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Joanna Jacobo Rivera
Communities Editor
Joa is the communities editor at The Arizona Republic and La Voz, leading outreach and coverage of the Spanish-speaking and Latino communities of the Valley. Prior, she worked as a freelance editor and reporter covering Latino communities of Southern California and was an editor/reporter for several years at La Opinion newspaper in Los Angeles.