Mallika Seshadri covers education in Los Angeles, including LAUSD, for EdSource. Previously, she interned with NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “National Desk” and covered higher education for the CalMatters College Beat. Her reporting has been published by The San Francisco Chronicle, ABC, CBS and NPR member stations across the country. Mallika holds a BA with distinction in political science and global studies from UC Berkeley, where she served as the managing editor of The Daily Californian. She is currently pursuing a MA in Specialized Journalism at the University of Southern California, where she is a Selden Ring Fellow for investigative journalism.