Nicholas D. Kristof has been a op-ed columnist for the New York Times since 2001-has been a member since 1984- and has recieved several awards from his writings. With winning the Pulitzer Award twice along with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, Kristof has also contributed awards from George Polk, Overseas Press Club, Micheal Kelly,Online News Association award, American Society of Newspaper Editors award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Not only that, but Kristof and his wife have co-authored three books together. He is oftenly known for bringing to light human rights abuses in Asia and Africa, such as human trafficking and the Darfur conflict.

Kristof grew up in a small town called Yamhill in Oregon, and he was raised on a sheep and cherry farm. Graduating from Harvard College, he then went on to study law at Oxford University with a Rhodes scholarship. Traveling all over the world, Kristof has lived on four continents, reported on six, visited over 140 countries, all 50 states, every Chinese Province, and every mainland Japanese island. Kristof takes interest in taveling, backpacking, running and spending time with his three children.