In 2005 she graduated from University College London with a BSc in Anthropology and Medical Sciences and in 2007 she graduated from University of Oxford with an MSc in Social Anthropology. She then went to work for The Indian Express as a reporter, before working freelance for three years. During that time, she worked for The Guardian and New Statesman, among others. From 2009 up until this year she worked at BBC News as a broadcast journalist and political producer. Follow her on Twitter @PreetiJha