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Real People. Real Stories

USTORIES

Real People. Real Stories

USTORIES

2024-2025 Staff

Yewon Lee
Social Media Analytics

Yewon Lee

Yewon is a second-year master's student at the University of Utah this year, studying for a Master of City and Metropolitan Planning, and is expected to graduate next spring. She graduated from the University of Utah last spring...

Chaewon Jun
Outreach Coordinator

Chaewon Jun

Chaewon is a senior student at the Utah Asia Campus in Korea, majoring in Strategic Communication with a minor in Theatre. Set to graduate in the spring of 2025, she is interested in live performances and computer games, and she...

Jake Benavidez
Podcast Host

Jake Benavidez

Jake Benavidez is a triple major in Political Science, Economics, and Psychology with a passion for understanding how societies develop and evolve. Deeply interested in philosophy, history, and politics, Jake spends his free time...

Kyler Ingles
Video Host

Kyler Ingles

Kyler is a lover of many things such as cats, transportation infrastructure, and the metric system. As a junior in the mechanical engineering program, Kyler strives to contribute to the field of mechatronics once he graduates,...

Emma Vader
Interviewer

Emma Vader

Emma, born and raised in Salt Lake County, is a senior in the University of Utah’s nursing program. A lifelong fan of Utah athletics, she loves cheering on the Utes and enjoys going to concerts and games whenever possible.

Lauren Nusbaum
Interviewer

Lauren Nusbaum

Lauren Nusbaum is from Los Angeles and moved to Utah for skiing, but stayed for a major in strategic communications. She uses her communications major and arts technology minor to further her digital design and photography passions....

Natalie Wilkins
Interviewer

Natalie Wilkins

Natalie Wilkins started with UStories as a transcriber and has moved into a role working on Have U Heard on Instagram. She is a computer science major and will graduate in the spring of 2025. After that, she will work as a sof...

Marissa Johanson
Content Lead

Marissa Johanson

Marissa is a sophomore at the University of Utah this year and started at UStories in the fall of 2023 as an interviewer. She is now the content lead and video editor for the platform. Marissa plans to major in marketing in the...

Ben Worwood
Publishing Lead

Ben Worwood

Connor Nygard
Director

Connor Nygard

Connor started at UStories in 2019 as the film lead, creating the critically acclaimed On the Spot series on the YouTube channel. Majoring in strategic communications with minors in arts technology and political science, he wi...

Ash Lee
Videographer

Ash Lee

Ash is a senior in the University of Utah and started at UStories as a videographer in the spring of 2024. He is a Film & Media Arts major and expects to graduate in the spring of 2025. He is in charge of filming various contents...