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Emma Garcia was born and raised in Salinas, California and started her career on the Central Coast as production assistant/video editor, and breaking news videographer. She received a bachelor’s degree from the Cal State University, Monterey Bay and is finishing her masters program at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism emphasizing in short form documentary making.

Helena San Roque is a fourth-year student journalist at the University California, Irvine and a Campus News Editor for the New University. She aims to report on the rising cost of college, campus labor movements, and student activism.

Scott Shafer is Senior Editor for KQED's Politics and Government Desk where he provides reporting, hosting and analysis while also overseeing the politics desk. Shafer co-hosts the weekly show and podcast Political Breakdown.

Mikhail Zinshteyn has been a higher education reporter since 2015. As a freelancer, he contributed to The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report, Inside Higher Ed and The 74. Previously, he was a reporter at EdSource and before that a program manager at the Education Writers Association. Mikhail was born in the Soviet Union and has a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. He is based in Los Angeles. Pell grants and work-study helped pay for his undergraduate degree at Union College.

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