Tania Rashid

Tania Rashid was born in Saudi Arabia, raised for some time in Bangladesh, and then settled in the United States in the later years of her childhood. Tania received a B.A. in History from UCLA, and a minor in global studies with a regional focus on South Asia and Africa. At UCLA, Tania was the campaign coordinator for Amnesty International (UCLA chapter), where she launched the first-ever petition for the acid victims of Bangladesh. After graduation Tania worked for Al Gore's global TV network, Current TV, for three years. She produced short documentary films for the viewer-created department her first year. Tania spent her final year working for Current TV's long form documentary journalism series "Vanguard." She is pursuing a master's degree in broadcast journalism and documentary at Columbia University