About six years ago, an apprentice training to be a machinist in Washington state told her supervisor she would probably have to drop out of the training program after having her baby: She couldn’t find child care that accommodated her shift. It was one of the first challenges Shana Peschek was tasked with solving when […]
Nirvi Shah
Nirvi Shah is a former executive editor of The Hechinger Report. Her work has been recognized by the Education Writers Association, the Society for Professional Journalists and other organizations, and published in an array of local and national publications. She was also a Spencer Education Reporting Fellow at Columbia Journalism School for the 2021-22 academic year.
