Written by: Sophia da Silva 🇧🇷 Headshot of Laura Charleston. (Emelyn Gomez) For Laura Charleston, resilience is about maintaining her identity through her obstacles. As a journalist, the biggest way she’s seen her resilience tested is by the growing distrust in traditional media. “It can be very doubting of the industry, of hearing what everyone's saying and how they feel,” Charleston said, “...and just wanting to be the difference so people can trust you.” Despite the chal

Escrito por: Alexa Figueroa 🇸🇻 Headshot of Dulce Ortiz. (Emelyn Gomez) 65 miles from College Park is Harpers Ferry, a historic district full of rivers and hiking trails. It’s where Dulce Ortiz grew up y es uno de los primeros lugares que consideró su hogar. Ortiz grew up in a predominantly-white town in West Virginia and attended private catholic schools, one being in Frederick, Md., to find a better education. “In West Virginia, it's more rural and the people are a little

Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Headshot of Emely Miranda-Aguilar. (Emelyn Gomez) Emely Miranda-Aguilar siempre ha tenido un ojo para historias únicas, siendo responsable de la cobertura del ‘Pogo Stick Guy’ de la Universidad de Maryland, Clarke Bedford de Hyattsville, una nueva iniciativa para prevenir la violencia escolar en Frederick County, y muchas más. With dreams of becoming a journalist for topics in art and culture, it took lots of courage to get to where she is today