Rose is a California transplant who covered local news in San Diego, CA, where she studied journalism at Point Loma Nazarene University. Upon relocating to D.C., she taught, mentored and edited student reporters at the Washington Journalism Center on Capitol Hill for three years. She's also spent time as a freelance copy editor and writer for nonprofit publications and magazines. Rose is currently earning her M.A. in Multiplatform Journalism at University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.