Hannah Bensen grew up in Wisconsin and attended Middlebury College, where she graduated with a degree in International Politics and Economics in 2021. Since then, Hannah has worked at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., where she worked on a range of policy and research projects related to international banks, climate finance and monetary policy issues. Hannah aspires to foster empathy and understanding through data-driven stories about economics, policy, culture and current events. In her free time, Hannah loves posting her running, biking and climbing activities on her Strava account — her preferred form of social media.
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