Alexandra OssolaAlexandra earned her bachelor's in comparative literature from Hamilton College and masters from the Science, Health, and Environmental reporting (SHERP) at New York University's Carter School of Journalism. She is a passionate educator: having serve as a corps member with City Year in Washington, D.C and has organized and led many trips with Putney Student Travel and New York Times Student Journeys. She is a five-time volunteer mentor with Girls Write Now. She was a fellow in the National Press Foundation's cancer reporting program and a fellow at the Mayo Foundation Journalist Residency. Alexandra is also a fluent (but not native) Spanish speaker. She loves to bake, bird, travel, and read. I have two very silly cats, Mandu and Babka. Read More Read Less