Ashanty Rosario

Aspiring Author and Freelance Journalist

Ashanty Rosario is a Senior at Newtown High School in Queens, New York City. She developed an interest in journalism as a way to expand her writing beyond the comforts of fiction and to strengthen her communication skills through interviewing. She aspires to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities in media and uphold journalism’s pledge to truth and public service. Ashanty has published work in collegiate summer newspapers, such as New York University’s The Spectrum and Princeton University’s Princeton Summer Journal, and recently wrote for the Atlantic. In the future, she plans to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing or English Literature, aiming to become a published author while also freelancing in journalism.