Pearl is a journalist whose work on education, politics and social issues has appeared in regional and local media platforms for more than a decade. She has a strong track record in strategic communications, specialising in crisis communications and social media strategy. In 2018, she released a children’s picture book on the Youth Olympic Games. She was also team leader behind The Nutgraf’s top commemorative books, such as One Havelock Square, which won the Best Hybrid Book prize at the Singapore Book Awards in 2021, and Behind The Mask: Our Healthcare Story. She was a political and education reporter at The Straits Times, and a communications graduate from the Nanyang Technological University.