Whereas Springdale officials have defended their agreement to cooperate with the federal immigration enforcement crackdown, Oakmont is weighing a resolution not to collaborate.
Lajja Mistry
Lajja is the K-12 education reporter at Pittsburgh's Public Source. Originally from India, she moved to the States in 2021 to pursue a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California. Before joining Public Source, she worked as a staff reporter and the photo-social Editor for Annenberg Media. Her work has been published in the Los Angeles Times, The Caravan and the Los Angeles Review of Books among others. She wants to use journalism as a means to follow her passion for storytelling through text and visually driven stories. When she isn’t working, Lajja likes to journal, sing and go bird-watching.
