Jacqueline Koch has an extensive background as a photojournalist and journalist. In 2000, she was awarded a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where she focused on post-Suharto Indonesia. Following the 2004 tsunami, she transferred her in-country expertise into media development and health system rehabilitation projects and continues to work as a communications consultant for global health, aid and development organizations. Based in Seattle, she is expanding her expertise in global health issues, speaks French and Bahasa Indonesia but needs to brush up on her Spanish.