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Adriana Chavira is a high school journalism teacher and advises The Pearl Post website and newsmagazine as well as Prestige Yearbook at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School in Los Angeles. Before becoming a teacher 21 years ago, Adriana spent a decade as a newspaper reporter in Southern California. She is vice president of the Southern California Journalism Education Association, the Academic Officer for the National Association Hispanic Journalists and serves as a mentor for the Journalism Education Association.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in English Education from Cal State Northridge. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher. Adriana was named a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Distinguished Adviser in March 2023 and received the Jack Bates Award in December 2022 from the California Press Foundation for distinguished service to the student press.