Ava Tallat-Kelpsa, Editor-in-Chief
Ava Tallat-Kelpsa is a senior in her fourth year of writing for The Explorer. As well as the paper, she’s involved with the Model United Nations team, Writing Club, Chamber Choir, Summit Choral Society, teaching PSR and interning at Destination Hudson. In her limited free time, she enjoys traveling, reading A Series of Unfortunate Events and buying more than necessary at garage sales. After high school, Ava plans to pursue journalism and creative writing at an out-of-state college. Her favorite published articles she’s written include an investigative journalism article on HHS students defying stereotypes, one on Journalism’s class trip to San Francisco and a joint review about hot chocolates around Hudson.
![Sophomore Gabriela Skomra is not only in band, but is also involved in numerous other activities. She puts things into perspective when it comes to stereotypes. “While some stereotypes in many cases appear to be true from the surface level, I think that they often prevent us or cause us to stay away from certain people instead of meeting them and getting to know who they really are. While there are some patterns in that generalization, it doesn’t really describe everybody and who they truly are. They [stereotypes] are a bit too negative sometimes.”](https://hudexplorernews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-15-at-12.31.34-PM.png)
