Aditi Malhotra
Aditi Malhotra is an independent journalist based in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in Slate, TheAtlantic.com, the Chicago Sun-Times, and PBS, among others. She also worked as a New Delhi-based correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.
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A joyful voice of experience: Excel graduate now serves as a life coach
Sept. 13, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS — It was lunchtime during a stressful exam day at the Excel Center on Meadows Drive. A few minutes before students began trickling out of classrooms, Gloria Turner had started preparing for her Tuesday ritual. She rearranged the furniture in the lobby, joining two long wooden tables a
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From construction site to classroom: Salvadoran immigrant now building a better life
Sept. 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Josue Lemus’ first job in the United States was at a construction site in Maryland. Twenty-one at the time, the Salvadoran immigrant went to work as soon as he set foot in the country – quite literally, the day after he arrived.
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Climbing a broken ladder: In Memphis, a single father returns to school
Sept. 13, 2019
MEMPHIS — Tavarus Isom drives into the school parking lot at 8 a.m. every weekday. His classes don’t start until 45 minutes later. But Isom, a single father of two, can’t afford to be tardy. On the contrary, maintaining the buffer time is crucial for the 28-year-old.
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Bouncing back after painful pauses: School’s flexibility suits teen battling sickle cell disease
Sept. 13, 2019
MEMPHIS — On his 11th birthday in October 2010, Terry Chambers went into crisis for the first time. He clenched his fists as he described what happened: A shooting pain swept through his body, incapacitating him and leaving him bedridden for an entire month. “I couldn’t walk. My bones got lock
