Kaitlin Bell is a freelance writer based in Manhattan. Her work has appeared in The New York Observer, Parents, Berkshire Living, Gastronomica, Prevention, In the Fray, Hungry, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Boston Globe, among other publications. She grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and attended Columbia Journalism School and Dartmouth College, where she served as executive editor of the independent daily student newspaper. From 2005 to 2007, Kaitlin worked as a reporter at The Monitor, a daily newspaper in McAllen, Texas, on the Mexico border. There, she covered city government, politics, schools, crime and general assignments.
