Emma Rojas ’18

From accumulating over five million reads for her online novellas to leading multiple school clubs, Chloe Adda’s ’18 passion for writing and politics has already attracted international attention.

Adda has been writing nearly every day after school since she was in the fourth grade. “I have written three novellas, all of which I have posted anonymously online,” Adda said.

Her writing, which has reached viewers as far as Madagascar and Australia, focuses on stories that many might shy away from, including mental illness, abuse and sexual assault.

She writes about such heavy topics based off of some personal experiences and the experiences of some of her friends and family. “I got into writing upon the realization that I had the capacity to produce a work of art if I so wished,” Adda said.

She admitted it can be nerve-racking to think about all of those who have read her work. But, when she receives fan mail, she said she is reminded that she “changed someone’s life.” In that moment, she said, all her hard work “becomes 100 percent worth it.”

Adda is also involved in several clubs at Staples ranging from philanthropy to history. For starters, she is the president of the Wreckers Charity club. “It is a club meant to aid the less fortunate,” Adda said. “We tend to host events for fundraising such as our Wes Anderson movie night.” Any money that the club raises is donated to Hope for Haiti.

On top of this, she is the vice president of the Staples High School Model U.N. club. The club goes to conferences that are held at schools like Yale and Brown where they participate in UN-inspired simulations .

Finally, Adda is the historian and committee overseer for the Keystone club, which is a branch of the Boys and Girls Club of America. Adda has planned and executed many events including the national event, “Peace with Police” that deals with easing the tensions between teens and police.

Adda said she wouldn’t be the student or writer she is today without “the academics as well as the academic support at Staples.” She also mentioned that, “Staples has shaped me in an odd way […] I have seen the bad in people and their actions and I seek to change it.”