Meet the Latino Reporter Digital staff
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Yasmin A. Aboytes
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 Yasmin A. Aboytes, a native of El Paso, Texas, developed an interest in journalism and photography in high school. She shot pictures and wrote for the yearbook and newspaper.
She is a senior at the University of Texas at El Paso, working toward a degree in Print and a minor in Business management.
Aboytes has worked at the El Paso Times for five years as a Photo technician and part-time photographer. She photographs a variety of spot news, features, sports and studio work.
Aboytes was a Chips Quinn scholar in the summer of 2004 in Greeley, Colo. She covered spot news, features and a monthly health beat.
Gloria Gallardo
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 Gloria Gallardo is a 2005 graduate of St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Although she has lived in San Antonio most of her life, Gallardo holds a special place for her native city Monterey, Mexico. While at St. Mary's University, Gallardo has gained experience in print, broadcast and online newsrooms.
In her freshman year she was features editor of her school newspaper, The Rattler. She also worked as an assignment editor for News 9 San Antonio in 2003. Gallardo left San Antonio in January 2004 to study Spanish literature and linguistics in Madrid, Spain.
She was a Chips Quinn scholar at the El Paso Times last summer, working for the City and Features sections. She is currently a multimedia editor for MySanAntonio.com, the website of the San Antonio Express-News and KENS-TV.
David Lopez
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 David Lopez, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native is a recent graduate of Brooklyn College. He developed a love for journalism at a young age. "I always liked asking questions, I wanted to know as much as I could about a particular topic," says Lopez.
He got his first opportunity to write for a publication in 11th grade where he was a staff writer for Flava magazine, a zine put together by inner city youth. Lopez wrote about topics he could relate to most at the time: hip-hop and sports.
He continued his writing at Brooklyn College's school newspaper the Kingsman, and now freelances for VIBE, Scratch, Fuego, and Mugshot magazines, and is a staff writer for popular hip hop website Ballerstatus.net.
But don't typecast him as just a hip -hop journalist. "I've covered student debates, guest speakers and basketball games, during the same week sometimes," he says. "It just so happens that I'm getting more opportunities in hip-hop, but what I enjoy most is the rush of chasing a story."
Cristina Silva
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 Cristina Silva, of Miami, Fla., graduated cum laude from New York University in May with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with honors; a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, and a minor in Spanish.
She is currently interning as a reporter for the metro section of The Boston Globe.
Silva has had reporting internships with the New York Daily News, The (Wilkes-Barre, Penn.) Times-Leader, the Miami Sun Post, The Miami Herald and Women's eNews in New York City, a daily on-line journal.
She also served as a commissioner for the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care and a tutor for American Reads, teaching elementary school children math and reading.
Silva has studied abroad in Cuba, Israel, and Spain and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the United States. She is fluent in Spanish.
Michelle Johnson
Project Director
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 Michelle Johnson lectures in the journalism department at Boston University and freelances a personal technology column for the Boston Globe.
A former editor for the Globe, Johnson held a variety of editing positions in her 13-years at the paper, including assistant business editor and assistant political editor.
She was a part of the team that launched the Globe's regional Web site, boston.com. Johnson has volunteered on student projects for more than 10 years at various conventions including NABJ, NAHJ, ASNE, NLGJA, and UNITY.
She served as a coordinator for the UNITY 2004 student online project, atunity.org.
Robert Hernandez
Production Director, Designer
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 Robert Hernandez is a News Producer for The Seattle Times. An alum of NAHJ's student campus and student print project, this is the fifth year Hernandez has helped coordinate a student online project.
Hernandez has worked for a variety of publications including the San Francisco Chronicle/SF Gate, the Hearst-owned San Francisco Examiner, Yakima Herald-Republic and La Prensa Grafica, the largest newspaper in El Salvador.
He has also designed web sites for NAHJ, News Watch and other journalism focused non-profits.
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