Michelle Zacarias

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Michelle Zacarias is an American journalist, activist and academic. She has written for several publications, [1] and was an adjunct instructor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. [1]

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Life

Zacarias received a bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2013, [2] [3] 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. [2] [1] Zacarias has written for Teen Vogue, CALÓ NEWS, The Triibe, Latina Mag, People's World, New America, and City Bureau. [2] [3] [4] [5]

A native of the West Side, Chicago, Zacarias is also a disabled, queer Latina organizer. [4] She is one of four founders of the Trans Liberation Collective (TLC) to fight anti-transgender bathroom bills. [6] Zacarias is a board member of Brave Space Alliance, a non-profit in South Side, Chicago. [6] [7] [8] She presented on disability awareness at the U.S. Consulate at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [9] She was selected by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for the 2023-25 California Local News Fellowship for the Latino Media Collaborative. [4]

Recognition

Zacarias was awarded the 2018 Saul Miller Excellence in Journalism Award, [10] and was inducted to the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2020. [6] [11]

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