Jessica Perez, Senior Local Editor, Boyle Heights Beat
Jessica is the senior editor leading Boyle Heights Beat. Prior to this role, she spent nearly six years at the LA Times, first as an assistant editor of the News Desk, then as community editor of De Los, a Latinx vertical. She also worked as a digital producer at NBC Los Angeles, and spent a year as a journalist in residence at USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism, where she established a South LA community desk and led students in reporting projects. Jessica was born in Mexico, grew up in Boyle Heights, and was the deputy editor of the Beat in its early days.
B.A., Broadcast Journalism, California State University, Long Beach
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