ABOUT
Here at Vancouver Student Literary and Scientific Journal, we are driven by a single goal: to give students the opportunity to publish their own original works and go through a peer review process. We believe the interchange of ideas is key to solving the world's issues.
Founder
Thomas is currently a junior at Brown University studying a combination of East Asian Studies, Economics, and Computer Science. He founded the Vancouver Student Literary and Scientific Journal in 2017 because he was involved in research in high-school and found there was a growing community of high-school students interested in research. Thomas has interned in both the private sector as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse and in the public sector as a social enterprise student volunteer in the Office of Development Credit at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Currently, his research interests include development economics in East Asian economies and microcredit operations in the developing world. He looks forward to working with and mentoring the team at VSLSJ.
Chair
Belle is a sophomore at Duke university, studying Computer Science, Statistics, and Mathematics. Passionate about chemical research, she joined VSLSJ back in 2018 and relaunched the journal as the editor-in-chief. As VSLSJ grew, she has retired to become a Chair and took the role to mentor the current team. Belle’s current interests lie in software engineering and data science. She looks forward to step into new horizons with her newfound skills and with the VSLSJ team.
Editor-in-Chief
Adam is currently a grade 11 student at West Point Grey Academy. He joined the Vancouver Student Literary and Scientific Journal in 2020 as the editor-in-chief due to his passion for STEM in the hopes that more high school students have the opportunity to become immersed into the world of research. He is extremely excited to start working together with the rest of the VSLSJ team this year.
Humanities Lead
Katrina is currently an 11th grade student at West Point Grey Academy and is excited to join the VSLSJ as its Humanities Lead. She is passionate about exploring environmentalism and sociology. Outside of VSLSJ she is involved as a Regional Director of GardenBank Conservation Society and Student Ambassador of YouthTalkNation. Katrina is eager to bring her experiences and love of the humanities to contribute to the intellectual dialogue of VSLSJ.
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Science Lead
Catherlin is currently a grade 11 student at West Point Grey Academy and is thrilled to be the Science Lead at VSLSJ. Her motive for joining VSLSJ came from her passion in all areas of science and her hope to give other high school students a platform to publish scientific research. She plans to explore more about life sciences and chemistry in university. For now, Catherlin is involved in multiple youth-led organizations and activities that indulge her interest in STEM. She looks forward to working with everyone on the VSLSJ Team and furthering research-based youth innovation.
Editor
Renee is currently in her junior year at West Point Grey Academy. She joined the VSLSJ team in 2021 as an editor because she wanted high school students to have the opportunity to showcase their research and be published. In the future, Renee hopes to study business and law at university but for now, she is interested in potentially exploring these areas through VSLSJ. She is excited about working together with the new VSLSJ team in the upcoming year.​
ROSE LIU
Editor
A junior at West Point Grey Academy, Rose is passionate about physics and mathematics, with a budding interest in statistics. In fact, she hopes to eventually pursue a degree in engineering and mathematics. In her free time, she enjoys writing poems and watching stand-up comedy. Presently, she is very supportive of the idea of a journal publishing high school students’ research, and so she encourages everyone to submit! She’s absolutely delighted to be joining the VSLSJ as an editor and she looks forward to working with the team at VSLSJ!