Michelle Zacarias

Michelle Zacarias (she/her) is a queer Latina award-winning journalist and two-time cancer survivor. She is a CALÓ News reporter and UC Berkeley Local News Fellow. Her work has appeared in Truthout, Teen Vogue, City Bureau, New America, and more.

Michelle Zacarias writes about

Culture, Media & Education Land, Labor & Extraction State Power Bodies, Gender & Health Land, Labor & Extraction

Labor rights activists navigate what César Chávez sexual abuse allegations mean for their movement

Michelle Zacarias
Labor rights activists navigate what César Chávez sexual abuse allegations mean for their movement

‘It was for their entertainment’: Formerly incarcerated youths speak out about abuse at LA County juvenile hall

Michelle Zacarias
‘It was for their entertainment’: Formerly incarcerated youths speak out about abuse at LA County juvenile hall

Many disabled and elderly residents were abandoned during California wildfires

Michelle Zacarias
Many disabled and elderly residents were abandoned during California wildfires