Alumni in the News: January 11

On January 10, The New York Times published Julie Satow ’96, SIPA’01’s essay “She Was a Star of New York Real Estate, but Her Life Story Was a Lie,” a look at how Satow and other journalists were fooled by the invented backstory of real estate big shot Faith Hope Consolo.

Patricia Granda-Malaver ’20 was featured in the January 4 New York Times article “Phone Calls, Texts and Tinder — Georgia Campaigns Court Young Voters.” Granda-Malaver was quoted talking about the importance of the Georgia run-off Senate races, and discusses her work with phone banks and her in-person efforts to increase voting enthusiasm.

Sara Jacobs ’11, SIPA’12 (D-Calif.) was elected to California’s 53rd Congressional District, which includes central San Diego neighborhoods. She assumed office on January 3, becoming California’s youngest U.S. Representative. Jacobs was featured in the recent POLITICO article “‘Badasses in Their Own Right’: Meet the Freshwomen of Congress.”