ALIA WONG Journalist | The Atlantic Alia on set for an Atlantic Studios documentary based on her story about the (terrible) state of P.E. in the United States. Click on the photo to read her take on gym class. As the children of "lepers" who'd been exiled to Hawaii's Kalaupapa, Lindamae Maldonado and Melvin Carillo are half-siblings who spent most of their lives unaware of each other's existence. Click on the photo to read one of Alia's stories about the stigmas, racism, and bureaucracy that separated thousands of children from their birth parents and, often, their true identities. Alia traverses a construction site on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Click on the photo to read her story about the hardships faced by young Native Americans today, and how these youth are leveraging education to overcome their historical trauma and instill their communities with hope. [Credit: Kristina Barker / kristinabarker.com] Alia sits with Education Secretary John B. King in his office in 2016 to discuss the ways in which middle-class parents contribute to myriad racial disparities in K-12 schools. Click on the photo to read her article on school segregation's trajectory, the policies that ultimately failed to genuinely integrate K-12 campuses, and the biases that have exacerbated the problem. Alia sits down with the Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson at a Brookings Institution event in 2016 to discuss race and education in America. Click on the photo to listen to the conversation in full. Alia observes students as they participate in their morning chant at Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo, a Hawaiian-language charter school on Hawaii's Big Island that incorporates indigenous world views into its curriculum. Click on the photo to read her profile of this school, and be sure to check out her other coverage of Hawaii's Hawaiian-culture charter schools. [Credit: PF Bentley / pfpix.com]
![Alia traverses a construction site on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Click on the photo to read her story about the hardships faced by young Native Americans today, and how these youth are leveraging education to overcome their historical trauma and instill their communities with hope. <p>[Credit: Kristina Barker / kristinabarker.com]</p>](https://aliawong.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Pine-Ridge-SS.png)
![Alia observes students as they participate in their morning chant at Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo, a Hawaiian-language charter school on Hawaii's Big Island that incorporates indigenous world views into its curriculum. Click on the photo to read her profile of this school, and be sure to check out her other coverage of Hawaii's Hawaiian-culture charter schools. <p>[Credit: PF Bentley / pfpix.com]</p>](https://aliawong.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Ka-Umeke-SS.png)