In addition to an M.A. in journalism from NYU, Armstrong has a master’s degree in urban planning with a concentration in international development.Armstrong grew up in Nairobi, Kenya and has worked in Ethiopia, India, Zimbabwe, Tajikistan and several other countries, writing stories mostly about humanitarian issues. She has written about teenage prostitution in the IDP camps in Haiti, and former child soldiers in Liberia. She won an award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for an article about a Kenyan village formed by women who were allegedly raped by British soldiers, and subsequently banished by their husbands.In February 2010, Armstrong received a grant from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for a yearlong reporting project in Haiti.