LETTERS FROM THE EDITORS

Welcome to the Spring 2021 Edition of Her Campus American’s Collegiette! We are so excited to welcome you into our collection of remarkable hard-hitting articles, outstanding graphic design, and beautiful photography. Through HCAU, we aspire to empower women’s voices and foster an inclusive space of genuine expression. We are overjoyed to present each writer’s and designer’s individual and shared expressions through this vessel of artistry.

We have navigated a number of challenges this year during the pandemic, from online formatting adjustments to new editorial goals to expanding our HCAU family. Yet, we embraced these changes that resulted in a new way to connect HCAU to the rest of the world. While I have held a long tenure as Editor-in-Chief at HCAU, this is sadly the last edition I have the honor of producing. The last 3 years in HCAU provided me with the opportunity to grow, thrive, and connect with a community of lifelong friends and colleagues. I am beyond honored and am so incredibly proud to play a small roll in cultivating a platform on which our writers and designer can freely express themselves – and I hope you are moved by the dedication and passion that went into the production of this magazine.

This edition is a culmination of light, happiness, freedom of expression, and passion and it has been my greatest pleasure to be a part of something so lovely. I truly hope you draw inspiration from the pieces of identity that come together to highlight our mission. We are extraordinarily proud of this issue and we hope it brings you as much joy as it brings us.

HCXO, Hannah Andress, Editor-in-Chief

We are so pleased to share with you yet another issue of Her Campus American’s magazine, Collegiette! Women have faced a wide variety of challenges and have had their voices silenced by those who participate in sexism and misogyny, but that is why Her Campus American was created. Her Campus American is designed to empower women’s voices and be inclusive for all women to express themselves and to not be silenced by society. Inside this issue of the Colleigette, you will find a range of opinion pieces and well-researched articles that speak to Her Campus American’s mission. Our writers and designers worked tirelessly amid the global pandemic to create this powerful collection of writings and extraordinarily designed magazine. I am so proud of all the work our writers and designers have put into this magazine, and I am so grateful to play a small role in creating such a great publication for our writers and designers to freely express themselves. We hope that when reading this issue you draw inspiration from the pieces that highlight our mission at Her Campus American. We are extremely proud of this issue and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

HCXO, Gianna Matassa, Publishing Director