keeping our stories alive with mariah espada

Mariah Espada is a Zillenial nuyorican journalist whose works have been seen on the cover of TIME magazine, Axios Latino, and more. We discussed her journey from growing up in Brooklyn public housing to sitting with some of our culture’s elite. We had a blast learning more about Mariah, her family, her sources of inspiration, her passion for storytelling, and bringing more Latine representation to journalism. We hope you enjoy it!  Moments: 1:20 Meet Mariah 3:05 How being Nuyorican shapes Mariah's work 6:05 Becoming a writer/storyteller 9:45 Breaking boundaries with multimedia storytelling 14:10 Tokenization in legacy media newsrooms 21:20 Bias in the way our communities are covered 28:00 Bad Bunny cover story for TIME Magazine 37:00 Mariah's TikTok walking tour series: https://www.tiktok.com/@hoodhistoryhere 40:25 Gentrified Brooklyn 54:25 Mariah's advice for combating writer's block 58:50 Mariah's advice to her younger self Connect with Mariah: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariahespada On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hoodhistoryhere