Stella M. Chávez
Stella M. Chávez is KERA’s immigration/demographics reporter. Her journalism roots run deep.
She spent a decade and a half in newspapers – including seven years at The Dallas Morning News, where she covered education and won the Livingston Award for National Reporting, which is given annually to the best journalists across the country under age 35. The award-winning entry was “Yolanda’s Crossing,” a seven-part DMN series she co-wrote that reconstructs the 5,000-mile journey of a young Mexican sexual-abuse victim from a small Oaxacan village to Dallas.
For the last two years, she worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she was part of the agency’s outreach efforts on the Affordable Care Act and ran the regional office’s social media efforts.
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After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched a controversial program to bus migrants to other states, he appealed to private donors to help cover the costs. But contributions to the so-called "Border Transportation Funding" are well short of the $12 million that's been spent. -
The Biden administration's actions rolls back a Trump-era policy that some said deterred immigrants from applying for benefits like SNAP and WIC.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to bus thousands of migrants to Washington D.C. and New York increasingly has become a political flashpoint. Conservatives applaud the move while immigrant rights groups and the cities' mayors say it's a stunt that exploits and misleads migrants.
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Funerals for some of the 21 victims of the school shooting in Uvalde are scheduled for the next few days.
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Una niña de cuarto grado de la Escuela Primaria Robb perdió a dos de sus mejores amigos en el tiroteo. Estaba en el salón de clases al otro lado del pasillo y llamó frenéticamente a sus padres para pedir ayuda. Ahora, dice que trata de mantenerse fuerte por su familia y amigos.
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A Robb Elementary School fourth grade girl lost two of her best friends in the shooting. She was in the classroom across the hallway and frantically called her parents for help. Now, she says she's trying to stay strong for her family and friends.
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Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Arlington resident Olena Prokhorenko Ogiozee tried to convince her mom to leave. Like many Ukrainians, 68-year-old Nataliya Prokhorenko didn’t want to abandon her city or country.
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Muzdha was separated from her family in the chaos at the Kabul airport after the Taliban retook control. She's now in North Texas, and she doesn't know if she’ll ever see her family again.
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Immigrant and human rights advocates are troubled by the Biden administration’s decision to expand its "Migration Protection Protocols" to include asylum seekers of any country in the Western Hemisphere other than Mexico.
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Political observers say the state's growing Latino population is why more education efforts are needed to help Latinos understand how redistricting affects their vote.
