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Originally from California, she's lived in China, Spain, Mexico and India, and reported from various countries in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Her primary beats relate to immigration, economics and international development. She has published articles in Huffington Post Highline, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue India, Mint, Far Eastern Economic Review, Foreign Policy, Reason Magazine, and the Phoenix New Times. She is also a regular contributor to Devex.
Her Huffington Post Highline series, "The 21st Century Gold Rush" won awards from the National Association of Magazine Editors, Overseas Press Club, and American Society of Newspaper Editors. She's also won multiple awards for feature writing in India and the United States.
Her reporting has been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Institute For Current World Affairs, and the Global Migration Grant.
Degrees include a BA from Hampshire College and MS from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where was a Stabile Fellow at the Center for Investigative Journalism.
Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Biggest Companies
This New York Times investigation looks at rampant pregnancy discrimination in many of the biggest companies in the United States. They found that American women who get pregnant are consistently passed over for promotions, slighted bonus, and steered away from more prestigious assignments: In fact, according to a University of Massachusetts study—which controlled for experience, education, marital status and hours worked—each child chops 4% off a woman's income, while men's earnings increase by 6% with each child.
The reporters, who reviewed thousands of pages of court documents of the cases of dozens of women, found a clear pattern revealing that many of the most prestigious US companies systematically sideline pregnant women. Thousands of women have sued companies on these grounds—some of which include Walmart, Merck, AT&T, Whole Foods, 21st Century Fox, KPMG, Novartis and the law firm Morrison & Foerster.
Walmart seems to be one of the worst offenders, and has forced heavily pregnant women to carry heavy boxes, and clean bathrooms with chemicals that puts both their health, and the health of their unborn children, at risk.
