ASYA PARTAN

Asya is a Boston-based writer whose work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Rumpus, Pangyrus, NPR‘s Cognoscenti, The Brevity Blog, Design Museum Magazine, Harvard Innovation Labs’ venture stories, and Disney’s Babble magazine, as well as numerous arts and culture blogs.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Asya moved to the US in 1990. An interest in international and cultural studies led her to Georgetown University, where she earned a dual degree in French and Studio Art, and then to the London School of Economics for an MSc in Media & Communications. The next stop was Copenhagen, where she developed a niche writing for many of Denmark’s top, global design, lifestyle, tech and bioscience companies. Today, Asya is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at Emerson College in Boston.