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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.
No, Long Beach Did Not Become a Sanctuary City for Immigrants. Not Yet.
Underrepresented, AAPI's Urged to Sign Up for Immigration Relief
Urban Farms Stretched Thin as Demand for Locally Sourced Spikes in LB
API’s and Prop. 47 – Overcoming the Stigma of Incarceration
Waiting For Reform-- What Immigrants Can Do Now
Black Activists Hold Intergenerational Conversation in LA
After Long Struggle, Long Beach Votes to Raise the Minimum Wage
Would You Like a Living Wage with That?
'They Call Us Terrorists' - Muslim Students Bullied in California Schools
Dozens Gather In Long Beach For Transgender Day Of Remembrance