About the Editors
Jennifer Adaeze Anyaegbunam is the founding editor of The Intima. Jennifer attended Harvard College where she studied Visual & Environmental Studies and Health Policy. She is working towards a Master of Science in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University before starting medical school this summer. As an aspiring writer, she hopes to use her training in Narrative Medicine to explore the synergy between the two fields.
Sneha Mantri is a fourth-year medical student, writer, and recent graduate of the Master of Science in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. She will be applying to neurology residencies this year and intends to continue her creative and academic work in narrative throughout her clinical career.
Shawna Benston has a BA in English and Classics from Yale University, an MA in Classics from the University of St Andrews (Scotland), and an MBE from the University of Pennsylvania. Her work has focused on mourning, melancholia, and metamorphosis in Classical literature; and on narrative ethics, narrative medicine, and mediation in the realm of bioethics.
Mario de la Cruz is currently a second year graduate student in the Narrative Medicine program at Columbia University. He has B.A. in Sociology from Arizona State University and has developed multiple HIV/AIDS prevention programs and sexual health education programs for various healthcare institutions and non-profit organizations with emphasis on youth at-risk groups. Mario is also a contributing author to the book, The Uncharted Path from Clinic-Based to Community-Based Research. His current work is in exploring visual, oral and performance based narratives.
Anjana Bala is a sophomore at Stanford University. She is majoring in Human Biology with a concentration in Writing, Literature, and the Arts in Medicine. In her spare time, she dances and teaches classes to underprivileged youth in the surrounding communities. She is extremely interested in the patient-physician relationship and the medical humanities at large.
