2023-2024 ¿Qué Pasa, Ohio State? Team
Qué Pasa, OSU Editor 23′-24′
Irma J. Zamora Fuerte (she/her/hers)
Editor, PhD. Candidate, English
Irma hails from Southern California. She is a first-generation Latina PhD Candidate in the Department of English at the Ohio State University. Her main research and academic interests include: Latinx studies; the representation of immigrant stories in the national sociopolitical narrative; and representations of Latinidad in different media. Outside of academia, she enjoys catching up on all the rave shows and films, hiking at national parks, and chilling with her young doggo, Frida.
Qué Pasa, OSU Features Editor 23′-24′
Adrielys Calderon Ortiz (she/her/hers)
Features Editor, M.A. Graduate Student, Comparative Studies
Adrielys is a Puerto Rican island-born graduate student in the Department of Comparative Studies. Her love for literature earned her a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus. She is currently completing her M.A. degree, which focuses on Latinx Children and Young Adult Literature of speculative fiction and Monster Studies. She finds fascinating the critical analysis of “monsters” and the concept of the “Other,” which is visible in her current research on re-imaginations of Hispanic and Latinx myths and legends in middle-grade fantasy literature. By analyzing this literature, she believes we can observe how engaging with a Latinx legendary monster universe creates opportunities to empower the cross-cultural identities of young Latinx readers. Furthermore, she is currently the Features Editor of ¿Qué Pasa, Ohio State? and enjoys working with the wonderful group of people who put their hearts and souls into the creation, writing, and publication of this student-led magazine by students and for students.
Her passion for reading, monsters, and cultures has led her to pursue research to understand what stories and characters in literature say to us. Thus, she believes that their exploration will help us understand the influences and impacts they have on readerships concerning social/racial justice and inclusion.
“If monsters and people of color inhabit the same place in our stories, what would it be like to read monster theory from the monster’s perspective?” (20) – Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games.
Qué Pasa, OSU Staff Writer 23′-24′
Astrid Coste (she/her/hers)
Staff Writer, 3rd year Undergraduate Student, Journalism
Astrid Coste, originally from the Dominican Republic, was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a third-year undergraduate majoring in Journalism with a minor in Media Production and Analysis. Her goal with her degree is to be able to converse with people from all walks of life and be able to respectfully translate their stories to be read all around the world. When she is not studying, you can find her curled up with a fictional book, watching her favorite TV shows (currently the Great British Bake-Off), or listening to her very mixed-genre-filled playlist.