I’m so pleased the Santa Fe New Mexican published “Reaching Out to Help Diverse Voices Betters Our World” in their My View section on Saturday, April 28! Melissa Segura’s story is an inspiring one. Thanks to Daniel Chacón at the SF New Mexican for the feature article on her award-winning journalism. Please share widely to help build support for initiatives to help others grow to impact the world in positive ways.

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Here’s the opinion article published recently in The New Mexican:

Daniel J. Chacón’s article on award-winning journalist and Santa Fe native, Melissa Segura, resonated with me deeply (“S.F. native honored by prestigious Polk Awards,” Feb. 22).

Her story is that of a Santa Fe teen equipped with acute analytical ability, proclivity for research and writing, tenacity, vision, and reverence for the ideals of truth and justice, who grew up taking every opportunity to hone her journalism skills. She then discerned what would be the perfect investigative story for a diversity fellowship application, applied and won the fellowship, and followed through with research and reporting that was recognized for its quality, social impact, insightfulness and deft handling of nuanced, politically delicate issues. For Segura, the honor of the prestigious Polk award paled in comparison to the real reward of seeing the innocent freed from death row as a result of her work. Continue reading