Taya Blum is a staff writer for The Voice and it's her first year. She likes to play a wide variety of video games in her free time, especially Call of Duty. Taya also likes to play softball and she has been playing for 7 years. She is currently on Elgin Impact, 16U. Taya has 5 siblings and enjoys hanging out with them along with her 2 dogs and 9000 year old cat.

Carolyn Piepenbrink is a first-year staffer on The Voice. In her free time, she swims and is on the HHS girls Varsity swim team. She also enjoys hanging out with her friends.