Mona Chalabi is a journalist who really loves numbers. She is the data editor of The Guardian where she writes articles, produces documentaries and illustrates, as well as animates, data. She is also a data journalist for NPR. After analyzing statistics for the United Nations, Chalabi saw how important data was, but also how easily it could be used by people with their own specific agendas. Since then, her work for organizations like Transparency International and The Guardian has had one goal: to make sure as many people as possible can find and question the data they need to make informed decisions about their lives.

She gives speeches and teaches courses on data journalism, and when she can, she illustrates data. She helped create the Emmy-nominated four-part video series "Vagina Dispatches" which explores the physical, social and sometimes political dynamics that surround women's bodies. She hosts Vice's TV program "The Business of Life," a new kind of talk show that breaks down the financial machinery behind some of the most important issues of our time.

Chalabi has a master's degree in international security from the Paris Institute of Political Studies and has worked for FiveThirtyEight, the Banks of England, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and the International Organization for Migration.