Staff Bios

Editors

Alessia Iacono (she/her) is a senior in her third year of journalism, and she is so excited to be the Editor-In-Chief this year. She is involved in Unified, National Honor Society, National English Honor Society,  National Spanish Honors Society, Kindness International, and Northwood’s theatre department. In her free time, you will probably find her listening to music, hanging out with friends, or writing! After graduation, Alessia plans to attend a four year university to major in communications and minor in PR/Advertisement.  If you would like to contact Alessia feel free to send an email to alesiac@stumail.chatham.k12.nc.us

Haley O’Neill (she/her) is a senior and an assistant editor of The Northwood Omniscient. She is a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Unified, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She has also played varsity soccer at Northwood for three years now. She loves writing stories, watching hockey, and hanging out with friends. If you would like to contact Haley, you can reach her at hkoneill@stumail.chatham.k12.nc.us

Staff Writers

Mud Schwankl (they/them) is a senior and staff writer of The Northwood Omniscient. This is their third year with The Omniscient and they are very excited to continue writing stories about current events and everything Northwood. In their free time they enjoy singing, writing short stories, and reading horror novels.

Jill Parker (she/her) is a junior and a staff writer for the Northwood Omniscient. Her passion is to pursue creativity worldwide and tell the stories that’ll touch and teach. You can often find her crocheting or reading. To get in touch with Jill, email her at jmparker@stumail.chatham.k12.nc.us OR jillianmargep@gmail.com

Sam Cibulski (He/Him) is a junior and staff writer for The Northwood Omniscient. As Assistant Stage Manager of Northwoods Drama Department and 2 time recipient of state level improv awards, Sam has his hands full with theater and being insanely funny. Although he has a busy schedule, he loves writing, music and hanging out with friends! Questions? Contact Sam at sjcibuls@stumail.chatham.k12.nc.us

Advisor

John Bailey is the faculty advisor for The Omniscient and English teacher at Northwood. After a brief career in the newspaper industry, Bailey entered the teaching field. He has been teaching for 17 years, and has enjoyed working with students and the English language during that time. You can contact him at jbailey@chatham.k12.nc.us.