Profiles

Amie is the community editor at Dogwood, a sister publication of The Nevadan. She has been in journalism for several years, winning multiple awards from the Virginia Press Association for news and features content. A lifelong Virginia resident, her work has appeared in the Martinsville Bulletin, Danville Register & Bee and NWNC Magazine.

As a lifelong Nevadan raised by Mexican immigrants, Itzel is a passionate community activist. She has organized around climate justice, contributed to the 2020 presidential election, and helps build campaigns for progressive organizations. A committed volunteer with the Nevada Conservation League, Itzel’s work centers on empowering her comunidad and advancing the issues that matter most…

Assembly woman Selena Torres (NV-3) was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her father fled the Salvadoran civil war and my mother left Hawaii to pursue her career as an English teacher. Her parents taught her the values of hard-work, education, and the importance of giving back to my community. It was these values…

Maite Guerra serves as the Research Manager at Battle Born Progress and the Institute for a Progressive Nevada, where she spearheads research initiatives aimed at countering disinformation targeting the Latino/Hispanic community in Nevada. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she also gained…

Frank Alejandre is the Community Editor of The Nevadan / El Nevadense. He graduated from the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM) with a degree in Civil Engineering. He has worked in journalism since 1990, first at El Mundo Newspaper, the first Spanish-language weekly publication in southern Nevada, and then at the Las Vegas Review-Journal,…