Profiles

Jalen Woody expects to graduate in Spring 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in English. Woody interned as a reporter at the Navajo Times from 2022 to 2024.

Brandelyn Clark is set to graduate in Spring 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication. Clark has interned as a multimedia reporter for Lake Affect Magazine in Rochester, New York, and ICT News.

Phineas Hogan expects to graduate in Spring 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication. He is a member of the Dow Jones News Fund Class of 2024 and has previously written for The State Press, Trenton Journal and Advertising Specialty Institute.

Gabrielle Wallace expects to graduate in Spring 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication and a minor in political science. Wallace has experience managing social media content for small businesses and covering political, business and environmental stories.

Ryan Pitkin is a writer and editor based in Charlotte, where he runs an alternative weekly newspaper called Queen City Nerve. He is also editor of NoDa News, a community newsletter in the neighborhood where he has lived for 15 years.

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is executive director of MomsRising.org, a nonprofit national organization that supports policies to improve family economic security. She is also the author of books including “Keep Marching: How Every Woman Can Take Action and Change Our World.”

Georgia Lechlitner is an Arizona native and loves the people and place that raised her. She graduated from Arizona State University with a BSE in Industrial Engineering and because of the climate challenges we’re facing, decided to dedicate her professional career to sustainability. She hopes we can work together to save and protect our beautiful…

Tony Gutiérrez expects to graduate in December 2025 with a master’s degree in mass communication. Gutiérrez has won multiple awards for writing and design. He has been a freelance journalist and editor and taught high school journalism.

Dr. Paul Isaacson originally from Detroit, MI, completed his medical education and residency in OB-GYN in Boston. He has practiced in the Phoenix area since 1995, first as a general OB-GYN and since 2004 as a full-time abortion provider.