Sonia Chopra

Sonia Chopra was born and raised in Calcutta, India. She earned a BA in Eng Lit from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and then an MA in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of Technology. Chopra is a freelance journalist based in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she is a regular contributor to the editorial page of The Enquirer. She has also been a regular correspondent for WCPO.com, a local television channel for the past three years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Newsday, The New York Post, The Orlando Sentinel, Redbook magazine, Salon.com, Rediff.com, India Abroad, India Today, Indian Express, Firstpost.com and The Quint, among others. Throughout, her career Chopra has covered breaking news but she has also told stories of immigrants, of different cultures and of issues that matter.She stands for women's rights, children rights and human rights. She is currently working on her first novel, a love story about Indian immigrants. You can follow her on Twitter @soniachopra28