hello, I’m pooja

I’m a writer and international affairs professional. I’m a graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a former Donald M. Payne International Development Fellow with USAID, where I served in Crisis, Stabilization, and Governance with rotations in the United States Congress and in Nigeria. Today I’m a Research Analyst at Korn Ferry in New York City.

Before Columbia, I earned the International Honours Joint Degree from William & Mary and the University of St Andrews, and spent a year in Germany as a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholar. I’m fluent in English and German, with spoken Telugu. I’m the author of Rules of the Red Book, and I run The Fight in the Dog, a monthly snail mail club that delivers stories, dares, and postcards straight to your mailbox.