Borderzine (https://borderzine.com/author/steffipuerto/)
Steffi Puerto is double majoring in journalism and Critical, Race, Gender, and Sexuality at Humboldt State University. Steffi is an upcoming junior and a reporter and a photographer in El Leńador Humboldt State Student run bilingual paper. She enjoys taking pictures, and reporting local news, and creating community. Steffi is looking forward to a career in local journalism, celebrity journalism, and freelance writing in the future.
As the oldest daughter of immigrants from El Salvador, Karina Ramos-Villalobos’ job as a child was to translate and guide her parents through the language barrier they faced in their adopted country.