Santiago Ochoa is a freelance reporter and communications student at UM-Flint. He is the project editor for Brownell-Holmes' On The Ground community reporting series and currently serves as The Michigan Times' (the university's newspaper) Editor-in-Chief. Santiago has worked with publications and organizations like The New York Times, the Interamerican Press Association and Flint Beat. You can reach him @santi8a98 on Twitter and Instagram and email him at santi8arueda98@gmail.com
Based on the experiences of Flint native John Haynes, 'The Hoodnurse Chronicles' details what it’s like to deliver healthcare to some of Flint's most impoverished households.
The nonprofit Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities has spent decades providing a variety of services for Dearborn residents, most recently using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education funding to make physical activity more accessible to all.