The Question

EDITORIAL Alec Etheredge Nathan Howell Madoline Markham Keith McCoy Scott Mims Emily Sparacino

CONTRIBUTORS Kathryn Bell Donna Campbell Sarah Cook McBride Lindsey Drennan Ashley Farlow Jeremy Raines Lindsay Schluntz Mary Tweedy

DESIGN Jamie Dawkins Connor Martin-Lively Brittani Myers Kimberly Myers Briana Sansom

MARKETING Darniqua Bowen Evann Campbell Jessica Caudill Kari George Rachel Henderson Rhett McCreight Viridiana Romero Kerrie Thompson

ADMINISTRATION

Kristy Brown Hailey Dolbare Mary Jo Eskridge Daniel Holmes Kinley Johnson Stacey Meadows Tim Prince Brittany Schofield Savana Tarwater Kathryn Bell, Photographer

Kathryn is a freelance photographer with a recent degree in art from the University of Montevallo. Her photography has led her to photograph presidential candidates and create fine arts work inspired by the classics. She fancies herself a plant lady and enjoys the challenge of keeping rare and difficult plants alive and enjoys exploring Birmingham!

Amy Ferguson, Writer

Amy resides in Hoover’s Lake Wilborn community with her husband, Eric, their almost-2-year-old little girl, Avery, and their love-able chocolate labradoodle. She earned degrees from Auburn University and the University of Alabama, but faithfully cheers for the Auburn Tigers. She is a lover of written word, a self-proclaimed book worm and a bona fide social butterfly. During the work week, Amy works for a start-up healthcare company out of San Francisco.

Morgan Hunt, Photographer

Morgan recently finished her BS in art from the University of Montevallo. With her business, Morgan Hunt Media, she works as a freelance commercial and wedding photographer in the Birmingham area while getting her MA in photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. She believes that photographs have a very unique storytelling ability, and her work lives in a space between journalism and fine art.

Elizabeth Sturgeon, Writer

Elizabeth was born and raised in Birmingham and has stayed close to home ever since. A recent Samford University graduate, Elizabeth serves as the communications coordinator at Birmingham-Southern College, where she covers stories about students, alumni and campus culture. She is always down for a meal she’s never eaten before or a movie she’s never seen.

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