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Kara graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism. She received her B.A. in Literature from New College of Florida and has a six years of experience in nonprofit development, public health and community organizing. She has worked as a staff writer, photojournalist and translator for the Alameda Journal of the Contra Costa Times, the Oakland Tribune, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and many local publications such as El Tecolote, the SF Bay Guardian, Colorlines and Code 3 magazines. She was a program coordinator and community organizer for a youth policy group called Environmental Prevention In Communities (EPIC) based in Berkeley and has won numerous fellowships and awards. She is in her second year of her concurrent degree in journalism and Latin American Studies. For my portfolio go to: www.karaandrade.com/portfolio.