Hilary Masell Oswald
A native of Naples, Florida, Hilary earned a degree in English literature and composition from Davidson College in 2001 and set out to prove that Garrison Keillor's jokes about English majors aren't entirely true.
She worked for Apple Computer for several years and then took a job writing and recruiting for a small liberal arts college in the Midwest. In the meantime, she freelanced for several magazines and realized that she might have been on to something 17 years ago when she told her fifth-grade teacher she wanted to be a journalist.
So, she headed for Medill's grad program, where she reported on federal court, 16-year-old geniuses and a trio of quirky women entrepreneurs, among other topics. As part of Medill's famed magazine publishing project, she served as editor-in-chief of her class's vision for the iconic Ebony magazine. She graduated from Medill in June.
Hilary's work has appeared in Chicago Parent, AA Golf, Art Business News and the Northwest Indiana Times, among other publications. In her free time, she enjoys traveling with her husband, skiing (badly), reading (especially great nonfiction) and getting riled up by American politics.
