Education
She graduated from Wellesley College in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She then attended Harvard Law School, where she received her Juris Doctor in 1990.
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She is an expert and activist in global trade issues. Wallach has testified before Congress about the effect North American Free Trade Agreement, World Trade Organization, and other free trade agreements have on global citizens. She has played a significant role in the negotiations of many free trade agreements by acting as a consumer watch dog.
Wallach, a native of Wisconsin, is Jewish and was born in 1965.
Before starting her role in 1995 at Public Citizen, she had worked on Capitol Hill, on electoral campaigns, and in television news. Wallach has appeared on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Cable News Network, National Public Radio, American Broadcasting Company, Consumer News and Business Channel, Fox News, Public Broadcasting Service, Bloomberg television, British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network. In addition, she has been quoted extensively in publications such as The New York Times, The Economist, Forbes, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, United States of America Today, Bloomberg, and The National Journal.
She has been described by the Wall Street Journal as, "Ralph Nader with a sense of humor" and was dubbed "the Trade Debate"s Guerrilla Warrior" in a National Journal profile. She is also a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post, Democracy Now, and Public Broadcasting Service.
