Long Beach, CA, USA
$300 - $1000 / Day
Michael is a English-Spanish videographer and print editor based in Long Beach, CA. He started as an intern for ethnic media site New America Media where he was later hired as a staff reporter. He now serves as Program Manager and Editor for their youth-led multimedia news program. His digital videos have trended internationally via social media partnerships and his print work has been syndicated at national sites, including ImpreMedia, the nation’s largest Spanish-language news publisher.
Survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide flock to Long Beach, Calif. for a new home and grow their own healing center one crop at a time.
Meet the farmers working 15 hour days to harvest produce and sell at your Long Beach farmers markets. Hear about their successes and challenges.
Port truck drivers carry a hundred million dollar industry of goods across our freeways each year. But has anyone asked, who are they? Many come here from Central America to work long shifts.
For most Americans, the holidays are a special time of year. Many gather their family to share presents, food, and build new memories. But for many immigrants, the holidays remind them of how far they are from their families on the other side of the border.
VoiceWaves reporter Michael Lozano sat down with numerous refugees to hear their story, asking how life has been like once in Long Beach.
With many immigrants arriving in the U.S. with trauma, how do they heal? VoiceWaves reporter Michael Lozano spoke with Theater Laborers Without Borders about how theater helps their immigrant actors heal.
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