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