Sarah Thomas-Oxtoby

Sarah Thomas-Oxtoby

Sarah Thomas-Oxtoby was a staff writer for the Fortune Recommends education team in 2023. Her work has also been published on Forbes and the The Delacorte Review. Sarah holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree in Communication and Anthropology from the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she graduated with honors.

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