Veteran Celebrates LGBTQ Pride on SUV Canvas

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On Connecticut Avenue with Dupont Circle in D.C., Joshua Francovitch, 35, parked the SUV he bought in 2015 to connect with the memories of his military service, where he had to hide he was gay for more than four years. He says that taking the old Chevrolet for people to decorate it in public spaces has become part of a personal therapy project.

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Breaking the Story of Father Fabián

Fabián Arias is well known in New York City, for being outspoken on immigrant rights. A media friendly person, recognized for his public service and community engagement with the undocumented. He is one of the central characters, when it comes to protecting local immigrants from law enforcement agents. But, some of his social work turn out to be a public secret.

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General Reporting with El Diario NY

During my first semester at the CUNYJ School, I started working with Carmen Villavicencio, the Executive Editor for El Diario NY. She was always available and willing to work on my daybook and enterprise stories, while I developed a better understanding and engagement with the communities of Washington Heights and Inwood, and NYC as a whole. 

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AMNH Gilder Center Promises New Adventures in Near Future

Educating in science never got this innovative in the Northeastern: an interactive glass wall the third of a football field, live insects crawl up your sleeves and an immersive theater that pull you away from space and time are just three of the unique promises the American Museum of Natural History proposed when engaging in the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation.

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