Oscar Perry Abello

Oscar Perry Abello is the senior economic justice correspondent at Next City, an independent, not-for-profit newsroom covering solutions to advance social, racial and environmental justice in cities across the United States. His writing has also appeared in Yes! Magazine, City & State New York, Impact Alpha, Shelterforce, Urban Omnibus and other outlets. Oscar is a child of immigrants descended from the former colonial subjects of the Spanish and U.S. imperial regimes in the Philippines. He was born in New York City and raised in the inner-ring suburbs of Philadelphia. Oscar has a bachelor's degree from Villanova University, where he majored in economics and minored in peace and justice studies. After several years embedded in the international development industry, he transitioned full time into journalism in 2015. He currently lives in New York City with his domestic partner and the two most photogenic kitties in the world.