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Briana Mendez-Padilla

Briana Mendez-Padilla is a bilingual journalist based in Long Beach, California, who is passionate about covering education and her community. She began her journalism career as a high school junior when she joined local youth media program, VoiceWaves, and discovered she loves listening to people’s stories and amplifying them for others to hear. She is a fourth year journalism and English education major at Cal State Long Beach where she manages DIG En Español, a bilingual magazine working to uplift stories on and for the Latinx community. She is also currently the education reporter for the Signal Tribune where she covers the Long Beach Unified School District board meetings.

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San Diego Sheriff's deputies and University of California campus officers stand guard at a pro-Palestinian protest at UC San Diego in San Diego on May 6, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
Elisa Arquieta at California State University Long Beach on Oct. 12, 2023. Arquieta is both a student and a parent. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters
Elisa Arquieta at California State University Long Beach on Oct. 12, 2023. Arquieta is both a student and a parent. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

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