About

Melissa Langsam Braunstein is an independent writer and communications strategist in Washington, DC. She is a senior contributor to The Federalist and a contributing writer for the Jewish parenting blog Kveller.

Melissa previously spent seven years working for the federal government. She served primarily as a speechwriter at four federal agencies, including: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of State. Melissa earned her B.A. from Harvard College and her M.P.P. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she was a Pforzheimer Fellow.