Jared Olson
REPORTING FELLOW
Jared Olson is an independent journalist and writer with a focus in Latin America. His previous travels and reporting have taken him to Cuba and Guatemala. He lives in St. Augustine, Florida, and is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Journalism, with minors in Political Science and Spanish, at Flagler College.
![Pulitzer Center fellow Jared Olson in the mountains of Chiapas, near the Zapatista "Autonomous Zones." Image courtesy of Jared Olson. Mexico, 2019.](/sites/default/files/02-13-19/acteal_self-portrait.jpg "Pulitzer Center fellow Jared Olson in the mountains of Chiapas, near the Zapatista "Autonomous Zones." Image courtesy of Jared Olson. Mexico, 2019.")
![Gustavo Esteva before the Unitierra (short for Universidad de la Tierra, or "University of the Earth") the alternative education school he founded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Rooted in the radical educational philosophy of Brazilian philosopher Paolo Freire, Esteva has helped develop close ties to the Zapatista movement through the school he founded. Image by Jared Olson. Mexico, 2018.](/sites/default/files/10-23-18/gustavoesteva1.jpg "Gustavo Esteva before the Unitierra (short for Universidad de la Tierra, or "University of the Earth") the alternative education school he founded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Rooted in the radical educational philosophy of Brazilian philosopher Paolo Freire, Esteva has helped develop close ties to the Zapatista movement through the school he founded. Image by Jared Olson. Mexico, 2018.")