Lylah M. Alphonse
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Lylah M. Alphonse is an American
journalist. Her mother is a Parsi from India
and her father is from Haiti
. The eldest of three children, Alphonse attended Princeton Day School
.
A graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
, she was recently inducted to the Newhouse School's alumni hall of fame.
She works as an editor at The Boston Globe
newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts
where she is a member of the newspaper's Sunday magazine staff. She also writes frequently for their Travel, Food, and Living/Arts sections. She is consulting editor for the Fezana Journal, Managing Editor at Work It, Mom!, and the author of Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr
(ISBN 0-9709937-0-6).
She writes for the Work + Money section of Shine on Yahoo!
, blogs about juggling career and parenthood on The 36-Hour Day blog, and has contributed articles to Our Times, 5th edition (Bedford Books, 1998) and Interactions: A Thematic Reader (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999), a textbook. A collection of her recent work on the blog Write. Edit. Repeat.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalist. Her mother is a Parsi from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and her father is from Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
. The eldest of three children, Alphonse attended Princeton Day School
Princeton Day School
Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, serving students in grades pre kindergarten - 12. The largest division is the Upper School , with an enrollment of approximately 400...
.
A graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
, she was recently inducted to the Newhouse School's alumni hall of fame.
She works as an editor at The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
where she is a member of the newspaper's Sunday magazine staff. She also writes frequently for their Travel, Food, and Living/Arts sections. She is consulting editor for the Fezana Journal, Managing Editor at Work It, Mom!, and the author of Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr
Farhang Mehr
Farhang Mehr is a Zoroastrian scholar and former politician.-Background:Mehr was born to a Zoroastrian family in Tehran. His father, Mehraban Mehr, was from the province of Kerman, and at the age of 14 migrated to Tehran for greater economic and social opportunities...
(ISBN 0-9709937-0-6).
She writes for the Work + Money section of Shine on Yahoo!
Yahoo!
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, blogs about juggling career and parenthood on The 36-Hour Day blog, and has contributed articles to Our Times, 5th edition (Bedford Books, 1998) and Interactions: A Thematic Reader (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999), a textbook. A collection of her recent work on the blog Write. Edit. Repeat.