Ilana Arougheti is in her third year as a contributor to Eastside, and in her second year as an editorial board member and section editor. She has many passions, but writing has been her chief passion ever since she convinced her first grade teacher to let her try and write a novel instead of wasting time learning how to add and subtract. She never quite finished the novel, but she thinks the original manuscripts are still somewhere in her basement, wobbly handwriting and all. These days, when she's not chasing a story, bantering with other board members, spending too much time after school for various East organizations, or desperately craving dark chocolate, you can find Ilana out on the front lines, fighting the good fight against society's worst evil: Comic Sans.