About
Tyler Santora is a freelance science journalist and contributing editor at Fatherly who covers everything related to science, health, and the environment. They also write about gender and the LGBTQ+ community. Born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, Tyler graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor’s degree in biology and New York University with a master’s in science journalism. Now, they live in Colorado with their girlfriend and black lab mix named Damsel.
Experience
After graduating from New York University with a master’s in science journalism and internships at Psychology Today, Audubon, and Spectrum under their belt, Tyler started a health and science writing fellowship at Fatherly in 2020. There, they led the team’s COVID coverage, helping the publication win a Webby Award for their Homebodies newsletter, while also freelancing for publications such as PopSci. Tyler has since been promoted to Contributing Editor at Fatherly, launching a newsletter about making parenting decisions during the pandemic and taking over the site’s health and science section.
Education
Tyler graduated from Oberlin University with a bachelor’s in biology, while holding the title of Editor-in-Chief of The Synapse, an intercollegiate science magazine. They graduated from a master’s program in science, health, and environmental reporting at New York University in 2019.
