April Rubin is a freelance journalist and researcher, whose current work focuses on youth, education, elections, and health. She was recently a researcher, writer, and editor for guides.vote, producing nonpartisan voter guides for key 2026 midterm elections. She spent three years as a national reporter at Axios, where she wrote breaking news, explainers, and features across coverage areas including youth, education, politics, policy, protest movements, technology, health, business, climate, courts, and culture. Previously, she spent a year at the New York Times as a breaking news reporting fellow. April is an alumna of the University of Florida, and she was a 2026 Fulbright Germany grantee for the Berlin Capital Program.