Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press/Report for America

Attanasio is a freelance journalist based in New York City. His work as a reporter for the Associated Press/Report for America corps included immigration breaking news in El Paso, Texas, with multimedia coverage of refugees, economic migrants, Border Patrol agents, and the communities of West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Attanasio covered the Greater New York City crime beat and immigration for Hearst and reported on immigrant populations and the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries for IBT Media's Latin Times. Attanasio has appeared live on Sky News and CTVT, and WNPR radio, to discuss crime and immigration. Attanasio is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish. He holds a bachelor's degree in Spanish and geography from Middlebury College, Vermont.
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Overdue education plan frustrates New Mexico native leaders

New Mexico's plan to address the needs of underserved Indigenous students hasn't been shared with tribal leaders or the public despite promises made by state officials that they would do so last year.

Rural New Mexico school buys Starlink internet for students

A school district in northwestern New Mexico is providing high-speed internet to students' families, most of whom are Indigenous, in a $1.2 million deal that leapfrogs piecemeal efforts by state and tribal officials. Cuba Independent Schools superintendent Karen Sanchez-Griego said staff began installing Starlink's $500 receivers at students' homes in November and hope to connect all 450 families by the end of the school year.

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