McCartie McPadden is a junior at Fort Worth Country Day School in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended WJMC in the summer of 2025. She is the Managing Print and Social Media Editor for her school’s newspaper, the Falcon Quill. Besides writing, she enjoys all things acting and theater, singing, reading, and hanging out with her friends and family. She is so excited to help make WJMC just as magical for the next round of correspondents as it was for her.