Ariadna Torres Correa—Ari for short—was born and raised in Cerritos, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, but currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. She participated in Loyola University Chicago’s Speak Up Democracy Program in 2024 and is a graduate from Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep in 2025. She was always eager to deliberate about the Federalist Papers (her favorite Speak Up Democracy text). Ari now attends Williams College with plans to major in political science on the pre-law track. In her free time, she loves playing with her little brother and reading all sorts of novels while listening to her favorite game soundtracks