hers and she hopes to star in her own screenplay. Her two obsessions are anything Disney, specifically the princesses Belle and Ariel, and Old Hollywood. She checks out books from the library for fun, as well as movies starring Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, and Elvis Presley. Her guilty pleasures include cheese and crackers, pretty much all sweets, and People magazine’s crossword puzzles. Her personality is very random with a hint of sarcasm and she finds it difficult to be silent and still for more than a half hour.
Feature Writer
Vince Sclafani is a 19 year old sophomore from Palm City, FL double majoring in Neuropsychology and Advertising & Public Relations. A fun fact about him is that his first language was Italian and he also speaks Spanish. He’s an active member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and enjoys traveling and music.
Real UCF Guy & Feature Writer
Jonathan Minns is a sophomore, majoring in Creative Writing. He is from Loxahatchee in Palm Beach County. He hopes to get his Masters Degree in Screenwriting from UCLA once he graduates from UCF. He is Her Campus UCF’s very own Real UCF Guy. He enjoys playing baseball, mixed martial arts, walking dogs, RIOT Wednesdays and most of all being a part of his fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Feature Writer
Jessica Inman is a sophomore at UCF and she absolutely loves it there. She has met the greatest people there so far. She’s so excited to be writing for Her Campus UCF! Writing is a major passion of hers, and she’s majoring in Journalism here. If her dreams came true, she’d end up writing for a magazine in her future. She feels that, as girls at UCF, we need to stick together, and she thinks her campus is a great place for that to happen!
Feature Writer & Publicity/Events
Ally Smith is a freshman at University of Central Florida and is majoring in Event Management with a minor in Magazine Journalism. She is originally from Boca Raton. Other than writing, Ally enjoys reading, watching movies, going to the beach, and hanging out with friends. She hopes to one day work for a well-known fashion magazine.
Feature Writer
Daniel Sweeney is a sophomore, majoring in Marketing. He hails from the great place of Cooper City in Broward County. The summer before he left for college, he started his first website www.SignsYourExWantsYouBack.
Publicity/Events & Contributing Writer
Steph Briganty just began her UCF journey in the spring 2011 term and is a sophomore majoring in the field of Psychology. As a new student to UCF, she wanted to get involved to meet new people and make connections, so she jumped into various activities. Steph is on the UCF Women’s Water Polo Club, involved with her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and is a member of the Her Campus UCF team. Her favorite hobbies include playing intramural sports, catching some rays by the pool, working out, keeping organized, and hanging out with her family and friends. Some fun facts about Steph are that she was born and raised in South Florida, speaks Spanish, and loves to meet new people. She’s very excited about being a Knight and is looking forward to what’s in store for her future!
Publicity/Events
Kacey Langston is a junior at UCF majoring in AD/PR. After college she hopes to move to New York City or LA and work in the fashion or event industry for a couple of years. She is not sure as to who or what company she would like to work for but is open to anything as long as she is happy, meeting great people along the way and living the city life. Kacey enjoys working out, being outside, going on the boat, shopping (of course!), experiencing new places and things and being with her close friends and family. Her biggest obsession would be sunglasses, coffee and her Morkie named Yogi. She is excited to be a part of Her Campus UCF and can’t wait to see what the future brings!
Publicity/Events
Chelsey Kesten is a junior majoring in Ad/PR with a minor in Sociology. She is a very active member of her sorority Zeta Tau Alpha and is also in the National Collegiate Honors Society. She loves coming up with new events and publicity ideas for Her Campus UCF. She hopes to move to New York City after college and work in the fashion industry.
Publicity/Events
Natalie Hernandez is a junior who is studying Marketing. She is in Zeta Tau Alpha and is currently the T-shirt/Merchandise Chair for her sorority. She is a part of the Publicity/Events Team for Her Campus UCF. She hopes to work in fashion when she graduates from UCF. She isn’t quite sure exactly what kind of company she would like to work for, either a fashion magazine like Vogue or Marketing/PR work for a fashion house like Marc Jacobs. She hopes to be able to live in Manhattan for a few years after she graduates.
Publicity/Events
Kelli Wilder is a junior studying Elementary Education from Coral Springs, Florida. She helps out with events and publicity. Kelli wants to be a first grade teacher and loves everything about working with kids. She loves going to UCF and can’t believe it’s almost time to graduate. You can catch Kelli a few times a week in the UCF Rec & Wellness Center coming out of spinning, her favorite exercise and stress reliever.
Social Media & Contributing Writer
Alexa Godel is a junior at the University of Central Florida studying advertising and public relations. She is from South Florida but New York City has stolen her heart. This past summer, she interned at a public relations firm in the city and fell in love. After graduation she plans on moving to New York City or Los Angeles to pursue her dream of working in the entertainment industry. She is an active member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority and can’t imagine the crazy college life without her sisters. The top ten things Alexa can’t live without are: her friends and family, her dog Sasha, a daily dose of E News, Twitter, reading Perez Hilton, the UCF gym, Pandora Radio, Anderson Cooper on CNN, retail therapy, and a daily spritz of Betsey. She is excited to be a part of the Her Campus team at UCF. GO KNIGHTS!
Her Gay Best Friend
Justin Gilbert grew up in Panama City, Florida and is currently a freshman at the University of Central Florida. He is majoring in Advertising and Public Relations. He was a competitive gymnast for 10 years and a competitive bowler for 12 and counting. After graduating, Justin hopes to work in the graphic side of the advertising world and move to a larger city. When signing on to be a feature writer for Her Campus, he was thrilled to have the chance to entertain people and make others’ smile. Look forward to keeping up with his column, where he will be sharing his advice, experiences, and friendship with all of the girls out there in need of bringing out their inner fab.
Feature Writer
Carly Brower is a freshman at the University of Central Florida majoring in Advertising/Public Relations with a minor in art history. She loves to read, write, and travel, including going to Japan, England, France, and Italy. She can be seen around campus listening to her iPod, most likely some form of Adele or Taylor Swift and sitting at the reflection pond reading. She hopes Her Campus UCF readers can benefit from her writing and hopefully get some great advice. After graduation she wants to move to a big city and work for a magazine. No matter where she ends up she hopes to make an impact and see the world.
Feature Writer
Selina Mullenax is a junior at the University of Central Florida double majoring in Event and Hospitality Management at the Rosen College. Her dream is to one day have her own company doing events in the fields of corporate, non-profit, and social life-cycle (Sweet Sixteens, Weddings, etc.). She has recently developed a love for all things involving beauty after becoming a beauty guru on YouTube, and is currently working for Nickelodeon Suites Resort and Weddings in the City, which she absolutely loves. Here, at UCF, she is involved in the Housing and Residence Life, as well as associations like Meeting Planners International. Selina is extremely excited to be a member of the Her Campus UCF team!