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Ferentz
LaFargue
Ferentz earned a BA in English Literature from Queens College
and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in African-American Studies
at Yale University, where he has received a Mellon Fellowship
and a Leadership Alliance Fellowship. He wrote for NYC from
1992-96. |
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J.D.
La Rock
J.D. wrote for NYC in 1989. He majored in Government at
Harvard and earned a law degree from the Georgetown University
Law Center. He held internships in the offices of Congressmen
Joseph Kennedy and Martin T. Meehan. He has worked as press
officer and speech writer for the New York City Parks and Recreation
Commissioner, as researcher/writer at the Center for Public
Integrity, and as spokesman for the New York City Board of Education.
J.D. is currently an education reporter for NY One News in New
York. |
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Victoria
Law
Victoria attended State University of New York at Geneseo and
Brooklyn College. She was an intern at the Feminist Press and
received a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Social Entrepreneur
Fellowship. She is currently board treasurer at ABC No Rio,
a nonprofit performance space and cultural organization in Manhattan.
She wrote for NYC in 1994-95. |
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Charise Lawrence
Charise wrote for NYC in 1983-84 and has degree in Journalism
from New York University. She has been an editorial assistant
at Manhattan Lawyer and the National Law Journal, and a freelance
writer. She is currently community coordinator in the Office
of Community Planning and Development at New York City's Administration
for Children's Services. |
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Saadia
Lawton
Saadia, NYC class of 1987-88, has a BA in History and Education
from Clark University and an MA in Africana Diasporic Studies
from Cornell University. She was coordinator of Africana Studies
at the University of Minnesota at Duluth. She is assistant director
of admissions and minority recruitment at the University of
Wisconsin at Whitewater. |
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Tonya Leslie
Tonya wrote for NYC in 1990. She has a degree in Secondary Education
from State University of New York at New Paltz. She has been
a tutor and counselor at Hofstra University's Upward Bound program.
She was an editorial assistant at WigWag magazine and an assistant
editor at Scholastic News. She is currently staff development
coordinator at Scholastic. |
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Felecia
Ligon
Felecia has BA in Journalism from Cal State at Northridge. She
was a researcher for the Los Angeles Business Journal and staff
writer for Creative Age Publications. She was an anchor and
reporter for Valley View TV and then a reporter, producer and
anchor for KSCN-FM. She also worked as an editor at Bobit Publishing
and news editor at KFI-FM. She won numerous awards for reporting
during college. She was at Youth Communication in 1983 and 1984. |
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Cathy
Madison
Cathy wrote for NYC in 1984. She has degree in English from
Bates College and a MA in Theater Arts from Columbia University.
She has been an editorial assistant and associate editor at
Columbia Magazine and a staff writer for American Theater Magazine.
She is now literary manager for Arena Stage. |
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Sheila
Maldonado
Sheila graduated from Brown University with a degree in American
and English Literature. She has worked as an editor at Latina,
Latingirl, and Blaze. She is currently a freelance
researcher and writer and has done work for Vanity Fair,
Rolling Stone, Paper and The Progressive
Media Project. She is also in the master's writing program at
the City College of New York. She wrote for NYC in 1991. |
