Ruth Pollin-Galay is a sophomore at Northampton High School in Northampton, MA. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, she moved to the U.S. in the fall of 2023. She is active on her school's media channel, The Transcript, and is a member of the tennis and swimming teams. Ruth serves as Head of Outreach for the Jewish Student Alliance of Northampton High and has served as a counselor for the Israeli youth movement Noam, which promotes traditional-egalitarian Judaism. In her free time, she enjoys listening to indie music, hanging out with her friends, and analyzing movies with her dad.