Leslie Casimir is a freelance journalist and content writer based in Vienna, Austria. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, San Francisco and Parents magazines. Between 2008 and 1993 she worked as a staff reporter for several daily newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, the New York Daily News and the Miami Herald. During those years, she focused on immigration and urban affairs, covering a vast array of stories documenting the legal, social and racial problems faced by newcomers, as well as how their lives were affected by upheavals in their home countries.