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BRYANA ANDREA BALDERRAMA

is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in May 2021, majoring in multimedia journalism, with a minor in marketing. Her immediate career plan is to write and produce multimedia stories from the U.S.-Mexico border.

YESICA BALDERRAMA

Yesica Balderrama is a journalist and writer based in New York City. Her work has appeared on Latino USA and WNYC, and in PEN America, Guernica, Mental Floss and others.

HUGO BALTA

is the Owner/Publisher of the Latino News Network and a two-term president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).

CECILIA BALLÍ

Cecilia Ballí is a cultural anthropologist and a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly. She is the founder of Culture Concepts, a research consultancy.

SCOTT BARKER

Scott Barker is an award-winning filmmaker who works on human rights documentaries, as well as television commercials for clients like Disney, CNN, and Nickelodeon. His work has appeared at film festivals such as Sundance and the One World Human Rights Film Festival, and viewed by millions nationally and internationally on television.

MARIE BARONNET

Marie Baronnet studied art and photography in France where she grew up. She worked as a photojournalist for international magazines, along with a series of investigative photos and video from the Borderlands to East Los Angeles. In 2020, her first documentary feature, AMEXICA, was broadcasted on Arte channel, produced by Academy Award nominee Raoul Peck (I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO). This documentary film portrays the "Amexican" border spanning 10 years. She's currently working on her second documentary film in Los Angeles where she resides with her 7-year-old daughter.

YESENIA BARRIOS

Yesenia Barrios is a freelance writer in New York City who specializes in immigration and mental health issues.

Gabriela Barzallo

Gabriela Barzallo is a journalist based between New York City and Ecuador. Her work covers issues related to human rights, the environment, politics, social justice, and solutions in Latin America and its connection to the U.S. She has been published in Al Jazeera, El País, BBC Future, among others. Additionally, she is a climate fellow for the Solutions Journalism Network. @gabybarzallo

Johanna Bejarano

Johanna Bejarano is a bilingual journalist based in Washington state. She has worked for regional newspapers, broadcasting, and digital media in the U.S. and Colombia. She produces stories for Northwest Public Broadcasting, where she covers issues affecting Hispanic and Latino/x/e communities and other underrepresented groups. Her stories have also been published in Radio Bilingüe and Crosscut. Johanna has written about racial and gender disparities, farmworker labor, missing and murdered Indigenous women and people, and voting rights issues.

Tat Bellamy Walker

Tat Bellamy Walker is the communities reporter for the Seattle Times, where he reports on diverse groups throughout the Pacific Northwest. Last year, he reported for NBC News' diversity verticals (NBC Latino, BLK, OUT and Asian America). In 2021, he was named a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow, where he joined more than 50 local journalists from newsrooms across the US. His work has appeared in the Daily Beast, Business Insider and CNN.

Rocío Benavides

Rocío Benavides is an industrial designer with solid experience in the field of visual design. She has collaborated in creative projects for prominent organizations such as King County Metro, Seattle Police, La Sportiva, and T-Mobile. She excels at telling stories through visual elements, to connect with a variety of audiences and engage them through creativity and innovation.

Charles Bennett

Charles Bennett is a writer and Los Angeles native whose work focuses on social issues, housing, real estate, and sports.

Julian Berger

Julian Berger works as a production assistant for NBC News Daily. He previously interned as a prime-time intern for CNN and as a bilingual reporter for La Noticia. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and Hispanic studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a member of NAHJ since 2018, where he co-founded the NAHJ student chapter at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2020, and is a member of the newly created NAHJ LGBTQIA+ Committee.

ESMERALDA BERMUDEZ

Esmeralda Bermudez writes narrative stories about the lives of Latinos for the Los Angeles Times. She was born in El Salvador, raised in the Los Angeles area and graduated from the University of Southern California. Before joining The Times in 2008, Bermudez worked at the Oregonian in Portland, covering city government and immigration. She has reported from Mexico and Guatemala where her coverage in 2006 won her the Guillermo Martinez-Marquez Award for Latin American Reporting. Bermudez was also a finalist for Livingston Award for International Reporting. In 2016, she was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist attack.

CARLOS BERNATE

Carlos Bernate, born and raised in Bucaramanga, Colombia, is a gender-fluid photographer, videographer, communications specialist and writer. Their work is focused on human rights, identity and social humanitarian-related issues. In 2016, Bernate completed a four-year degree in Photography & Film from the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá, Colombia. Carlos’ work has been published internationally, notably in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek, among many others. They have also been recognized with several honors and awards. For example, AI-AP American Photography selected Carlos as both a 2021 and 2022 winner and three awards by The Virginia Press Association in 2019. Their stories have also been exhibited worldwide in Portugal, Argentina, Colombia and the USA. Currently, they're dedicated to documenting their community in Richmond, Virginia, where they have been based since 2017. Additionally, Carlos works as a communications coordinator for a Latin American non-profit organization called Sacred Heart Center in Richmond.

QUETZALLI BLANCO

Quetzalli Blanco is a freelance photographer and visual journalist working in Mexico. Alongside psychology, she specializes in issues related to the victimization and re-traumatization of people in vulnerable situations, mainly women, children and the transgender community. Her research projects come from decolonial and humanist perspectives. Her photographs have been published in agencies such as AFP, Xinhua and Notimex.

GUS BOVA

Gus Bova is a senior staff writer and assistant editor at the Texas Observer. He covers labor, politics, and other major Texas stories. He has written extensively on topics ranging from the border wall to homelessness. Before coming to the Observer, he worked at a shelter for recently arrived immigrants and asylum-seekers. He studied Latin American Studies at the University of Kansas.

CORI BROSNAHAN

Cori Brosnahan is a writer and video producer living in San Francisco. She has worked at KQED, WBUR, and WGBH, where she produced digital content for the series American Experience. Her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Public Press and Northeastern's Experience Magazine. She is the winner of two New England Emmys and a Shorty Award.

Michelle Bruzzese

Michelle Bruzzese (she/her) is a photographer specializing in portraits and human-interest stories. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including People Magazine, Time Magazine, Bloomberg, NPR the FT Weekend and others. She is a 1st generation American; her parents immigrated from Italy and Ecuador. She graduated from Parsons School of Design in NYC with a BFA in photography and is currently based in Central Florida. Find her work at michellebruzzese.com

JASON BUCH

Jason Buch is a freelance reporter based in Seattle, where he writes about criminal justice, immigration and the environment. He spent a decade covering the U.S-Mexico border for newspapers in Texas.

JOY BORKHOLDER

is a Seattle-based investigative and data journalist. With 15 years of experience in research, she recently began freelancing as a journalist with InvestigateWest and the South Seattle Emerald. She has written about civil rights and child care.