Wikipedia:Natasha Japanwala

Natasha Japanwala (born 1990, London) is a Pakistani writer and educator based in Boston, US.

Personal information
Born in London and brought up in Karachi, Japanwala had profound interest in writing and reading from her childhood. Her feature articles, reviews, and essays have published at both home and abroad.

Education
Japanwala completed her bachelor's degree focused in English and Creative Writing from Princeton University, New Jersey. She is currently pursuing an Ed.M. in International Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Career
As a passionate teacher, Japanwala has taught in private, non-profit, and community schools in Karachi, designing bespoke creative writing, design thinking, and environmental management curricula for students ranging from 8 to 18 years old.

As a freelance journalist and an avid writer, she has made contributions to The Washington Post, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Huffington Post, and Dawn News. Her journalism centers around youth and development in Pakistan. She also writes about culture, books, films, and art.

Experience abroad
Japanwala is recently serving as Continuous Improvement Manager for Baltimore City Public Schools where she has also been a Dean's Education Fellow.

Awards and accolades
Owing to her impeccable English writing skills, she has secured numerous awards under her belt including ‘Award for Outstanding Work in Creative Writing’, ‘Elmer Adler Undergraduate Essay Prize’, ‘Norman Mailer Award for Fiction’, and ‘Peter B. Lewis Summer Award’.

She was also the recipient of the Martin Dale fellowship by Princeton University, and the lady behind 'Let Me CC You,' an online newsletter providing reading recommendations.