Mary Ann Koruth has reported on public education and immigration for several years, working as a staff writer covering New Jersey's schools for The Bergen Record since 2021, and as a freelancer covering immigration before and during the pandemic. Her work has appeared or been featured in The Nation, National Public Radio, DocumentedNY, The Hindu and The Star-Ledger, and her poetry reviews have appeared in several literary journals. She worked as a program manager for digital humanities at the multimedia collaborative NewestAmericans.com, writing and visualizing stories around migration and changing demographics in and around Newark, New Jersey.

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