Cassandra Garibay is Bay Area-based engagement reporter working on community-sourced investigations. She also speaks Spanish.
Prior to joining ProPublica, she was the senior housing reporter for the bilingual news outlet El Tímpano, where her work was driven by citizen-fueled science, text message outreach, data analysis, research partnerships and community events. Before that, Garibay served as the USC Center for Health Journalism California engagement editor, working with journalists across the state to center the communities they covered and reach audiences in innovative ways. Garibay previously reported on housing, health and local government for the Fresno Bee, Fresnoland, and the San Luis Obispo Tribune.