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Valeria María Torres-Nieves

Valeria María Torres-Nieves is a feminist journalist from Yauco, Puerto Rico, who recently graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a double major in journalism and advertising. Currently, she reports about gender, race, politics, and culture at Todas, a feminist media outlet in Puerto Rico that amplifies the voices of women in all aspects of public life.

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Universities in the United States often do not keep track of the number of students who have children or are pregnant, something that makes it difficult to identify their needs. Some studies reveal that a large percentage live in poverty. Photo by Ricardo Rodríguez, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo

Discriminated and Invisible

By Valeria María Torres-Nieves

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Stories by Our Fellows

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April 28, 2025

Pregnant students or with children deal with a lack of university support and discrimination in the oldest and largest public university in Puerto Rico. (Originally published by Todas, the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and palabra)

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Discriminated and Invisible

By Valeria María Torres-Nieves

Illinois Students Struggle to Find Halal Food

By Tasmiha Khan

Despite a growing Muslim population in the Chicago area, few public schools offer students halal food options. (Originally published by Borderless Magazine)

To Age in Place

By Meera Kymal & Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney

With an Aging Population that Needs Culturally Competent Care, Families Face A Caregiver Crunch. (Originally published by India Currents and palabra)

Recycling in obscurity

By Frank López Ballesteros

Invisible but essential to the global recycling industry, the cardboard collectors of Miami-Dade earn a living by breaking down each piece of cardboard by hand, with no guaranteed income or labor protections. (Originally published by Intempnews, palabra and Diario las Americas)

The women of La Parada

By Andrea Pineda Salgado

Excluded from many labor laws, Brooklyn’s informal domestic workers seek basic rights. (Originally published by Epicenter and palabra)

Neglected and exposed

By Alejandra Martinez & Wendy Selene Pérez

Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in state’s air monitoring system and leaving residents in the dark. (Originally published by The Texas Tribune, Environmental Health News and palabra)