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Aida Ylanan | Reporter LA Times
Aida is a reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She works on the Data and Graphics desk, where she specializes in data-driven reporting and visual storytelling. Her work has examined the midterm elections, COVID-19 pandemic, police accountability and pop culture. Aida graduated from UCLA in 2018 with a degree in statistics and a minor in English. |
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Lenika Cruz | Senior Editor The Atlantic
Lenika Cruz is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where she has been a staffer on the culture section since 2014. She is the author of the forthcoming book On BTS: Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity. She has edited a Pulitzer Prize finalist essay, James Beard Award–nominated pieces, and stories included in anthologies such as Best Food Writing. In addition to The Atlantic, her essays, reporting, and criticism have appeared in L.A. Weekly, Glamour, The Rumpus, East Bay Express, and Guam’s Pacific Daily News. She is an alumna of the 2022 Tin House Summer Workshop. Lenika has spoken about race, culture, and media for the Asian American Journalists Association Pacific Islander task force, the Asian American Writers Workshop, the Washington National Cathedral, and Pomona College’s Humanities Studio. She has been a guest on NPR’s Code Switch and Pop Culture Happy Hour, Blank Check, KPCC, and other radio shows. She is a volunteer contributing editor for the Washington, D.C. street newspaper Street Sense. She graduated from UCLA in 2012 with a B.A. in English. |