Jessica Gavora
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Early life and education
Gavora was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, one of nine children of Paul (1931–2018) and Donna Gavora (1931-2017), the owners of shopping centers, beverage stores and other businesses.[2][1] She grew up in Fairbanks where she played high school basketball against future Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin.[3][4] She studied political science and journalism at Marquette University, then earned a master's degree in American foreign policy and international economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in 1993.[2][1]
Career
In the 1990s, she was director of programs at the New Citizenship Project,[5] an organization which initiated the neoconservative Project for the New American Century.[6] Gavora later became U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's chief speechwriter and was a senior policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Justice.[2][1] She worked as a speechwriter and advisor for Nikki Haley during Haley's time as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.[7] She has written speeches for various public figures, including former House speaker Newt Gingrich, and former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.[8] In November 2010, Sarah Palin cited Gavora for her "important work" on Palin's book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag.[4][9]
Gavora is the author of the 2001 book Tilting the Playing Field: Schools, Sports, Sex, and Title IX, a critical review of the effect that gender equity policies have had on male and female school sports (Template:ISBN).[1][10] She has written for conservative magazines including The Weekly Standard[11] and National Review.[12]
Personal life
Gavora has been married to conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg since 2001.[2] She and Goldberg have one child and they live in the Washington, D.C., area.[1]
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External links
- Jessica Gavora, Author bio and overview of her book, Tilting the Playing Field
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- 1963 births
- American speechwriters
- 21st-century American women writers
- Johns Hopkins University alumni
- Living people
- Marquette University alumni
- Writers from Fairbanks, Alaska
- Writers from Washington, D.C.
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American political writers
- American women non-fiction writers