Toya Stewart

• Staff writer at The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX.
• Reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Arlington, TX.
• Internships at The Kansas City Star in Kansas City, MO; The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, PA; The Fort Worth Star-Telegram; The Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, SD; and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
• BA in English, rhetoric and African American studies from the University of Minnesota .
• Recipient of a Journalism Fellowship in Child and Family Policy from the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism and The Foundation for Child Development, as well as an education reporting award from the Education Writers Association.