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ANJANA NAGARAJAN-BUTANEY

Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney is a writer for India Currents magazine, showcasing the stories of South Asians in the United States while exploring the social and cultural impact of issues like immigration, health, census, elections, technology and the arts. She is also a Producer/Founder of DesiCollective Media, creating multimedia (podcast, video and written) content that impacts the multiethnic, multicultural communities of the South Asian diaspora. Anjana is a 2021 & 2022 grantee from the USC Center for Health Journalism, reporting on domestic violence in the South Asian community. This project received two - First place In-Depth Reporting California Journalism Awards from the California News Publishers Association. In 2022, Anjana won a grant to report on aging, as part of the first Altavoz Lab cohort. She also received an award for Local Coverage of Election 2020 from CNPA.

Go Nakamura

Go Nakamura began his photography journey as a wedding photographer in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2006. In 2009, he relocated to New York City and transitioned into news/documentary photography, freelancing with the New York Daily News in 2015. Since then, he has broadened his scope, freelancing for renowned outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Thomson Reuters, Getty Images, Bloomberg Business, Texas Tribune, and Houston Chronicle. Focused on addressing pressing social issues, Go's work aims to harness the power of visual imagery for maximum impact. His photography has garnered international acclaim, including awards such as Pictures Of The Year International (POYi) and Best Of Photojournalism (BOP). In 2021, he was part of the Getty Images team named as finalists for Feature Photography at the Pulitzer Prize.

Dianna Náñez

Dianna Náñez is an executive editor and co-founder at Arizona Luminaria, a nonprofit newsroom for people who want in-depth local journalism that lights the path so they can take action. She's an investigative journalist and narrative writer whose story of Indigenous and borderlands communities was part of the USA TODAY Network's 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning team coverage for explanatory journalism. Before launching a newsroom that puts people before profit, Náñez worked 15 years at The Arizona Republic. In addition to reporting and editing, she served as a live-storytelling coach, led diversity/equity committees and helped found Gannett's Latine employee resource group. Náñez has earned awards for government, social issues and public safety reporting and was on the team that won the 2020 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. She’s a mentor who served on the NAHJ board, graduated from ASNE’s Emerging Leaders Institute and taught journalism ethics/diversity at ASU's Cronkite School.

Jo Napolitano

Jo Napolitano is a senior reporter for The 74 based in New York City. Tasked with covering some of the nation’s most marginalized children, she has a special focus on immigration. Prior to joining The 74, Napolitano spent nearly two decades reporting for The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Newsday, where she exposed cheating scandals and fraud in school districts around the country. Building on years of experience, she earned a Spencer Education Fellowship to Columbia University in 2016 in support of her reporting on educational discrimination against newcomer students. Her book on the topic, "The School I Deserve: Six Young Refugees and Their Fight for Equality in America," was released in spring 2021 with the help of a generous grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

Carolina Navas

Carolina Navas graduated from the School of Social Communication at the Universidad del Valle in Colombia, and has taken part in numerous workshops related to photography and documentaries in Buenos Aires and Bogotá. Throughout her career she has worked as a documentary series director, photographer and cinematographer.

LYGIA NAVARRO

Lygia Navarro is an award-winning disabled journalist working in narrative audio and print. She has reported from across Latin America, as well as on Latine stories in the United States and Europe. Lygia has reported for The American Prospect, Business Insider, Marketplace, The World, Latino USA, the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Christian Science Monitor, The Associated Press, and Afar, among other outlets. She has also worked as a podcast producer, and her work has been supported by many grants and fellowships, including, most recently, the Journalism & Women Symposium.

Rebecca Noble

Rebecca Noble is a freelance photojournalist based in Tucson, Arizona and frequently contributes to the New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg and other outlets.