Ilana Drake is from New York City and graduated Vanderbilt University in May of 2025. She double majored in Public Policy Studies and English. She has been part of Girls Write Now since she was 15 years old, and the organization helped her find her voice. Ilana’s work has been published in Newsweek, Insider, and Ms. (four times), among others, and her poetry has been published in several literary journals. She has been quotes in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, and The Washington Post. As the granddaughter of a second-wave feminist, Rebecca Lubetkin, Ilana is grateful to be at the DVF Awards and share the importance of Girls Write Now in her and so many others’ lives.
