Michelle Zacarias
{{Short description|American journalist}}
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Michelle Zacarias is an American journalist, activist and academic. She has written for several publications,{{Cite web |title=Michelle Zacarias |url=http://annenberg.usc.edu/faculty/michelle-zacarias |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=annenberg.usc.edu |language=en}} and was an adjunct instructor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Life
Zacarias received a bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2013,{{cite web |title=Author Michelle Zacarias |url=https://calo.org/author/michelle-zacarias/ |website=CALÓNEWS |access-date=12 April 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Michelle Zacarias |url=http://newamerica.org/our-people/michelle-zacarias/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=New America |language=en}} and graduated with a Masters in Studies of Law and a Certification of Law, Social Justice and Diversity at the USC Gould School of Law. Zacarias has written for Teen Vogue, CALÓ NEWS, The Triibe, Latina Mag, People's World, New America, and City Bureau.{{Cite web |title=2023 – 2025 Fellows – California Local News Fellowship |url=https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/cafellows/fellows/fellows2023/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2015-11-09 |title=Michelle Zacarias {{!}} Page 20 |url=https://peoplesworld.org/authors/michelle-zacarias/20/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=People's World |language=en-US}}
A native of the West Side, Chicago, Zacarias is also a disabled, queer Latina organizer. She is one of four founders of the Trans Liberation Collective (TLC) to fight anti-transgender bathroom bills.{{cite web |title=Michelle Zacarias |url=https://chicagolgbthalloffame.org/michelle-zacarias/ |website=Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame |access-date=12 April 2023}} Zacarias is a board member of Brave Space Alliance, a non-profit in South Side, Chicago.{{Cite web |last=Wittich |first=Jake |date=2023-04-12 |title=Brave Space Alliance Announces New CEO To Lead The Black- And Trans-Led LGBTQ Center |url=http://blockclubchicago.org/2023/04/12/brave-space-alliance-announces-new-ceo-to-lead-the-black-and-trans-led-lgbtq-organization/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Block Club Chicago |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gettinger |first=Aaron |date=2021-06-29 |title=Inside the Brave Space Alliance, the Black- and trans-led LGBTQ center in Hyde Park |url=https://www.hpherald.com/news/local/inside-the-brave-space-alliance-the-black--and-trans-led-lgbtq-center-in-hyde/article_09836098-d800-11eb-824f-0f9dba761a97.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Hyde Park Herald |language=en}} She presented on disability awareness at the U.S. Consulate at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.{{Cite web |title=Michelle Zacarias |url=https://www.unlikelystories.org/creators/michelle-zacarias |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Unlikely Stories Mark V}} She was selected by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for the 2023-25 California Local News Fellowship for the Latino Media Collaborative.
Recognition
Zacarias was awarded the 2018 Saul Miller Excellence in Journalism Award,{{cite web |title=Michelle Zacarias |url=http://newamerica.org/our-people/michelle-zacarias/ |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=New America}} and was inducted to the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Minju |date=2020-08-04 |title=The Chicago LGBT Hall Of Fame Has Announced The 2020 Inductees |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-lgbt-hall-of-fame-2020-inductees/0937619d-4cfe-4b85-8534-a1f29bde7e38 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=WBEZ Chicago |language=en}}
References
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