Neeraja Deshpande is a policy analyst at Independent Women, where she frequently writes about issues related to education, gender ideology, and women’s sex-based rights. Her work has appeared in publications including the Free Press, the Hill, City Journal, the Washington Times, and Pirate Wires (where she is a contributing writer), among others. She graduated magna cum laude from all-women’s Wellesley College with a BA in Russian, and is originally from Massachusetts.