Michael Lozano
Michael is an editor and multimedia journalist born to Mexican parents who started their own Domestic Violence counseling center in Southeast Los Angeles. His mentorship has provided youth opportunities to share their stories online on NPR, KCET, the Long Beach Post, and other national websites. His articles have been syndicated and translated into multiple languages via New America Media and ImpreMedia, the nation’s largest Spanish-language news publisher. He was a fellow with UCLA's Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, and has recently been a Votebeat Reporter for CalMatters and the Long Beach Post. Michael graduated from CSULB in 2011 with research honors in Sociology and a Journalism minor. Follow his work @chicanochico on Twitter and @thechicanochicoreport on Instagram. Posts by Michael Lozano:
Life After DACA: One Policy, Different Outcomes
Since President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in August 2012, more than 400,000 young people have received DACA benefits...
Long Beach Students & Teachers Reflect on Fast Food
Just down the street from Cabrillo High School in West Long Beach is a fast-food paradise: McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Winchell’s, Carl’s Jr.,..
Despite Eligibility, Many Youth Remain Uninsured
As of New Year’s Day, healthcare in America will never be the same.
Beginning Jan. 1, insurers will finally be required to cover medical health on par with mental health...
NewsLongBeach: Saving A Culture
Thanksgiving is Nov. 28 and it’s a time for turkey and too many meals. But not all families celebrate the thanksgiving holiday in the same way...
School Reform: Students, Parents Assert Their Demands
Woodrow Wilson High School junior Eduardo Pacheco remembers the day he opened his favorite school lunch meal—lasagna—to find instead a soggy drape of watered cheese...
NewsLongBeach: The Voices of UndocuQueers
There’s a conversation underway in this country about immigration policies and its impact on those who live in the shadow of undocumented...
Undocuqueer Find Community in ‘Talking Circles’
Young people are sitting in a circle at the beach, passing around Jarritos Mexican soda, joking about their secret crushes, and discussing where they would travel in the world if they could...
Our Community: Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
“Our Community” is a VoiceWaves project and community event that was showcased on Aug. 26. Youth reporters were tasked to explore their community through a camera’s lens, each picking one community-based organization to shine a spotlight on...
Forgotten & Underserved: Pacific Islanders Fight for Academic Success
Kulia I Ka Nu’u. Strive for the summit.
This was the motto of Hawaii’s Queen Kapi’olani...
Gay Marriage: What it Means for Immigrants in Long Beach
On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out a key provision in the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), allowing same-sex couples to marry in many states throughout the country...
Recognizing Filipino Workers– Past, Present & Future
In Delano, they struggled as farmworkers with Cesar Chavez. In Long Beach, they organize as today’s hotel workers and domestic caregivers...
Laws to Look Out For: How Currently Proposed Bills Can Affect LB
Interactive Map by Angel Kastanis
Four pieces of legislation are revamping the education system as we know it...
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