Early Life
Raised in Durham, North Carolina, she attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts at the age of fifteen. After Phillips, Pratt enrolled at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, where she received a degree in Communications with a minor in Modern dance. Her publishing career began with internships at Rolling Stone magazine and Sportstyle, a Fairchild Publication. After graduating, Pratt landed her first job as assistant editor of McCall's and in 1986, became an associate editor of Teenage Magazine. From there she went on to found Sassy Magazine.
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