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Fernando Figueroa is a University of Florida journalism senior pursuing a minor in sustainability studies. He was the environmental beat reporter for The Independent Florida Alligator, a student-run...

Julia Cooper is a May 2023 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, with a minor in women’s studies. She has previously served as a photojournalist for The...

Carolina Cuellar reports for Texas Public Radio from McAllen, Texas, where she covers business and border issues. Her position is made possible by Report For America — a nonprofit, national program...

Katie Castellani is a staff writer at the University of Richmond’s Capital News Service and a writer and city and state editor at The Collegian, Richmond's student-run newspaper. Castellani is from...

Gisela Pérez de Acha reports on extremism, disinformation, and environmental issues for University of California, Berkeley's Investigative Reporting Program with a focus on digital forensics and...

April 4, 2023

Maea Lenei Buhre is a general assignment producer for PBS NewsHour.

Stephanie Sy is a PBS NewsHour correspondent and serves as anchor of NewsHour West. Throughout her career, she served in anchor and correspondent capacities for ABC News, Al Jazeera America, CBSN, CNN...

Meral Jamal is a journalist based in Nunavut, Canada’s vast Arctic territory. Originally from the United Arab Emirates, she is a reporter for the Nunatsiaq News in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, a...

Shubra Ohri is an attorney with the Missouri office of the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (MJC).

Vickie Vértiz is an award-winning poet, writer, educator, and advocate. The oldest child of an immigrant Mexican family, Vértiz was born and raised in Bell Gardens, California, a city in southeast Los...

Kelly Van Baalen is the project manager on the Sea Level Rise team at Climate Central, where she communicates Climate Central's research and tools to key stakeholders across academia, business...