Mona B
My education and career background can best be described as interdisciplinary — which really means I love to talk about anything and everything! I'm particularly excited about education, cognition, media (especially for kids), and accurate Muslim representation. I'm also an editor, published researcher, and former Massachusetts High School Journalist of the Year. Send your writing questions my way!
Details
- 🎓 Graduation year (most recent)2024
- 📜 Highest Level of Education PursuedMaster's Degree
🎒 Student Status
- Recent graduate
- Alumni
🗺️ Countries you call home
United States (specifically the Boston area!)
📚 Education Background
EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education — Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology (2024) BA, Wellesley College — Education Studies and Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences (2021)
🌟 Fun facts
In my free time, I check out (and read) way too many books from the library. My record number of books read in a year is 102!
👥 Identities & Affinity Groups
Muslim students association Pakistani students association
🎾 Extracurriculars & Projects on-campus
Research Assistant, Education (focus on family-community engagement) Research Assistant, Psychology (focus on imaginary companions in preschoolers) Work Study student (Wellesley Human Resources Office) Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi
💼 Work Background
PROFESSIONAL - Candlewick Press/MIT Kids Press (Editorial Imprint Coordinator) - Rifelion Media (Editor-in-Chief and Researcher) INTERNSHIPS - Elsevier (Book Publishing Intern) - Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital (Research Intern) VOLUNTEER - Islamic Center of Boston Sunday School (Curriculum Committee Member & Teacher) - Boston Authors Club (Young Readers Committee Member) - Read to a Child
💡 Interests
Books, kids' media, media representation, mysteries/thrillers in any form