Pooja Salhotra

Pooja Salhotra was raised in Bellaire, Texas and has always been an avid reader and writer. She grew up reading about neighborhood news in The Buzz Magazines and spent the summer after graduating from St. John's School as a Buzz intern. Pooja went on to Yale University where she studied psychology and economics and wrote for the Yale Daily News. After college, Pooja took a detour from journalism, trying out marketing and even enrolling in law school. But she quickly returned to journalism, writing and serving as editorial assistant for The Buzz and going on to earn a master’s degree in journalism from New York University. Pooja now lives in Austin where she works as a reporter for The Texas Tribune. In her free time, she enjoys running, practicing and teaching yoga, watching rom-coms, and spending time with her dog, Pearl.