The Community Coalition for Substance Abuse and Prevention, more commonly known as CoCo, was created by a group of African American and Latino activists in 1990. They wanted to build a collective for people to not feel alone, especially in light of the crack-cocaine epidemic, which largely affected and targeted people of color.
Author Archives: Raya Torres
Raya Torres is a freelance writer for CALÓ NEWS. Born in Los Angeles, Raya was raised in Vietnam, where she attended a British international school for 10 years, and subsequently moved to the Philippines for high school. Raya is an honor's student at California State University, Long Beach, and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in psychology. She is an executive producer for her school's newscast, Beach TV News.
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JESÚS AYALA, award-winning news producer, trains young Latino journalists
When Ayala started working at ABC News more than 20 years ago, he was the only Latino in the newsroom. Countless news assignments, dozens of awards and a teaching career later, the veteran producer turned college professor is an inspiration for the next generation of journalists of color. Today, Ayala, 43, is an award-winning news producer and an assistant professor at California State University, Long Beach.