Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-In-Chief and Opinion Editor
Tali Liebenthal, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point as a staff writer during the second semester of freshman year. She served as Community Editor in sophomore year and became Co-Editor-in-Chief in her junior year, only the third 11th-grader in Boiling Point history to hold the top post. She is now continuing her leadership of the Boiling Point as Co-Editor-In-Chief for the second year. She enjoys covering controversial stories and writing unsigned editorials, and has won multiple awards from organizations including Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Quill and Scroll and the American Jewish Press Association. Outside of Boiling Point, Tali is Head captain of the Mock Trial team, captain of Model Congress, and a grade-level representative on the Agenda Committee. In her free time, Tali likes drawing, listening to music and going to the beach with friends.
![TRAVELING: Polina Vorona, 18, stopped to take a selfie in a restroom on her way from Ukraine to Poland in February. She and her grandmother traveled together from Kyiv, leaving behind Polinas father and grandfather. I know it’s really hard for Granny, Polina said, “[to] be separate [from] her husband, with my grandfather, for the first time in I don’t know, 40 years.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-6.05.41-PM-e1653022559743-900x643.jpeg)
