Great Grads

Ana Maldonado, Class of 2024 is an emerging filmmaker passionate about documentaries and journalism. She was recently an associate editor on the documentary "The Cover-Up," streaming on Netflix, about investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.  Born and raised in Colombia, she moved to the United States in 2016 when her parents sought to find better educational opportunities for their children. Ana overcame language and cultural barriers and the challenges made her stronger. Her experiences highlight her adaptability and versatility. She is committed to creating impactful feature films about Latin America focusing on real-life stories. Ana views storytelling as a powerful tool for change. She is determined to make a difference with her work and her goal is to make a lasting impact in cinema. 

Oscar Flores Pavón, Class of 2024, is a media trainee at Fox5 NY. He earned an M.A. from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and is pursuing a career in TV production. He has interned at NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas and at CUNY-TV.

Jennifer Garcia, Class of 2023, was the valedictorian of The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and a Journalism Minor. She is the winner of the Irving Rosenthal Award for Excellence in Journalism. Jennifer became an NBCU Fellow in 2021 and her outstanding work encouraged us to invite her for a second year. Jennifer interned for two semesters at CNBC Español and then went on to the NBCU Olympic Team. She also served as the managing editor for our journalism publication Harlem View. She graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and is working with the NBCU Milan-Cortina Olympic Team.

Tiffany Del Valle, Class of 2021, is a New York-based field associate producer/reporter at TMZ. She covers entertainment, pop culture, breaking news, high-profile court cases, sports and hip hop. Tiffany conducts exclusive celebrity interviews on the street, on the red carpet and at events. Her work appears on the TMZ website, on social media, and on Television. She holds an M.A. in arts & culture reporting with a specialization in broadcast and TV news from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. She earned a B.A. from The City College of New York with a major in psychology and a minor in journalism.

Ibrahim Hersi, Class of 2023, won the Ernest Boynton, Jr. Memorial Award for Journalism. The Harlem native minored in Journalism and said, "When I took Introduction to Journalism, I knew right then and there that this was the career that I wanted to pursue. Ibrahim hopes to become a sports broadcaster or sports reporter. His specialty is video editing. He graduated with an M.A. from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Teresa Mettela and Diego Areas Munhoz

Teresa Mettela, Class of 2022, was the salutatorian of The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and a journalism minor. She interned at The Wall Street Journal in Washington, D. C. and worked at ABC News in Washington before returning to graduate school.

Diego Areas Munhoz, Class of 2023, was an international student from Brazil at City College and minored in journalism.. Diego works for Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C. now. He interned for Bloomberg News while studying at CCNY and this picture was taken outside of a hearing room on Capitol Hill when Teresa and Diego were covering a story. 

Flora Lennihan, Class of 2022, graduated from Macaulay Honors College with a BFA in film and minors in journalism and anthropology. She now uses her passion for video storytelling at CUNY-TV where she edits programs and promos and creates videos for social media.

Brahmjot Kaur, Class of 2021, is a writer and editor for E! News Online. She was one of a handful of graduates chosen as an NBC Universal Embed and  worked for the digital publication Asian America. At City College she was an active member of The Campus and served as the features, online and opinion editor. Brahmjot won the Beatrice and L. Richard Guylay Class of 1934 Award for Academic Achievment and Service to The Campus.

Class Adomaitis, Class of 2020, works as an audio journalist and reporter for KSUT and KSJD, NPR affiliated radio stations in the Four Corners region of Colorado. Durango is now his home base where he reports about under represented people in surrounding communities. He covers the Southern Ute Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the Navajo Nation, Latinx community and the LGBTQ community. At City College he was an active member of The Campus and covered food, restaurants and culture. He discovered his passion for audio journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism where he earned an M.A. and focused on podcasting and stories for radio. 

Katie Herchenroeder, Class of 2018, works as a reporter, researcher and writer. She has written and reported  for Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, The New Republic, Vice and other publications. She also teaches Media Literacy and Introduction to Journalism at The City College of New York.

Katie won the Mother Jones Ben Bagdikian Fellowship to sharpen her investigative reporting skills. She earned an M.A. in international reporting from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and a B.A. in international studies and sociology with a minor in journalism from CCNY. 

Lourdes, Lulu, Guillen, Class of 2011, is a Latinx producer with ABC 7 Eyewitness News. Before joining ABC7, she was a line producer at NBC News for four years. During college she interned at CNN and After she graduated from City College she worked on Good Morning America.  CNN, and ABC News. When she graduated, she landed a job at Good Morning America and then went on to work at The View. She says that she, "...feels lucky to have had Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg as mentors. Lourdes is a mentor to City College students and often speaks to our classes. She is also a member of the City College Communications Alumni Board. She has a passion for social justice and immigrant rights and worked on The Campus when she was a student.