Editorial Staff

Co-Editors-In-Chief

Eshaan Kothari ‘24

Eshaan is dedicated to diversifying the media coverage at RCS and appreciates how The Review allows him to empower overlooked voices. On a personal level, Eshaan is an avid cookie-lover, Netflix binge-watcher, and basketball fanatic.

Maxwell Steinberg ‘24

When Maxwell isn’t covering the latest in RCS news, he is busy debating, analyzing the Supreme Court, spontaneously baking brownies, and reading poetry.


Co-Managing Editors

Charlie Schuman ‘24

Charlie loves to sing, swim, and solve crossword puzzles. He believes in the power of journalism and is honored to collaborate with his talented fellow staff members on The Review.

Savy Phillips ‘24

Savy has been on The Review since ninth grade, and she loves playing sports and spending time with friends.


Head of Digital Media

Emerson Cassidy ‘24

Emerson is an avid student-athlete dedicated to reimagining the digital space of The Review. She’s honored to carry this role in her fourth year on the team and is excited for the future!


Co-Executive Editors

Olivia Beyer ‘24

Olivia loves to play tennis and laugh with her friends. She joined The Review because she is passionate about editorial writing and bringing interdisciplinary topics to articles. She also loves the aspect of a community that works together to create monthly issues.

Lexi Caravati ‘24

Lexi enjoys cooking, painting, and spending time outdoors. She is passionate about bringing light to various aspects and talents of the Riverdale community through The Review.


Co-Opinions Editors

Alexis Muchnik ‘24

When Alexis isn't working on The Review, she loves comics, theater, and music. She is passionate about journalism and loves collaborating with her co-editors on The Review.

Lolly Devorsetz ‘24

Lolly loves playing volleyball, painting, and spending time with her friends. She joined The Riverdale Review because she enjoys creative writing and design!

Leo Ziff ‘25


Co-News Editors

Annabelle Pantzer ‘24

Annabelle loves spending her free time with her family and friends!

Amanda Chen ‘25

Amanda loves collaborating with her fellow staff members and is dedicated to making sure everyones voice is heard. She is passionate about journalism and enjoys playing piano, tennis, drawing, and traveling.

Drew Nachman ‘26


Co-Arts Editors

Ansh More ‘25

Natalie Brenner ‘25

Megha Verma ‘26


Co-Sports Editors

Luca DiFelice ‘24

Luca loves to play soccer and basketball. He is a captain of the debate team, member of the economics and finance club, and the Student Athletics Committee. Luca joined The Review because he likes to write and the newspaper offers a great opportunity to have your work published and read by the community.

Ravi Palkhiwala ‘25

Ravi is passionate about journalism, a baseball fanatic and Community superfan.

Alice Goldberg ‘26


Co-City Editors

Lara Samii ‘24

Jacob Neuwirth ‘24

Gabby Grant ‘24

Amalia Manton ‘26


Co-Culture Editors

Oliver Mirsepahi ‘25

Oliver enjoys lacrosse, creative writing, and statistical analysis.

Ava DiFelice ‘25

Adi Ang ‘26


Photography Editor

Bowden Beal ‘25

From a young age, Bowden acquired a love for playing ice hockey and soon became obsessed with all sports. Through this love he began to take photographs of various sporting events which led him to his love of photography. Bowden joined The Review to purse this love and share his photos with the community.


Graphics Editor

Shivan Lakhanpal ‘25

Shivan has been on The Review for over a year and joined to further pursue his life-long hobby of illustrating. He is an avid sports fan and loves a good round of golf.


Faculty Advisors

Profe Almira

Profe Almira loves reading books, watching movies, cooking and studying different languages.

Mr. Kingsley

Mr. Kingsley loves cooking and crosswording.