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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 every month 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 served as the City Editor for the Yale Daily News. Since graduating from college, Pooja has lived in New York City where she worked in sports marketing for PepsiCo and later interned with Manhattan's Legal Aid Society. She’s currently on a hiatus from Harvard Law School and is happy to be back in Houston and at The Buzz. In her free time, she enjoys running, watching rom-coms and trying new baking recipes.
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Pooja Salhotra poses with her mom Poonam Salhotra in front of a whimsically-painted cow on display in Memorial Park as part of the “cow parade” exhibit in 2001.
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Pooja Salhotra enjoys “boot city” at Rodeo Houston 2019.
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Buzz writers Haley Kurisky (on left) and Pooja Salhotra (on right) met at RodeoHouston.
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The Buzz and Crime Stoppers team toast to a successful event. (Pictured, from left) Pooja Salhotra, Russell Weil, Nichole Christoph, Tania Cruz, Joni Hoffman.
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Posing with Jordan Thomas from the Houston Texans (in back) are (from left) Pooja Salhotra, Russell Weil, Nichole Christoph, Tania Cruz, Joni Hoffman.
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GOVINDA’S Buzz writer Pooja Salhotra and New York Times writer Sebastian Modak meet for lunch at Govinda’s, a vegetarian restaurant attached to Houston’s Hare Krishna Temple.
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In addition to writing articles for The Buzz, Pooja Salhotra spends time in the office cuddling with the beloved Hoffman retriever, Bailey.
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As a 2012 Buzz summer intern, Pooja (at left) rode with The Buzz during the City of Bellaire July 4th parade and festival. Pictured with Pooja are (from left) Pooja’s cousin Gayatri Salhotra, her older brother Raj Salhotra and Buzz editor Joni Hoffman.
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St. John’s School alums (Class of 2012) (from left) Tarika Khaladkar, Kara Neumann, Emily Boyce, Meredith Rae and Pooja Salhotra got together for a ladies brunch over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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(From left) Raj Salhotra, family friend Arun Kumar, Atul Salhotra, Poonam Salhotra and Pooja Salhotra celebrated Thanksgiving together in 2015.
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