Hoping to further her dance career, a young Leslie Montoya commuted ten miles every school day to a specialized middle school in the Valley. Since then, she knew she had […]

Author Archives: Carmen González
Carmen González is a former Boyle Heights Beat reporter, a 2019 graduate of Felícitas and Gonzalo Méndez High School and a student at Cal State Long Beach. González is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California.