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Valeria Fernández

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Phoenix
As seen in: palabra., CNN en Español, Medium, The Guardian, Junior Scholastic Magazine, Slate, Taylor & Francis Online, AL.com, NJ.com, MLive, The Oregonian and
Covers:  Social justice, immigration, environment, people, elections, movements.
Doesn't Cover: Sports.
Mom in chief. Founder & ED @altavoz_lab Find me @valeriafernandez.bsky.social Former managing editor @palabranahj board @INN Coproducer @comadresalaire
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The Young Hands That Feed Us

The Young Hands That Feed Us

Pacific Standard — It was the last day of March of 2018, the day before Easter, the season of onions. By mid-morning, 16-year-old Berenise had already loaded a few pails. She held sharp, rusty shears that demanded careful precision; one slip, and they could take a finger.
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The Mexican government says it will help people who are deported, but they often are left to make...

The Mexican government says it will help people who are deported, but they often are left to make...

Public Radio International — Halfway through the flight, the officers took off Omar Blas Olvera's handcuffs. He asked why. They had entered Mexican territory, an immigration agent told him. It was July 26, 2017. After they landed in Mexico City, he looked out the window and saw the airport's signs in Spanish.
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Arizona's 'concentration camp': why was Tent City kept open for 24 years?

Arizona's 'concentration camp': why was Tent City kept open for 24 years?

The Guardian — 'Hitler! Hitler!" the prisoners chanted to the TV cameras in protest. It was 4 February 2009. More than 200 Latino men in black-and-white striped uniforms, shackled to each other, were being marched towards an outdoor unit especially for "illegal alien" prisoners in Arizona's infamous jail, Tent City.
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She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there's little time or resources to heal while seeking a...

She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there's little time or resources to heal while seeking a...

Public Radio International — Yocelyn's 18-month-old has chickenpox. Her younger brother, who is 21, caught it too. "I take the kids to the doctor because they have Medi-Cal, but we have to put up with it if we get sick," she says.
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An American family finds their way in Mexico after deportation

An American family finds their way in Mexico after deportation

Public Radio International — The laundry bags kept falling from the stroller onto the uneven and narrow sidewalk. With her daughter, Sedona, strapped onto her back and her son, Adero, in tow, Katerina Barron stood in a sweat, speechless in front of the lavandería attendant. Her husband, Jesus, wasn't there to translate her questions into Spanish.
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The Void - Radio Ambulante

The Void - Radio Ambulante

radioambulante.org — Reporter Valeria Fernandez took a trip to southern Mexico, the place where, for so many unaccompanied minors, the journey to the US begins.
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Sara's Demons Crossed the Border with Her: Where Could She Find Help for Her Mental-Health Proble...

Sara's Demons Crossed the Border with Her: Where Could She Find Help for Her Mental-Health Proble...

Phoenix New Times — Sara trembled, her eyes closed. Her small, 18-year-old figure was there in the passenger seat of my car, but her mind was locked behind a closed door. She grabbed her head. A vein in her forehead was swelling; it was as if her thoughts were exploding.
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These asylum-seekers are being forced to raise their kids in immigration 'jails'

These asylum-seekers are being forced to raise their kids in immigration 'jails'

Public Radio International — When Maria was detained by immigration officers, she was relieved that at least her children would stay safe with her sister in Atlanta after they deported her. Two months later, on January 2, that small comfort was gone. She stood on her sister's doorstep at 5 a.m.
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Impacts to health, livelihood continue 1 year after toxic mine spill in Mexico | Arizona Center f...

Impacts to health, livelihood continue 1 year after toxic mine spill in Mexico | Arizona Center f...

azcir.org — SONORA, MEXICO -- Zoila López holds a bottle of turbid water toward a window above her kitchen sink, swirling its contents as sediments turn the water murky brown. It came from her tap. It's a hectic morning as her three children, ages three to seven, help to make her husband's lunch.
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Few Child Refugees Get to Stay Here Legally. Meet One of the Lucky Ones

Few Child Refugees Get to Stay Here Legally. Meet One of the Lucky Ones

Phoenix New Times — Darlin Adonay Peña has a headache. On a Wednesday afternoon in May, he takes a break from his job flipping burgers at a McDonald's on Central Avenue in Phoenix to sit down and talk, sipping a frozen caramel coffee drink and rubbing his almond eyes. A brown rosary peeks from...
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