Sara Gelrud is a journalist and editor for Student Life Newspaper, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis, where she is a Sophomore majoring in comparative arts. Her interest in journalism began in high school where she was the Editor-in-Chief of her award-winning high school newspaper and literary magazine. Growing up, she lived in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago. She currently lives in Miami when not at school in St. Louis.
Living in so many cities has helped her cultivate a wider perspective on the world and the culture within it. She has attended South by Southwest Film&TV festival as official festival press, interviewing directors and reviewing films. Her interest in music began with Kidz Bop 2012 and The Cure songs her mother would play on the ride to kindergarten in the morning. Now, she interviews bands in and around the St. Louis music scene.
She is fluent in Spanish.
