Andrea Durán is currently a fellow in MCM's BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ Fellowship Program. Andrea is from Mexico City, fully bilingual, and has lived in Montgomery County from a young age. She is passionate about reporting in-depth stories that bring awareness to issues affecting minority communities. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication from Towson University. Andrea is currently a master’s student studying investigative journalism, specializing in multimedia and print, at Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland and is looking forward to utilizing her skills to do minority digital media reporting within the Hispanic and LGBTQIA+ communities.
The number of Hispanic youths hospitalized for opioid-related overdoses has fallen by 44 percent from this time last year, according to data from the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). Last… Read More