Amritpal is an Investigative Reporter on the Consumer Watchdog beat for USA Today. She is a former nurse turned journalist who has reported on health, crime, wildfires, local government, faith, and race for Redding Record Searchlight in California and has also completed fellowships with the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C. and Global Health Corps in Uganda. She grew up in Los Angeles and Punjab, and is fluent in Hindi and Punjabi.
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