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Ariana Perez

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Capital Gazette, BBC
Covers:  Immigration, social change, community, international, cities.
Sharing stories | Bilingual columnist @capgaznews | Latino news | Former @BloombergCities & @BreakingNews | Views = my own | IG: perezarianapix

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Ariana Perez’s Biography

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I'm a bilingual multimedia journalist. As a full-time, I work for a health system covering the healthcare industry. As a freelancer, I write a weekly column for the Capital Gazette on the Hispanic/Latino local community, focusing primarily on highlighting unsung heroes that do work for the greater good of others.

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Jesse Raudales creates a dialogue through art in Annapolis

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Naval Academy grad says hard work and ambition have always helped him succeed

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Annapolis condo complex builds sense of pride in the community through art

Annapolis condo complex builds sense of pride in the community through art

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Annapolis police add a color of inclusion to the city

Annapolis police add a color of inclusion to the city

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Ariana Perez: Centro de Ayuda helps children get back on track after a year of social distancing and screens

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By Ariana Perez
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Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at The Capital Gazette. Summer for children and youth usually means classrooms and books are substituted with fun outdoor activities with friends and family. But a year after a world pandemic that brought with it illness, loss and a complete change to everyone’s daily life, things look a little differently this time around.
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For some who neared retirement, COVID was a time for self-reflection and growth

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By Ariana Perez
| Capital Gazette
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at The Capital Gazette. In March 2020, most of the world was starting to shut down and asked to shelter in place. Office lights were turned off and desks remained empty. The initial planned two-week work from home period turned into a month, and that month turned into another month, and so on. Before we knew it, there was no end in sight.
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Around Annapolis: A group of local teens express diversity and inclusion through art mural

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By Ariana Perez
| Capital Gazette
By Ariana Perez Capital Gazette | Nov 10, 2019 at 6:00 AM The finished mural by teens from the Center of Help’s María de la Paz Youth Outreach Center. (Ariana Perez / Capital Gazette) Over the summer, a 10-year-old painting on Chinquapin Round Road got a new life after local artist Cindy Fletcher-Holden worked together with the building’s owner and other community partners to renovate the mural.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A column in the London Times covering squatters at a mansion in Kensington.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes!

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We can now get faster information from sources on the ground.

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