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My passion for communication and media began when I was a high schooler. I decided to major in English Translation as an undergraduate student. I mustered up all my courage and efforts to master my language skills. I then applied for a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While there, volunteering for radio stations which facilitated my way of being admitted to the journalism graduate program at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. There, I was news director at KVSC 88.1 FM and produced a lot of podcasts and audio packages as well as written stories. I also gained a lot of hands-on experience in video-shooting and editing by reporting for the school's television station i.e. UTVS. I dare to say that my skills are as competitive as that of a reporter for a public/private television or radio station. In nutshell, I can report and produce stories and documentaries on my own for radio and television as well as print.

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Valeria Fernández is a multimedia journalist with more than a decade of experience as bilingual documentary producer and journalist covering Arizona’s immigrant community and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Her award-winning, independent reporting has taken her to places such as Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay, and has focused on topics ranging from migrant kidnappings to racial profiling and discrimination against migrant women in jail. Fernández also contributes to CNN Spanish and Al Jazeera English, and has been published by newsrooms such as The Washington Post and The Associated Press Spanish. In 2012, she completed her first documentary, “Two Americans,” which contrasts enforcement actions by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and a 9-year-old girl – a U.S. citizen – trying to stop deportation of her parents. In 2014, she co-directed, filmed and edited six short films for an international web documentary, “Connected Walls,” on life at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Dr. Tamara MC is a cult, child marriage, and human trafficking Lived Experience Expert who advocates for girls and women to live free from gender-based violence worldwide. Her Ph.D. is in Applied Linguistics, and she researches how language manipulates vulnerable populations. Tamara attended Columbia University for an MFA and has been honored with residencies/fellowships in Bread Loaf, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Sewanee, Ragdale, Cave Canem, VONA, and VCCA. She's published in 60+ prestigious outlets including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Newsweek, Salon, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She’s revising her debut memoir, Child Bride: My Marriage at 12. She's traveled to nearly 80 countries, mostly alone and backpacking, and is a polyglot, having studied more than six languages. She's an empty-nesting mama to two sons in their mid-20s and a grandmamma to two feisty but adorable pups, a Boston Terrier and an Australian Shepherd.

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Liz Scherffius is a trilingual freelance journalist and a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting fellow. She specializes in documentary film and investigative data journalism. As a video journalist for the BBC, she covered immigration, civil liberties, and women's issues. Originally from southwestern Montana, Liz pursued Latin American Studies as an undergraduate at Pitzer College, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Upon graduation, she began her journalism career in Argentina and Ecuador. As a Master’s candidate at the Columbia School of Journalism, she made a 30-minute documentary film about refugee resettlement in New York City. The film, A Table for All, was a 2018 Official Selection of the NYC Independent Film Festival. Liz completed her Master's degree in December 2017 and she is based in Washington, D.C and Tucson, AZ.

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Radio journalist, producer, reporter, and editor. Currently senior producer at NPR affiliate station KJZZ, in Phoenix, Arizona. Previously worked as a producer at editor at NPR HQ in Washington. Ability to travel to remote areas of the Southwest, and excited to work on creative, collaborative stories. Experience in both breaking hard news, and in-depth nuanced cultural features. Can be hired to record audio, nat sound, interviews, or tape-syncs, as well as to produce podcasts, edit scripts or sound, mix or produce already recorded audio, or consult on projects. Particularly interested in issues of race, gender, and class, as well as stories related to personal experiences, religion, music, and pop culture.

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David Routt is an experienced top line editor/motion graphics designer as well as an award-winning writer-producer-director of many different genres, including (but not limited to) documentary, corporate and commercial. I offer full-service production via Paint It Black TV, based in Phoenix, Arizona but can take my robust skill sets on the road for mobile edits or productions. Paint It Black TV is a team of professional visual storytellers working out of the Phoenix area, providing robust experience in many genres of video production, including documentary, marketing and commercial. We are flexible and easy to work with - always keeping client needs in primary focus.

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My name is John de Dios and I am a multi-media storyteller having had the opportunity to tell my stories using text, photos, audio, video, page and some web design. I am a freelance video producer for National Geographic News; the digital media director for the Genetic Literacy Project; the main photographer for the University of Arizona Office of Communications; and I have had work published on outlets like Scientific American Blogs, Arizona Republic, Tucson Weekly, Arizona Daily Star, Fox News Latino, and the New York Times Student Journalism Institute. I am a former educator and I've done plenty of mentoring for young photographers, videographers, journalists all over the world.

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I am a visual journalist based out of Phoenix specializing in documentary video and photojournalism. I enjoy telling stories that involve strong human interest and compelling/quirky characters. My kit includes a Canon 7D, 16-35 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, 50 1.4, Sennheiser wireless lav, Rode shotgun mic, Zoom recorder and Manfrotto tripod/head. I also have access to a C100, a 6D, and LED lights.

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Senior at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Pursuing a B.A. in Broadcast and Digital Journalism. Multimedia and visual journalist with experience in documentary filmmaking, coordinating newscasts and in a community and campus publication. Strives to tell compelling stories that impact people.

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Freelance reporter-producer-shooter-editor with 8 years of experience covering national politics and policy

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