Astha Rajvanshi was an editorial assistant at the New York Times Magazine. Born in India and raised in Australia, she holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she was a Toni Stabile Fellow for Investigative Journalism, and a Global Migration Fellow. Her work has appeared in The Indypendent, Columbia Journalism Review, Forbes, News.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Kill Your Darlings. Astha was an Open City Fellow.