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MONIQUE O. MADAN

Monique O. Madan writes about immigration and enterprise for the Miami Herald. She is currently a Reveal Fellow at the Center for Investigative Reporting. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and The Dallas Morning News.

MEGHNA MAHARISHI

Meghna Maharishi is an investigative intern at CNBC.

JENNY MANRIQUE

Jenny Manrique is a freelance reporter who has covered human rights in Latin America and the United States for two decades. She covered immigration for the Dallas Morning News and national politics for Univision. Her work has been published, in English and Spanish, in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and CNN, among others. Follow @jennymanriquec on Twitter.

FLÁVIA MANTOVANI

Flávia Mantovani is a reporter for the international section of the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, in Brazil. She has written about migration and human rights since 2014. She has published reports in the Spanish magazine Capital, on BBC Brazil and in Brazilian media such as G1, Veja and Piauí.

J. MARCOS

J. Marcos. Precariousness. Philosophy. Journalism. Freelance questions from those three vital areas.

Rosario Marina

Rosario Marina is a journalist specializing in data and narrative. She studied at the National University of La Plata, in Argentina. She has been covering human rights, gender and LGBTIQ issues, migration and police violence for 10 years for media outlets in Spain, Guatemala, the U.S. and Argentina.

ABRAHAM MARQUEZ

Abraham Marquez is a freelance writer from Inglewood, California, focusing on immigration, and politics.

Carmen Márquez

Carmen Márquez is a Mexican American independent reporter based in Los Angeles. She has focused on indigenous and undocumented communities and has previously worked as an anchor/reporter in Telemundo 52/NBC4 Los Angeles. During the 2020 election, Márquez covered the young Latino demographic in the USA for Telemundo and NBC, and is currently producing an audio documentary on Latinas and ADHD for LWC Studios.

FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ

Félix Márquez is an independent photographer and visual journalist based in Mexico. He has specialized in covering the war against drug trafficking, migration, human rights and the lives of children in Latin America. He is the organizer of the Mirar Distinto Photo Festival. His photographs have been exhibited collectively and individually in New York City, Mexico, Norway, Ecuador and Chile.

PILAR MARRERO

Pilar is a journalist and author with extensive experience in covering social and political issues in the Latino community. As a disinformation monitor for the National Conference on Citizenship’s Algorithmic Transparency Institute, she has been tracking COVID-19 misinformation, the anti-vaccine movement, and politics. Pilar is also an Associate Editor for Ethnic Media Services in San Francisco, a Spanish-language content partnerships advisor for The Marshall Project, and a consulting producer for “187, the Rise of the Latino Vote,” a documentary by Public Media Group of Southern California which premiered in 2020.

Aníbal Martel Peña

Aníbal Martel Peña is a documentary photographer and videographer currently working as a correspondent for international press agencies in the United States since 2011. He studied photography at Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño Gran Canaria, photojournalism and creative photography at Escuela Superior de Comunicación, Imagen y Sonido in Madrid and first stage of the journalism degree at Complutense University in Madrid, where he began his career as an independent documentary and editorial photographer in 2003. He has developed his photographic work in various capacities: print media, digital media, press agencies, and lifestyle. His photographs have been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City, the Columbus Museum in Gran Canaria, the Embassy of Spain in Washington D.C., and Louisiana State Museums, among others. Aníbal's work and long-time research cultural project about the Canary Islander descendants in the United States, CISLANDERUS, in collaboration with his wife and researcher Thenesoya V. Martín De la Nuez, has been featured as a solo exhibition in Louisiana (Capitol Park Museum), The Cabildo of New Orleans, and the Spanish Embassy in Washington D.C.

Alejandra Martinez

Alejandra Martinez joined The Texas Tribune in the fall of 2022 as an environmental reporter. She’s covered the impacts of petrochemical facilities on Black and Brown communities, including investigating a chemical fire at an industrial facility. Additionally, she has explored topics related to climate change, such as the health effects of extreme heat and how long periods of drought affect water resources in Texas. Alejandra was previously an accountability reporter at KERA, where she began as a Report for America corps member and then covered Dallas City Hall. Before that, she worked as an associate producer at WLRN, South Florida’s public radio station. Alejandra studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, and interned at KUT and NPR's Latino USA. She's a native of Houston and speaks fluent Spanish.

Andrés H. Martínez

Andrés H. Martínez is a journalist, writer, and content creator with experience in local newsrooms and national storytelling initiatives. He currently freelances for palabra and other media organizations, serves as Treasurer for NAHJ Los Angeles, and is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton.

CONSUELO MARTINEZ

Consuelo Martinez is a multimedia journalism student at the University of Texas at El Paso with a passion for photography. She will graduate in December 2021.

SAÚL MARTINEZ

Saúl Martinez is an independent freelance photographer and videographer based in South Florida. He specializes in documentary, portrait, editorial and news photography. Saúl’s vision and approach to his work flow allows him to document life in a creative, intimate, storytelling way through photographs. He has been working in Florida since 2017, for numerous publications. Before shifting over to freelance work, he was based in Central America since 2009 as a staff wire photographer for EFE and Reuters news agencies for ten years out of Guatemala City, Guatemala.

JACQUELINE MATA

desde perseguir noticias de última hora hasta encontrar personajes noticiosos, está comprometida a contar historias que inspiran y educan. Nacida y criada en El Paso, Texas, y de herencia mexicana, Mata ha reportado y producido para varios estados, incluyendo Texas, Nevada y Florida. Su trabajo periodístico ha destacado varios temas, incluyendo la inmigración, la trata de personas, la donación de órganos y la salud global.

Gisselle Medina

Gisselle Medina is a proud Latine and queer individual born in L.A. and raised in Fresno. They received their bachelor’s degree in English from UC Berkeley in 2022 and will graduate with a master’s degree from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2024. They were part of the NAHJ and NLGJA’s student projects in 2023, where they reported mainly on topics of concern for the LGBTQIA+ community. Medina’s focus is to carve slices in the "stories of the moment,” through timely, in-depth reporting that provides context and centers people who are presented multidimensionally.

Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Antonio Mejías-Rentas is a longtime Puerto Rican and bilingual journalist who has lived and worked in Los Angeles for more than 40 years. As a Hispanic Link columnist and entertainment editor at La Opinión for two decades, he chronicled the booming U.S. Latino arts and entertainment scene. As managing editor at Boyle Heights Beat during the last 10 years, he mentored teen journalists and managed the web page for that community news outlet in an East Los Angeles barrio. He is a former NAHJ board member and former NAHJ-LA president. Retired in February, he still has some stories to tell.

JORGE MELCHOR

Jorge is a freelance visual and data journalist whose video, online, print and broadcast work has appeared on outlets including NBC News, The New York Times, the History Channel, and the Financial Times. He has worked as a freelance journalist in Mexico and the U.S. and currently lives just outside New York City.

ALEJANDRO MELÉNDEZ

Alejandro Meléndez was born in Mexico City. He studied communication science at the School of Political and Social Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and photography at the Center for Marti Studies in Havana, Cuba. He is a freelance photographer, deputy director of the website Periodistas Unidos (United Journalists) and a member of the FotorreporterosMx collective. He worked at the newspapers El Financiero, La Jornada and Excélsior and the sports publication Récord. He has also worked at the news agencies Notimex, Clasos, AFP, Xinhua y Procesofoto and has contributed to the magazines focused on music, including Mosca, Rolling Stone, Grita Radio and website Me Hace Ruido. He has written two books: Culturas Juveniles, edited by the UNAM School of Political and Social Science and Luminiescencias with the publishing house Literal. He won the Gabriel García Márquez award in 2019 in the innovation category for joint reporting on “Mujeres de la Vitrina” (Showcase Women).

CLAUDIA MELÉNDEZ SALINAS

Claudia Meléndez Salinas is an author, journalist, open water swimmer, and a big cat lover.

Paúl Mena Mena

Paúl Mena Mena is an Ecuadorian investigative reporter and a professor. He is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), ConnectasHub, and the Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP). He collaborates with El Universo, the largest newspaper in Ecuador. He received the National Prize of Journalism Eugenio Espejo in Ecuador twice, in 2018 and 2023. He has taught investigative and data journalism at several universities.

DANIEL MÉNDEZ

Daniel Méndez is an award-winning editor/producer with more than 15 years of experience covering news in English and Spanish. He has worked with Telemundo and 12 News. His professional experience contributed to a better understanding of fair and comprehensive coverage of Latino communities, including collaborating on the production of bilingual stories that spawned 12 News en Español.

Luis Joel Méndez González

Luis Joel Méndez González reports on climate change and disaster recovery for the Center for Investigative Journalism through Report for America since 2022. He is an experienced data-driven and multimedia reporter. Méndez González holds a Masters Degree in Data Visualization and Information Design, and sits on NAHJ´s Board of Directors as General At-Large Officer. He´s also co-chair of the LGBTQIA+ Committee.

María José Mesías (Pepa Ilustradora)

María José Mesías, known as Pepa Ilustradora, is a visual communicator from Ecuador whose work focuses on social change topics such as gender equality, human rights, migration, violence, and more. As a freelance illustrator, she has worked with various media outlets and social organizations, including Radio Ambulante, UN Women, UNICEF, and many others. Her work has been commissioned by magazines, blogs, podcasts, and campaigns. Additionally, she works in literature, including the book "Ana en Todas Partes," published by Fondo de Cultura Económica of Mexico.

Silber Meza

Silber Meza is an investigative journalist specialized in security, human rights, and corruption. Winner of the National Journalism Award, Walter Reuter German Journalism Prize (PAPWR), and SIP Award, among others. He has taught several courses on investigative journalism. He is a co-author of a couple of books. He is currently the coordinator of the Investigative and Data Journalistic Unit of El Universal.

JOSEE MOLAVI

Josee Molavi is a bilingual filmmaker and multimedia journalist passionate about immigration, human rights, and environmental justice. Using the visual storytelling language to tap into underrepresented narratives, she focuses on socio-cultural documentary films and intersectional reporting projects. Molavi graduated with a degree in Communication, Legal Studies, Economics, and Government (CLEG) from American University in 2020 and has a background in immigration law and community organizing. She pursues freelance journalism and videography, serves as the bilingual producer in the media team for the city of Annapolis, Maryland, and writes and produces original music.

Jesús J. Montero

Jesús J. Montero is a storyteller and event producer from Chicago. He is the son of Mexican immigrants.

PEDRO NOÉ MORALES

Pedro Noé Morales is a researcher at the Moses Mesoamerican Archive at Harvard University and a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Anthropology and the Harvard Divinity School, where he focuses on Ancient Mesoamerican Cultures and Societies, the Comparative Study of Religion, and the evolution of religious practices in the Latino-Diaspora in Latin American and within the United States.

SARINA MORALES

is the Los Angeles Rams Team Reporter. She was a former SportsCenter anchor for ESPN. Sarina was part of the launch of ESPN’s SportsCenterAM morning show. She also worked as a feature reporter covering the NBA Finals as well as MLB’s Opening Day. Prior to ESPN, she was the social media manager for National Geographic.

IVAN MORENO

Ivan Moreno is a Chicago-based freelance journalist with more than 15 years of daily news experience, including 14 years with The Associated Press in Colorado, Illinois and Wisconsin. He’s covered state and national politics and major breaking news in every state he’s worked in and has been on assignment in Mexico City, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Albuquerque N.M. He began his career in Denver with the Rocky Mountain News.

JIM MORRIS

Jim Morris is the executive director and founder of Public Health Watch. He has been a journalist since 1978, focusing on public health and the environment. He has received more than 80 awards for his work, including the George Polk award, the Sidney Hillman award, three National Association of Science Writers awards, two national Edward R. Murrow awards and five Texas Headliners awards. Morris spent more than 13 years with the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization in Washington, D.C., as a senior reporter, managing editor, acting CEO and executive editor. While there, reporting he directed won a Pulitzer Prize and an Edgar A. Poe award for national reporting from the White House Correspondents’ Association.

Victoria Mortimer

Victoria Mortimer is an audience engagement journalist and freelance reporter covering social politics, culture, and immigration in New York. Previously, she worked for LA NACIÓN (Argentina) and the Financial Times.

RUTHY MUÑOZ

Ruthy Muñoz is a freelance journalist, a multilingual linguist, and a soon-to-be book author. She served in the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of specialist during the Desert Shield/Desert Storm era. Previously, Ruthy was a Chips Quinn Scholar, and National Association of Black Journalists Reuters Fellow. She speaks five languages and was a French translator for Haiti’s national football team. She is also a freelance contributor for global travel publication, Skift, focusing on airlines coverage.

URSULA MUÑOZ SCHAEFER

Ursula Muñoz Schaefer is a freelance journalist and recent graduate of Florida International University. She was opinion editor of the school newspaper, PantherNOW, and wrote this story for the University’s South Florida Media Network.

MARIELA MURDOCCO

is a bilingual multimedia journalist and photographer in New York City who has been nominated for five Emmy Awards. Born in Uruguay, she has worked as a reporter, TV producer, anchor, photographer and videographer for Consumer Reports, Telemundo, News 12, The New York Daily News, Banda Oriental, The Jersey Journal and The Associated Press. She has contributed to The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Hola TV, Fox News and as a NY correspondent for Canal 7 in Uruguay. In 2012, Mariela was elected national Spanish at-large officer for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.