Our Team
Who is Encore?
Naysa Peake, Senior
Executive Editor, Designer
Naysa Peake is a Creative Writing Student from Silver Spring, Maryland. She's a matcha tea drinking college (sometimes procrastinating) student by day, hopeless romantic by night. She writes poetry and short fiction. She likes buying overpriced bookmarks even though she always ends up using old Forever 21 tags.
Payton Dendy​​, Senior
C0-Executive Editor
Payton Dendy is a senior English Creative Writing student hailing from Knoxville, Tennessee. She loves dancing, remixing the lyrics to songs with her own, and being surrounded by positive vibes. She cherishes quiet time because she gets to write and hear from God at the same time. She enjoys writing free verse poetry, prose, and flash fiction.
Remy Hinton, Senior
Poetry Editor
My name is Remy Hinton and I am a junior English Creative Writing student from Raleigh, NC I write songs, poetry, and fiction novels.
Megan Power-Rivers, Senior
Fiction Editor
Megan Powell-River is a senior English- Creative Writing student with a minor in Multimedia Journalism from Charleston, South Carolina. She is a screenwriter who enjoys writing flash fiction, poetry, blogging and print news reporting. In her free time, Megan likes to practice yoga, do face masks and binge watch Marvel movies while eating Hot Cheetos.
Ty Little , Sophomore
Non-Fiction Editor
Ty Little is a writer and poet who enjoys reading and writing works that explore the displacement of body and identity. They believe in the power of writing as an act of healing, self-discovery, and community building.
Tania Reid, Senior
Copy Editor, Visual and Digital Media Co-Editor
Nia Reid is a senior English student with a minor in Mass Media Production from Charlotte, North Carolina. She specializes in Digital Communication, Video Production, and Copywriting. When she isn’t planning world domination, Nia enjoys learning languages, practicing Beyoncé choreography, and watching cartoons.
Ture Lawrence, Junior
Visual Media Co-Editor
Turé Lawrence is an English, Creative Writing Student from Washington, D.C. He likes to practice photography, screenwriting, songwriting, and poetry. When he's not doing that he enjoys music, long walks on the beach, flying kites, and climbing trees.
Sharia Waldrum, Junior
Public Relations
Sharia Waldrum is an English student from Greensboro, NC. She enjoys writing poetry and short stories in her spare time. When she isn’t writing she is snapping photos of herself and others.
Michael Palmer, Sophomore
Acquiring Editor
Michael Palmer is an an English student with a concentration in creative writing. When I'm not writing, I'm either goofing off with friends or making music.
Matthew Robinson, Senior
Fiction Co-Editor
Matthew Donzelle Robinson is a Psychology and English/ Creative Writing Major from Raleigh, North Carolina. He specializes in science fiction, screenwriting, sonnet poetry, podcasts, and video making. He is the Fiction Co-editor for Aggie Encore.
Benjamin Clement, Senior
Visual Media Co-Editor
Benjamin Clement, Senior English student from Virginia Beach, VA. He enjoys writing fiction and watching anime.
Ayanai Thomas, Freshman
Public Relations
Ayanai Thomas comes from the City of Oaks, Raleigh North Carolina. She is a Creative Writing freshmen who enjoys writing non-fiction fiction pieces pertaining to the darker aspects of human existence.