Jacqueline Garcia
Jacqueline GarcÃa is an award-winning journalist with over 14 years of experience covering issues ranging from immigration and politics to health and education. Most of her reporting has focused on issues affecting the Latino population. She graduated from Cal State Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in Spanish language journalism. She received her master’s degree in communication management from USC, where she also taught journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
GarcÃa is a board member of the Latino Journalists of California CCNMA and a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). She also volunteers as a judge with the Journalism Association of Community Colleges and the International Latino Book Awards.
GarcÃa previously worked at La Opinión newspaper, the second largest Spanish-language newspaper in the nation, where she won four José Martà Awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) and in 2020 she won the Aplauso Award with the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA).
Jacqueline is originally from Puebla, México and is a former DACA recipient.
Email: Jacqueline.garcia@csulb.edu
