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Mel Leonor

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As seen in: The 19th News, POLITICO, Substack, Miami Herald, ProPublica, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Naples Daily News, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Chesterfield Times Dispatch, Greensboro News & Record, Roanoke Times and
National politics reporter @19thnews. Past bylines @RTDNews, @statesnewsroom + @POLITICO. Dominicana raised in South Florida, now in Richmond, VA đź“Ť

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My name is Melhor Leonor, and I am a journalist specializing in broadcast journalism and multimedia. I am passionate about the role of the media in our society, and I posses an affinity for telling stories. So far, I have produced work for television, print, web and radio. Currently, I am seeking a double Bachelor’s of Science in Journalism and Political Science at Florida International University in Miami, FL.

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Fourteen years in America. A one-way ticket to El Salvador.

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By Mel Leonor 
| The 19th News
Published MILWAUKEE — When Yessenia Ruano walks through the door of her home after work, her husband, Miguel, is in the kitchen, shredding chicken with two forks, and her twin daughters are in the living room, playing on an iPad. The sound of “Primer Impacto” fills the background. Ruano opens the fridge to keep the dinner prep going. On the top shelf, there are more than 150 corn tortillas lying flat in their plastic bags.
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Nikki Haley, in New Hampshire, centers pitch on electability

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By Mel Leonor Barclay, Mel Leonor 
| The 19th News
Published MILFORD, N.H. — Tally McBride came to see Nikki Haley at Grill 603 already set on supporting her in Tuesday’s primary. The local independent voter described herself as a “never, ever, ever Trumper” who sees the rest of the GOP field as too conservative and President Joe Biden as too liberal. With three kids in tow, McBride sat in a back booth and watched as Haley greeted voters over a skillet of s’mores.
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DeSantis drops out of presidential race, leaving Haley as lone Trump alternative

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By Mel Leonor Barclay, Mel Leonor 
| The 19th News
* Please read before republishing * We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license as long as you follow our republishing guidelines, which require that you credit The 19th and retain our pixel. See our full guidelines for more information. To republish, simply copy the HTML at right, which includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to The 19th.
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