Kristina Rizga

Kristina Rizga has been writing about youth and student issues for over a decade, most recently as an education reporter for Mother Jones . Her writing has been published in the Nation , the American Prospect , and Global Post , among other publications. Prior to Mother Jones , Rizga was the executive editor of WireTap , an award-winning political magazine for young adults. She is also co-founder and reporter at the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism, based in her homeland, Latvia. She...See more

Kristina Rizga has been writing about youth and student issues for over a decade, most recently as an education reporter for Mother Jones . Her writing has been published in the Nation , the American Prospect , and Global Post , among other publications. Prior to Mother Jones , Rizga was the executive editor of WireTap , an award-winning political magazine for young adults. She is also co-founder and reporter at the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism, based in her homeland, Latvia. She lives with her husband Mike Stern in San Francisco. See less