Daniela Ger­son is an award-win­ning immi­gra­tion reporter, an asso­ciate pro­fes­sor of jour­nal­ism at Cal­i­for­nia State Uni­ver­si­ty, North­ridge and edi­tor-at-large at Zóca­lo Pub­lic Square. She pre­vi­ous­ly co-found­ed Migra­to­ry Notes, worked as a com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment edi­tor at The LA Times and as a staff immi­gra­tion reporter for the New York Sun.