Profiles

Jose Ruiz Lopez is a bilingual media professional with recent experience working in social media, public relations, marketing, video production, and news broadcasting. He previously worked at The Nevada Independent en Español, Communications Shop, Vegas PBS’ Marketing department, at Rebel Media Group at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, working on the Checkpoint XP show,…

Lorraine Longhi is a reporter for The Nevadan and native of the southwest. A graduate of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication, she spent eight years reporting in Arizona, including at The Arizona Republic and The Copper Courier, where she covered education, health care and state politics. She returned to…

Araceli is a content producer and social media manager at Courier Newsroom. Her work has been published in The Guardian, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, Mic, The Cut, Zora, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, and others.

Samuel Cano is a passionate advocate for immigrant and human rights at Make the Road Nevada. He leverages his youthful energy and dedication to champion policy reforms, driving transformative change for marginalized communities.