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I’m a bilingual Latinx journalist who works in print, video, and radio. I hold a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia and an MFA from Rutgers-Newark.
My multimedia journalism has appeared in such publications as The Guardian, Cosmopolitan Magazine UK, Al-Jazeera America, the Christian Science Monitor, msnbc.com, Duetsche Welle Radio, and CBC television and radio.
I have eclectic reporting interests that reflect my many adventures; I've worked as a film and television actor, an international reporter, an arts communications specialist, an ESL teacher, and as a migrant tomato-picker/grape-vine-trimmer.
As a creative writer, my fiction and poetry have been published in journals including Sin Cesare and The Normal School, and my upcoming novels have received support from the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
Magally Zelaya's winning text for the 2024 Indigenous Art Writing Award traces how amatl, the ancient Mesoamerican paper made from the wild fig tree's bark, is used in Michelle Peraza's ongoing work. Surviving its banning and burnings by Spanish colonizers, amatl's sacred significance was sustained by Otomi artists through the last 500 years.
Half the Bangladesh population is slowly being poisoned by arsenic in well water. A Canadian hopes a new filter that uses rice can finally fix the problem.
The church's call for support is giving some hope that this truce can bring a more permanent peace to El Salvador. Already homicides have nearly halved. But the government says it refuses to negotiate with criminal groups.
Invasive species on the fragile Galapagos Islands have scientists scrambling to undo the damage.
Yadav's womb started to slip from her body after giving birth at just 14. Thirty years later, the condition remains. She is one of a growing number of Nepalese women suffering from uterine prolapse triggered by overwork and early childbirth. Magally Zelaya and Ian Bickis investigate
The Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville grapples with a major decision on mining that will set its course for years to come. Produced by Magally Zelaya and Ian Bickis, with funding from a journalism grant awarded by Canada's International Development Research Centre.