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Malkia Cyril
Director

Malkia A. Cyril is a writer, veteran activist and strategist, and the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice in Oakland, CA and coordinator of the Media Action Grassroots Network.... > > read more

Jen Soriano
Associate Director

CMJ Associate Director Jen Soriano, 31, is a communications strategist and trainer who has spent the last five years transforming CMJ’s vision into impactful programs that build the communications power of the youth rights and racial justice movement.

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Karlos Gauna Schmieder
Media Strategist

Karlos Gauna Schmieder is a community organizer and media strategist from Albuquerque, NM. For nearly a decade, Kar ... > > read more


Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Si Se Puede Training and Technology Coordinator

A 29-year-old resident of San Francisco, Samhita grew up in New York and did her undergraduate at SUNY Albany in Sociology and Women's Studies. For six years she worked as a San Francisco public school teacher, teaching in Hunter's Point, the Fillmore and Pot ... > > read more


Michele Gutierrez
Grassroots Media Activism Coordinator

Michele Gutierrez is a Filipina born and raised in Long Beach, California. She has been involved in social change work since high school in issues ranging from educational access to reproductive justice. Before coming to YMC, Michele served as a program coordinator a ... > > read more


Rashida Jivraj
Operations and Finance Manager

As the Operations and Finance Manager, Rashida Jivraj joins the Center for Media Justice with a host of diverse living and working experiences.  Born in Tanzania, raised in Kenya, educated in Canada and most recently moved from London, UK where she has lived for ... > > read more


Oshen Turman
Executive Assistant
Oshen Turman is a 27 year old East Oakland native. She is a writer, artist, activist and student of healthy living. She has been involved in social justice work for the past 9 years, beginning during her senior year of high school through speaking on panels on issues su ... > > read more