Christina Asquith
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Christina Asquith

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An award-winning journalist for over 14 years, Christina has written for The New York Times, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian and was a staff writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her book, "Sisters in War: Love, Survival and Family in the New Iraq" is based off of the 18 months she lived in and reported from Baghdad, Iraq. Christina is also the author of "The Emergency Teacher" (Skyhorse Press, 2007) , a non-fiction account of her year as a 6th grade teacher in low-income Philadelphia middle school. Winner of the Midwest Book Review for non-fiction, Asquith was also awarded "educator of the year" in 2005 for her education reporting. Critics hailed the book as honest and hard hitting. "Through vivid and personal anecdotes, Asquith captures the exhausting intensity of teaching in a chaotic environment. . . . Exactly the kind of truth telling that is needed." - The New York Post Christina received her BA in Political Science from Boston University and her MA in Philosophy and Policy from The London School of Economics. In 2007, she was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is a board member of ASUDA-USA, an organization that empowers female immigrants and refugees of Iraq descent, that are either victims of violence or vulnerable to violence, to attain economic independence and judicious social adjustment. Born in New York City to British parents, she travels frequently to the UK and the Middle East. She currently lives with her husband and daughter in Vermont, where she is senior editor of The Solutions Journal and adjunct professor at the University of Vermont.
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