Great Grads

Jennifer Garcia, Class of 2023, was the valedictorian of The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and a Journalism Minor. She is the winner of the Irving Rosenthal Award for Excellence in Journalism. Jennifer became an NBCU Fellow in 2021 and her outstanding work encouraged us to invite her for a second year. Jennifer interned for two semesters at CNBC Español and then went on to the NBCU Olympic Team. She also served as the managing editor for our journalism publication Harlem View. She is slated to go to the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in the fall of 2023.  

Ibrahim Hersi, Class of 2023, won the Ernest Boynton, Jr. Memorial Award for Journalism. The Harlem native minored in Journalism and said, "When I took Introduction to Journalism, I knew right then and there that this was the career that I wanted to pursue. Ibrahim hopes to become a sports broadcaster or sports reporter and his headed for the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in the fall of 2023.

Teresa Mettela and Diego Areas Munhoz

Teresa Mettela, Class of 2022, was the salutatorian of The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and a journalism minor. She interned at The Wall Street Journal in Washington, D. C. and worked at ABC News in Washington before returning to graduate school.

Diego Areas Munhoz, Class of 2023, was an international student from Brazil at City College and minored in journalism.. Diego works for Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C. now. He interned for Bloomberg News while studying at CCNY and this picture was taken outside of a hearing room on Capitol Hill when Teresa and Diego were covering a story. 

Flora Lennihan, Class of 2022, graduated from Macaulay Honors College with a BFA in film and minors in journalism and anthropology. She now uses her passion for video storytelling at CUNY-TV where she edits programs and promos and creates videos for social media.

Brahmjot Kaur, Class of 2021, is a writer and editor for E! News Online. She was one of a handful of graduates chosen as an NBC Universal Embed and  worked for the digital publication Asian America. At City College she was an active member of The Campus and served as the features, online and opinion editor. Brahmjot won the Beatrice and L. Richard Guylay Class of 1934 Award for Academic Achievment and Service to The Campus.

Class Adomaitis, Class of 2020, works as an audio journalist and reporter for KSUT and KSJD, NPR affiliated radio stations in the Four Corners region of Colorado. Durango is now his home base where he reports about under represented people in surrounding communities. He covers the Southern Ute Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the Navajo Nation, Latinx community and the LGBTQ community. At City College he was an active member of The Campus and covered food, restaurants and culture. He discovered his passion for audio journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism where he earned an M.A. and focused on podcasting and stories for radio. 

Katie Herchenroeder, Class of 2018, works as a reporter, researcher and writer. She won the Mother Jones  Ben Bagdikian Fellowship and will spend the year sharpening her investigative reporting skills. Katie worked for The New Republic where she was a researcher and writer and has written for Vice, The Daily News and other publications. She earned an M.A. in International Reporting from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY> 

Lourdes Guillen, Class of 2011, is a Latinx producer with NBC News. During college she interned at CNN and After she graduated from City College she worked on Good Morning America.  CNN, and ABC News. When she graduated, she landed a job at Good Morning America and then went on to work at The View. She says that she, "...feels lucky to have had Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg as mentors. Lourdes is a mentor to City College students and often speaks to our classes. She is also a member of the City College Communications Alumni Board. She has a passion for social justice and immigrant rights and worked on The Campus when she was a student.