Chelsea Follett

Chelsea Follett is the managing editor of HumanProgress.org, a policy analyst in the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and author of the book Centers of Progress: 40 Cities That Changed the World (2023). Her writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, Forbes, The Hill, Business Insider, National Review, the Washington Examiner, and Global Policy Journal. She was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for 2018 in the category of Law & Policy. She earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Government and English from the College of William & Mary, as well as a Master of Arts in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, where she focused on international relations and political theory. Learn more about her new book at CentersofProgress.com.