Aditi Malhotra
Articles by AditiAditi 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
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 and making sure they didn’t wobble. Then she laid out five large pizzas on the table. There was chicken, pepperoni, and cheese. Paper plates, check.
From construction site to classroom: Salvadoran immigrant now building a better life
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.
Climbing a broken ladder: In Memphis, a single father returns to school
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.
Bouncing back after painful pauses: School’s flexibility suits teen battling sickle cell disease
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 locked up real tight. I couldn’t move.” Chambers recalled. The pain was so severe he had to be hospitalized. It persisted for days in varying intensities.