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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Republicans once again won top statewide seats in Tuesday's midterm election. That includes Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who will serve a third term after defeating Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke. -
La composición de los votantes de Texas es mucho más diversa hoy que durante las elecciones de 2016. Y parte de ese crecimiento es el resultado de un aumento de casi dos puntos porcentuales en el número de inmigrantes elegibles para votar. -
The makeup of Texas voters is much more diverse today than during the 2016 elections. And some of that growth is the result of a nearly two percentage point increase in the number of eligible immigrant voters. -
A decade after the Obama-era DACA program was created, its future remains uncertain. It affects more than 101,000 Texas residents temporarily protected from deportation -
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. -
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. -
Funerals for some of the 21 victims of the school shooting in Uvalde are scheduled for the next few days. -
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. -
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.
