Shaina Peterson

Editor

Shaina was born in St. Louis and grew up across the river in Southern Illinois. She returned to the city in 2012 after school and work took her to Kentucky, Boston, and India. She is now pursuing her Master of Social Work with a focus on Clinical Mental Health at the Brown School at Washington University in Saint Louis. Her goal is to become a clinical therapist. Her work with HOSTL fuses her interests in storytelling, interviewing, creativity, and social work. She believes that everyone has a story worth sharing and hearing.