Ximena Hasbach is an Assistant Managing Editor of The Muse for the OP/ED and Arts sections. She is a third-year staffer, starting as staffer for the News and OP/ED sections as a sophomore, and later became the Arts Editor. This year she will also be starting a website column on scientific topics. Ximena also participates in Speech and Debate, and heads the National Science Honor Society and National Math Honor Society at Dreyfoos. She is very passionate about spreading the joy of science and engineering at school and online. If you are looking to simultaneously brush up on your Spanish and your calculus, you can find her Khan Academy translations on YouTube. Ximena was born in Mexico City and moved to the United States in 2004. She hopes to major in Materials Science and Engineering or Computer Science and Engineering at a college located in a city up north where, unlike in Florida, there are four seasons in a year.