Alessandra Potenza

Alessandra Potenza is a writer and editor based in New York City. She's currently the editor of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine, which publishes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and so much more for kids in grades 4 to 6.

Previously, she wrote (and edited) all sorts of science stories for Scholastic’s SuperScience magazine and for The Verge. Her favorites are an investigation into the health effects of the psychoactive drink kava, reported essays about migraines and the irrational fear of public toilets, and a story demystifying the Greenland shark. 

Before The Verge, Alessandra worked at The New York Times Upfront, Scholastic's newsmagazine for high school students co-published with The New York Times. She has also written for Science World, The Atlantic, and a variety of Italian publications, including Il Giornale, D Repubblica, Il Manifesto and Pagina99. 

Alessandra is originally from Rome, Italy. She graduated with an MS in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has a BA in Communication with a minor in Creative Writing from The American University of Rome.

Alessandra's passions include B&W photography, space, nature, books, friends, and writing fiction.

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