Stephanie García reports for The Baltimore Sun focusing on Latinos, the fastest-growing ethnic group in the Maryland city. She is a former news assistant for PBS NewsHour and a foreign desk intern for The Independent. Garcia spent two years teaching English in Madrid. As an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Arizona, she was an Adult Education Coordinator assisting refugees in Phoenix. Originally from Queens, New York, Garcia graduated magna cum laude from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
Beat: Latino communities
Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the city, and include some 26,000 residents. Yet they account for only the occasional feature, or coverage involving crime or ICE raids. Beyond two small Spanish-language publications, no media outlet is routinely probing other issues of concern to this group.