About Roohi Choudhry
Roohi Choudhry was born in Pakistan and grew up in southern Africa. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship and residencies at Hedgebrook and Djerassi. She worked as a researcher in criminal justice reform and public health, wrote for the United Nations, and facilitates creative writing workshops for interfaith groups, schools, libraries, and community organizations. Her stories and essays have appeared in
Ploughshares,
Callaloo,
Longreads, and the
Kenyon Review. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. More on her writing at
roohichoudhry.com
