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KATELYNN LAWS

Katelynn Laws is a Colombian-American writer and producer based in North Carolina. Her work focuses on the lives and experiences of Latinos living in the U.S. South.

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee is a Korean-American photographer based in San Antonio, Texas. He is currently a staff photographer and picture editor at the San Antonio Express News. His personal work focuses on issues of identity, subcultures, immigration, and the United States military. Before working at the Express News he was a frequent contributor to The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The New Yorker and Wall Street Journal. He was one of the few members of the press that managed to photograph inside the US Capitol during the January 6th riots and his subsequent photographs was recognized among TIME Magazine’s most influential photographs.

David Leffler

David Leffler is an Austin-based staff writer for Public Health Watch, where he covers toxic chemical pollution and other environmental health issues. David is a 2023 Livingston Award finalist and his work has appeared in The Washington Post, Grist, The Texas Tribune and Texas Monthly.

Nicol León

Nicol León is a freelance journalist based in New York City. She is completing an M.A. in Bilingual Journalism with a Data Journalism focus at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY. Previously, she worked as a reporter in Peru, covering labor, politics and human rights. Her work has also appeared in El País América, El País US and Infobae. As of June, she is an intern at The Arizona Republic.

JULIE LEOPO

Julie Leopo is a California-based award-winning photojournalist who explores culture, politics, identity, and social issues and has a passion for amplifying the stories of bicultural and bilingual communities through her photography. In 2021, Latino Journalists of California, CCNMA named Julie one of “California’s Most Influential Latina Journalists,” and in 2022 she was a runner up for the prestigious Ruben Salazar Journalism Award for her reporting on the Oxnard beach community.

EMMA LESUR

Emma Lesur is a Mexican-Dutch multimedia artist and writer studying at Farnham University for the Creative Arts. Her topics of interest range from politics and environmentalism to queer issues and philosophy. Besides her studies, she currently freelances as an illustrator while volunteering for a number of activist organisations and collectives.

BEATRIZ LIMÓN

es una periodista independiente que fue corresponsal en Arizona y Nuevo México de la Agencia Internacional de Noticias EFE. Licenciada en Ciencias de la Comunicación, fotógrafa profesional y columnista para periódico El Imparcial.

Roxsy Lin

Roxsy Lin is an illustrator and journalist originally from Venezuela. Her work emphasizes themes of diversity, mental health, and cultural identity. She is passionate about creating artworks that showcase the rich tapestry of experiences within the BIPOC community, aiming to foster understanding and connection through her creative expressions.

Verónica Liso

Verónica Liso is an Argentinean product manager for digital native media and a freelance investigative journalist since 2013. She specializes in judicial journalism and data journalism. She has been published in Cosecha Roja, Infojus Noticias, Página 12, Revista Anfibia, eldiario.ar, Perycia, among other outlets.

FRANK LÓPEZ BALLESTEROS

Frank López Ballesteros was a reporter at the international desk at El Universal newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela, where he covered national security issues, particularly anti-terrorism, as well as domestic politics. He has been a freelance investigative journalist at Diario Las Américas in Miami. In 2020 he founded Itempnews, an investigative journalism non-profit organization.

VIRGINIA LORA

Virginia Lora is an independent audio producer, reporter and editor who works in English and Spanish, and dabbles in French. Born in Peru, she moved to the U.S. at age 13 and grew up in Miami, Florida. Much of her interest in stories that center the margins comes from her early-career experiences interviewing people in communities all over the country for an oral history project, and her own immigration experience. She earned a B.A. in history, French and a certificate in Latin American & Latino studies from Amherst College and trained in narrative audio at the Transom Story Workshop.