Marijke Friedman is a Washington, D.C.-based reporting fellow covering the Texas congressional delegation and political developments that affect Texans. Marijke, a senior journalism and politics double major at the University of Maryland, is the news editor of The Diamondback, the campus newspaper. She has also worked for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Capital News Service, the USA Today Network's Design Center and Montgomery Community Media. She grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland.