Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Adriana Martinez-Smiley (she/they) is a senior at Northwestern University, majoring in Journalism with a concentration in Critical Race & Ethnic Studies. Black, Chicanx and queer, she comes from a grassroots organizing background. She is interested in solutions-oriented storytelling that posits marginalized communities at the frontlines of climate and environmental crises. They hope to pursue environmental investigative reporting that is accessible and empowering to the communities it concerns.