Editors of Color Database

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Bio: Sarosh is a Muslim, Pakistani-American writer, an award-winning teacher, and a Columbia University-educated entrepreneur. She splits her time between New York City and Istanbul writing, teaching, and designing award-winning education programming for Syrian refugees. Having worked with the United Nations, Teach for America, and leading journalism companies around the world, Sarosh uses her experiences to inform her role in the publishing industry, where she is works with Tessera Editorial an advocate for marginalized voices, diverse stories, and authentic representation. Sarosh’s strengths lie in writing/copywriting, developmental editing, and sensitivity readings. As a mother of an interracial daughter, a daughter of immigrants, and now a neighbor, friend, and teacher to war-fleeing refugees, Sarosh’s specialties as a sensitivity reader are wide-ranging. She reads for 1) Pakistani-Indian (South Asian/Desi) diaspora identities, culture, and history, 2) Middle Eastern and Turkish identities, culture, and history, 3) Muslim & Islamic history and experiences, as well as 4) interracial relationships, blended families, refugee/first-gen/immigration/third-culture kid, terminal illness/death, body-image, and multi-cultural homes.

Areas of Expertise: Anthropology, Children/Family, Diversity, Feminism, Education, Ethics/Logic, Film/Television, Folklore/Mythology, History, Inclusive Language, Language/Linguistics, Lifestyle, Literature/Books, Marginalized Communities, Memoir, Nonprofit Organizations, Personal Development (Self-Help), Philosophy, Plain Language, Political Science & Politics, Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, Social Sciences, Society/Culture, Sociology, Visual Arts, Writing

Nonfiction Genres: Academic/Scholarly, Children’s & Young Adult Books, Commentary/Criticism, Creative Nonfiction (Literary), Historical, Memoir, Personal, Poetry, Scientific

Fiction Genres: Action/Adventure, Children’s & Young Adult Books, Crime/Mystery, Drama, Fantasy, General, Historical, Mythology, New Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller

Editorial and Adjacent Services: Beta Reading, Coaching (Writing), Copywriting, Developmental Editing, Fact Checking, Manuscript Evaluation, Sensitivity Reading, Transcribing, Writing

Other Services: Consulting, Training, Curriculum Design, sensitivity/CRE/DEI reading

Types of Media: Anthologies, Articles/Blogs, Biographies/Memoirs, Books, Brochures/Catalogs, Charts/Tables, Citations, Comic Books, Contests/Sweepstakes, Essays, How-To/DIY, Journals, Magazines, Newsletters, Newspapers, Novels, Poetry, Press Releases/Kits, Proposals, Reviews, Short Stories, Speeches, Textbooks, Websites