Sally Ooms

Sally Ooms has been a print journalist for 30 years—a reporter, correspondent and editor for publications in Oregon, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri and Kansas. She has covered spot news, government, education issues, the arts, mental and other health concerns, business, sports and local crises during times of war, and has written hundreds of feature articles and investigative reports. Among the publications she has worked for are: the Sacramento Bee, the Las Vegas Daily Optic, the Albuquerque Journal, the Santa Fe New Mexican, New Mexico Business Weekly, Springs Magazine (Colorado Springs), the Kansas City Star and The Sun newspaper (Johnson County, KS).

She has received awards for editorial writing, spot news, features and investigative reporting from the Associated Press of New Mexico, the New Mexico Press Association and New Mexico Press Women. She served on the board of the New Mexico Press Association and was the president of the Associated Press Advisory Board in New Mexico.

After attending the University of Barcelona, she worked as a teacher in Spain and traveled in Europe for three years. She studied literature and writing at the University of Missouri, Stanford University and the University of Oregon; and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco.

After several years of traveling for interviews with people who have been displaced, she recently moved to San Francisco to complete and publish the book Finding Home: How Americans Prevail.