Sarah Gonzalez
Sarah Gonzalez is the northern New Jersey enterprise reporter for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio.
Sarah Gonzalez is the northern New Jersey enterprise reporter for WNYC and NJPR.Her investigative and feature reporting has received national awards by the Education Writer’s Association, SPJ Sigma Delta Chi and PRNDI, and several regional Edward R. Murrow awards.Her investigation into charter schools turning away students with severe disabilities was awarded an Online News Association award for Innovative, Investigative Journalism. The San Diego native graduated from Mills College in Oakland in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and journalism.
Transitioning to being a woman while serving in Afghanistan was like ‘puberty in a combat zone’
Jennifer was once named Edward, a hard-boiled Army sergeant and career soldier in the infantry. But now that her service is done and she’s transitioned to being a woman, DOD policies keep her from taking full advantage of veterans benefits unless she reveals that she has transitioned from the other gender.