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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.

Posted inArt & Culture

Leslie Montoya: the ‘B’ is all about Boyle Heights

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezMarch 17, 2023March 17, 2023

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 […]

Posted inBoyle Heights In Focus

Bambi Alacran: Coming of age as a trans woman in Boyle Heights

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezMarch 10, 2023March 18, 2023
Posted inGoing to College

California campuses try to lower college costs with free transit

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezJanuary 5, 2023January 18, 2023
Posted inBoyle Heights In Focus, Elections 2022, Featured, Homelessness, Immigration, State Politics, Youth News Team

Two progressives fight it out in the 34th Congressional District

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezNovember 7, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inEducation/LAUSD, Featured, Going to College, Youth News Team

For undocumented students, job opportunities are scarce. This state program could help.

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezOctober 13, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inBoyle Heights In Focus, Featured, Youth News Team

In Boyle Heights, they call it Orgullo

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezJune 19, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Health

Surgeon General: the struggle with mental health is the story of being human, not broken

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezJune 15, 2022
Posted inArt & Culture, Featured

‘Always Running’ at CASA 0101 humanizes ‘la vida loca’

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezSeptember 14, 2019November 22, 2022
Posted inBoyle Heights In Focus, Featured, Youth News Team

Graduates head back to school – to inspire, mentor

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezJune 24, 2019
Posted inFeatured

Racism Takes Center Stage in a Garfield Senior’s “Promposal”

Avatar photoby Carmen GonzálezMay 1, 2019

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