Fifteen Superlative Seniors
Arjun A. Akwei 2
In Arjun's dorm is a nook with three red armchairs, a faux taxidermy deer mount, and a wall covered with a wood-patterned wallpaper to “emulate the old Harvard aesthetic,” he explains.
alex wright
For Alex Wright, navigating high-pressure situations is second nature. When I ask him about the most dangerous things he’s done, hot wiring a plane doesn’t even make the list.
Mira-Rose Kingsbury-Lee
Mira-Rose J. Kingsbury Lee ’24, the Renaissance Person of her senior class, has written and produced three musicals at Harvard, and she’s working on a fourth: this spring’s Hasty Pudding show and brings the same enthusiasm to the microscopic organisms of our intestines as she does to the characters in her musicals.
Arjun A. Akwei 1
Upon entering Arjun A. Akwei’24's dorm, I was greeted by his big smile and a tidied shoe rack — the epitome of culture and order.
jeremy ornstein 1
“One of my most whimsical qualities is talking to strangers,” Jeremy Ornstein says.
matthew cole
Matthew Cole sits in the Hasty Pudding’s library. He will be a cast member in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals for a fourth time this year.
Tatiana Miranda
Tatiana Miranda ’24 is writing a thesis about how Joker fanfiction writers, particularly those who have marginalized identities, use their writing to reckon with their experiences.
Fez Zafar
Fez S. Zafar ’24 moves through the world trying to maximize his run-ins with people he wants to talk to.
Audrey Kang 2
“You can literally feel the golden light pouring through the room,” Kang tells me. “I kind of stand here and photosynthesize.”
Audrey Kang
Audrey N. Kang ’24 was elected for having the most class spirit out of the Class of 2024. “HoCo is honestly the best thing that I’ve done,” she says.
Micah Williams
Micah I. Williams ’24's long-term dream in life is to build a pizza oven. Maybe also to build a house with a huge greenhouse and spend four or five hours a day making soup.
Isa Pena
In the fall of freshman year, Isa Peña ’23-’24 received an email from the producers of American Idol, inviting her to audition. “It was a total ‘roll with the punches’ moment. I couldn’t let an opportunity like that pass me by,” she says.
