Michelle Myers

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Managing Editor Fellow

Michelle Myers is an Ecuadorian bilingual journalist who moved to Philadelphia in 2017. She is currently a freelancer and Co-hosts  the show  “El Café de la Tarde,” on Philatinos Radio. Before Philatinos, she worked at AL DÍA News as a political reporter, covering the 2019 city elections and City Hall, among other topics like labor and the LGBTQ+ community. Prior to moving to the U.S., she worked for a tv station, a magazine and a native digital outlet in Ecuador covering the General Assembly and doing data journalism for the national elections.

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De Ecuador a Filadelfia- Michelle Myers comparte su experiencia como la primera Gerente editorial Fellow de ¡Presente! Media
De Ecuador a Filadelfia- Michelle Myers comparte su experiencia como la primera Gerente editorial Fellow de ¡Presente! Media

POR MICHELLE MYERS TRADUCCION POR DAISY MURGUIA EL 30 DE ENERO DEL 2024

Mientras aclaraba mi confusión mental— en parte cuestionando mi identidad más allá de mi carrera, y en parte cuestionando si existía un lugar donde podía hacer periodismo que le diera importancia a las comunidades a las que iba a cubrir— me hice la compañera de gerente editorial para ¡Presente! del año 2021. Lo que debió ser nada más un compromiso de tres meses se convirtió rápidamente en siete meses de trabajo significativo y sanador.

From Ecuador to Philly- Michelle Myers shares her experience as ¡Presente! Media’s 1st Managing Editor Fellow
From Ecuador to Philly- Michelle Myers shares her experience as ¡Presente! Media’s 1st Managing Editor Fellow

BY MICHELLE MYERS ON JANUARY 30, 2024

While sorting out my mental fog —half questioning my identity beyond my career, half questioning if a place to do journalism that cares about the communities it reports on truly existed — I became ¡Presente!’s 2021 Managing Editor Fellow. And what was supposed to be a three-month commitment, quickly turned into seven months of meaningful and healing work.

Latina immigrants navigating motherhood l Short documentary
Latina immigrants navigating motherhood l Short documentary

BY GABRIELA WATSON-BURKETT, MICHELLE MYERS AND BECCA HAYDU ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Latina immigrants navigating motherhood is a ¡Presente! Media short documentary about the experiences of three Latina immigrants becoming mothers in the United States.

Madres inmigrantes latinas enfrentan desafíos para recibir y acceder a atención prenatal adecuada
Madres inmigrantes latinas enfrentan desafíos para recibir y acceder a atención prenatal adecuada

POR EMILY NEIL CON CONTRIBUCION DE MICHELLE MYERS EL 23 DE SETIEMBRE DE 2022

Extrañando a la familia, lidiando contra el racismo en los consultorios médicos y forjando una comunidad para apoyarse mutuamente: Tres madres inmigrantes latinas en el área de Filadelfia comparten sus historias de embarazo.

Latina Immigrant Mothers Face Challenges in Receiving and Accessing Adequate Prenatal Care
Latina Immigrant Mothers Face Challenges in Receiving and Accessing Adequate Prenatal Care

BY EMILY NEIL WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MICHELLE MYERS ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Missing home and family, facing racism in doctor’s offices, and forging community to support one another: Three Latina immigrant moms in the Philadelphia area share their pregnancy stories.

GALAEI de Latinx a QTBIPOC
GALAEI de Latinx a QTBIPOC

POR MICHELLE MYERS EL 30 DE ENERO DE 2022

GALAEI es la segunda organización latina más antigua del país. Pero después de que sus miembros notarán la diversidad en la sala se dieron cuenta de que sus identidades eran más diversas de lo que el acrónimo inicial de GALAEI podía abarcar. Ahora, después de 32 años, GALAEI ha ampliado oficialmente sus puertas a todas las personas queer de color. ¿Qué significa este cambio para la comunidad latinx queer de Filadelfia?

GALAEI from Latinx to QTBIPOC
GALAEI from Latinx to QTBIPOC

BY MICHELLE MYERS ON NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In Philadelphia, poet and activist David Acosta took note of this disparity and founded GALAEI to give the queer latinx community a hub for services and linkage to care. Now, after 32 years, GALAEI has officially expanded its doors to all queer people of color.  

El sombrero que perdio su nombre y la ecuatoriana que busca reivindicarlo
El sombrero que perdio su nombre y la ecuatoriana que busca reivindicarlo

POR MICHELLE MYERS EL 3 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2021

En 2017 nació YAKU WARE. Yaku significa agua en quechua ,una de las lenguas indígenas de Ecuador, un ingrediente clave para la supervivencia de la palma toquilla que crece en la costa del país.

Story of a misnomer and the woman set to fix it
Story of a misnomer and the woman set to fix it

BY MICHELLE MYERS ON NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In 2017, YAKU WARE was born. Yaku means water in Quechua—one of Ecuador’s Indigenous languages, a key ingredient for the survival of the toquilla palm growing in the coast of the country.

What Sanctuary Schools mean for Latinx families in the School District of Philadelphia
What Sanctuary Schools mean for Latinx families in the School District of Philadelphia

BY BECCA HAYDU ON NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In 2020, ICE detained an immigrant mother as she was taking her child to school. The community, along with JUNTOS, responded by organizing a campaign to create Sanctuary Schools to address the education inequities that uniquely affect children with immigrant parents. On June 2021, the Philadelphia Board of Education approved the Sanctuary School Resolution.

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