Jo McGowan

Jo McGowan, Contributing Writer

Jo McGowan writes from Dehradun, India where she has lived since 1981. In addition to Commonweal, her work has appeared in Newsweek, the Guardian, National Catholic Reporter, U.S. Catholic, the Human Life Review, and all the major dailies in India. She is co-founder and executive director of the Latika, a non-profit in India for disabled children. She and her husband Ravi have three children (though Moy Moy is not longer physically with us) and three grands. @JoChopra

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