Chelsea Follett is the managing editor of HumanProgress.org, a project of the Cato Institute that seeks to educate the public on the global improvements in well-being by providing free empirical data on long-term developments, and a policy analyst in Cato's Center for Global Liberty & Prosperity. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, Forbes, The Hill, Business Insider, and many other outlets. She was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for 2018 in the category of Law & Policy. Follett earned a BA in government and English from the College of William & Mary, as well as an MA in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia, where she focused on international relations and political theory. She lives in the DC area with her husband and children.
