Kayleigh Dumont, born and raised in the Midlothian area, graduated from VCU in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, including two minors in creative writing and psychology. In 2016 she served as a copyediting intern at Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts, and as an editorial intern at Virginia Living Magazine during the summer after graduation, where she oversaw the 2017 Made in Virginia Awards. Kayleigh also worked at both VCU Writing Center campus locations as a writing consultant. In 2019 she returned to VCU, where she volunteered at Blackbird and interned at British Virginia; she earned her Master of Arts in English in May 2023.
Currently, she is continuing her professional development through online courses for digital marketing and copyediting while also working as the Administrative & Communications Assistant at Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, where she is a member. She enjoys binge-watching baking shows and being at her three cats' beck-and-call.
You can contact Kayleigh at kehillahcommunications@gmail.com.
Born in New York City, Sophia moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains with her family where she spent her childhood exploring and appreciating the beauty of the natural world. Carrying that passion for beauty and exploration into her adult life, she majored in cinema and international studies while earning her bachelor’s degree at VCU. She comes from a family of artists and craftsmen and always carries that with her. Whether it’s working on arts and crafts with her children or working on her own film and photography projects, she loves to create and capture images of the beauty all around us. When she's not snapping pics, she's catching rays out hiking and gardening, or making old-school popcorn for home movie nights with the family.