Sana holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and psychology from New York University. While at NYU, she interned at CNN, MSNBC and KPRC2, and reported as a foreign correspondent when studying abroad in Germany, Australia, Ghana and Cuba. Her coverage on the Ghanaian economy’s dependence on women-owned, open-air market stalls was awarded the Edgar Wilson Nye Prize for outstanding student journalism. Before coming to Stanford, she produced local news throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the 2020 election season in her hometown, Houston, Texas, on digital platforms for ABC13 KTRK-TV. She also co-hosted newscast segments on online trends and won an Investigative Reporters and Editors fellowship for showing promise in early-career watchdog reporting. She then wrote about global events for theSkimm and covered Texas for Hearst Newspapers. At Stanford, she wants to use data, investigative skills and programming to uncover mental health and disability-related stories, among other underreported issues.
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