Brenda Le贸n
Latino Communities Reporter, Report For AmericaBrenda Le贸n is a corps member with , a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. Brenda covers the Latino/a, Latinx community with an emphasis on wealth-based disparities in health, education and criminal justice.
Before coming to 黑料吃瓜网, she completed a Master's degree in Spanish-Language Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. She attended Lehman College at the City University of New York (CUNY), where she studied Multimedia Journalism with a concentration in Political Science. While there, she was a presenter at WWRL La Invasora 1600 AM. Her work has been published by The Gothamist, Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), El Deadline and the Mott Haven Herald.
In her free time, Brenda enjoys cooking, going on long walks with her son Leo and caring for her plants.
You can email her at and follow her on Twitter at .
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After spending years living in a New Haven church, Nelson Pinos is returning home to his family. The Ecuadorian immigrant entered church sanctuary to avoid deportation. -
Old Lyme rowers Austin Hack and Liam Corrigan just missed out on a bronze medal while their supporters watched from their hometown. On the same night, fans of basketball player India Pagan watched the New London native play for Puerto Rico on the world stage. -
Ingmar Riveros and Xiomy De La Cruz have distributed food, diapers and essential baby products for over a year from what they call La Bodeguita de la Gente. More recently, just as they started coordinating vaccine clinics for the people they fed, their operation was shut down, forcing them to relocate.Congressman John Larson announced that this project was included in this year鈥檚 appropriations bill with a funding request of $250,000 for La Bodeguita de la Gente and 黑料吃瓜网 Food Bank/Foodshare. -
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