Amaris E. Rodriguez

Background

About Amaris E. Rodriguez

Amaris E. Rodriguez is a first-generation Mexican-American journalist and writer, hailing from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. She currently works as the education reporter for Growing Community Media in Oak Park, covering various districts for its four publications. Rodriguez previously freelanced for various Chicago and suburban publications. She has also worked for The Waco Tribune-Herald in Waco, Texas, where she was the police and fire reporter, as well as The Northeast Georgian Newspaper, covering Habersham County, Georgia. During her time in Georgia, she advocated for growing coverage of the Hispanic community and covered the county’s first Hispanic Heritage Month Festival. Rodriguez is a 2019 graduate of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), where she majored in English with a minor in journalism. During her time at NEIU, she wrote for “The Independent” and served as the opinions editor and co-managing editor. In 2019, she was featured on WTTW’s Latino Voices to discuss her article, “Teachers double as tech help for Hispanic families,” which was published by Borderless Magazine