About Pria
Hi there!
I currently work as a policy researcher at the intersection of climate change and the labor movement. Prior to that, I studied the science and social impacts of climate change at Columbia University's Climate School. As a trained journalist (what this website is primarily dedicated to!) I've crafted podcasts about climate justice, covered economic equity at WFYI in Indianapolis and produced podcasts and a daily talk show for Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta. I got my start in journalism in 2018 as one of KALW's Audio Academy Fellows in San Francisco.
While I worked in media for more than five years, this was not my first – or even second! – career.
Before embarking on this path, I interned at a biotechnology company in Seattle, worked as a financial analyst in Boston and spent a year teaching in Brazil on a Fulbright scholarship.
In my free time, I enjoy staying active (running, swimming, and biking are on a near-constant rotation), painting, and reading, and playing the piano. I'm a certified advanced open water scuba diver and have cliff dived in Croatia, rappelled in Vietnam, and eaten hot sauce on a Brazilian side street that was so powerful I almost blacked out. After growing up in a multicultural household in New Jersey, I'm grateful to have explored life across the U.S. in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, West Coast, and South.