Jeanette Ramirez
Jeannette is a graduate of Millikan high school, where she served as the editor of the school newspaper. She is now studying journalism at CSULB. Posts by Jeanette Ramirez:
Our Community: LB Alliance for Children with Asthma
“Our Community” is a VoiceWaves project and community event being 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...
LBUSD to Get More Dollars for Needier Students
Today marks a landmark.
Almost a month after more than 300 students and peacemakers from Long Beach traveled to Capitol hall in Sacramento to push legislators to pass policies that ban harsh school discipline and Governor Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the proposal was adopted into the budget on June 17...
Students Mull Over Effects of Health Class Cuts
Empty classrooms sit unoccupied while posters of the food pyramid and a woman’s reproductive cycle collect dust on the walls...