I'm Magdalena Lussier-Gan (née Słapik). Originally from Poland, I'm a freelance journalist in New York City who writes about education, nutrition and culture.

I've worked in the journalism and education fields for over 10 years: as a Teach for America high school English teacher, a Teach for America Web editor, an education reporter covering the Chicago Public Schools, a New York City Department of Education marketing consultant, and now a freelance writer and photographer. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report, Esquire and The Northwest Indiana Times, among others. I received a B.A. in journalism and Spanish from New York University and a masters in magazine writing and editing from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

I also take photos, do translation (Spanish, English, Polish), teach HTML and CSS, and write poetry.