Jasmine Lopez

Jasmín López is a producer with Making Contact. She is a journalist, sound artist and youth media educator. In addition to Making Contact, she reports for KALW and is a translator for Al Jazeera. She is founder of Project Luz in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico – a nonprofit project that empowers youth to share stories within their communities. She is also the founder of Listen Up, Los Angeles – a growing network of radio producers in the LA area. A proud recipient of the Association of Independents in Radio New Voices Scholarship, and the Society of Environmental Journalists ‘Translating Science/Telling Stories’ Fellowship. She is based in Oakland, and sometimes Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico. You can find our more about Jasmin’s work on her website and on Twitter @JasminMara.