Shifra was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland with a dual bachelor’s degree in journalism and environmental science and policy. She spent almost four years working for The Diamondback, the student newspaper, where she covered an ex-mayor’s arrest, fraud in student government elections, campus protests amid violence in Palestine and Israel, and more. She has also reported for Capital News Service, the University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, The Frederick News-Post and Stars and Stripes. She will intern this summer with the Connecticut Mirror.
