<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Parks akaberekerwa muNew Jersey asi akakurira muRidgefield, Connecticut, kwaakapinda Ridgefield High School. Akatanga kunyora zvehunyanzvi mupepanhau rekumusha kwake, The Ridgefield Press, aine makore gumi nemana, achivhara mitambo yechikoro chepamusoro. Akaenda kuDartmouth College, achitanga pepanhau rake, The Sports Weekly yave kutofa uye achiimba neDodecaphonics, boka re co-ed a cappella. Paakanga achiri mudzidzi, akashanda semunyori weThe New York Times uye semudzidzi weThe Boston Globe. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza Phi Beta Kappa kubva kuDartmouth muna 1996, akashanda kuThe Washington Post, uye akazopedzisira atorwa nguva yakazara nepepa, iro rakamupa hofisi muManassas, Virginia. Muna 1998, akatamira kuThe Star-Ledger ndokutanga kushanda semunyori wemitambo uye, gare gare, munyori wenhau. Muna 2007, Crossroads, nhevedzano yake yezvikamu zvina pamusoro pe  <response>: Mhirizhonga yeNewark ya1967 yakawana mubayiro mukuru weNew Jersey Press Association wokushuma nhau dzebhizimisi. Iye zvino anogara kuVirginia nomudzimai wake nevana vavo vaduku vaviri. 