Carolina Cuellar
@cacuella.bsky.social
Reporter for Arizona Luminaria
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Amid nationwide deportation crackdown, eight Arizona State University students may be forced to leave the U.S.
Eight international students at ASU have had their visas revoked - AZ Luminaria
Amid nationwide deportation crackdown, eight international students at Arizona State University lose their visas
azluminaria.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Amid nationwide deportation crackdown, eight Arizona State University students may be forced to leave the U.S.
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
As part of the Trump admin’s purge of “DEI” information on government websites, it has taken down a federal report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. The task force behind the report was created by Congress.
March 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As part of the Trump admin’s purge of “DEI” information on government websites, it has taken down a federal report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. The task force behind the report was created by Congress.
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Tucson City Council voted to reject an ordinance that would have banned camping in washes, but passed a measure that adds fines or jail time for standing in certain medians
Tucson City Council split on votes to criminalize people who are homeless - AZ Luminaria
In the years Gerald Montag has spent rescuing animals that live on the street, he’s also made friends with people who live on the street: older men and women, families with children and former militar...
azluminaria.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Tucson City Council voted to reject an ordinance that would have banned camping in washes, but passed a measure that adds fines or jail time for standing in certain medians
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
We're grateful to @rcfp.org for securing access to critical public records for our recent collaboration with @propublica.org , via @hannahbassett.bsky.social & @maryhudetz.bsky.social. Access to public information is essential for public accountability (corrected post)
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AZCIR, ProPublica shine light on Arizona Medicaid agency’s response to fraud scheme
RCFP attorneys helped the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica access public records for their investigation.
www.rcfp.org
February 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We're grateful to @rcfp.org for securing access to critical public records for our recent collaboration with @propublica.org , via @hannahbassett.bsky.social & @maryhudetz.bsky.social. Access to public information is essential for public accountability (corrected post)
www.rcfp.org/azcir-propub...
www.rcfp.org/azcir-propub...
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Between May 2023 and Sep 2024, 30% of heat deaths were in mobile homes or RVs.
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
‘Suffering hidden from view:’ Mobile home and RV residents in Pima County die from heat at high rates - AZ Luminaria
Rincon Country RV Resorts on the southwest side of Tucson is surrounded by gently rolling hills populated with saguaros. On the highest hill stands a small church with a white cross. On the last day ...
azluminaria.org
February 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Between May 2023 and Sep 2024, 30% of heat deaths were in mobile homes or RVs.
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
A Venezuelan woman and two young children were driven away by Border Patrol agents Tuesday. Her family and two other children don’t know where they are.
Tucson family frantically seeks answers after mother and kids detained by Border Patrol at traffic stop - AZ Luminaria
A migrant mother and two of her children have gone missing, according to frantic family members who say they fear their loved ones are in Border Patrol custody and facing imminent deportation. On Feb...
azluminaria.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A Venezuelan woman and two young children were driven away by Border Patrol agents Tuesday. Her family and two other children don’t know where they are.
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Venezuelan mom pulled over for driving too slowly in Tucson. Two of her four kids were in the backseat.
State troopers called Border Patrol.
That's the last her family and community has heard from them. It's been 3 days.
W/ @yanak.bsky.social @cacuella.bsky.social
azluminaria.org/2025/02/14/t...
State troopers called Border Patrol.
That's the last her family and community has heard from them. It's been 3 days.
W/ @yanak.bsky.social @cacuella.bsky.social
azluminaria.org/2025/02/14/t...
Tucson family frantically seeks answers after mother and kids detained by Border Patrol at traffic stop - AZ Luminaria
A migrant mother and two of her children have gone missing, according to frantic family members who say they fear their loved ones are in Border Patrol custody and facing imminent deportation. On Feb...
azluminaria.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Venezuelan mom pulled over for driving too slowly in Tucson. Two of her four kids were in the backseat.
State troopers called Border Patrol.
That's the last her family and community has heard from them. It's been 3 days.
W/ @yanak.bsky.social @cacuella.bsky.social
azluminaria.org/2025/02/14/t...
State troopers called Border Patrol.
That's the last her family and community has heard from them. It's been 3 days.
W/ @yanak.bsky.social @cacuella.bsky.social
azluminaria.org/2025/02/14/t...
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@cacuella.bsky.social and I wrote about unhoused communities in Tucson relying on patchwork of resources to stay warm amid freezing temps
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...
As Tucson temps plummet, homeless communities move among a patchwork of resources - AZ Luminaria
For Laurie, the biting winter temperatures mean making a careful calculation about where she should sleep each night. The 67-year-old weighs whether to spend about $40 a night of her monthly Social S...
azluminaria.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@cacuella.bsky.social and I wrote about unhoused communities in Tucson relying on patchwork of resources to stay warm amid freezing temps
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...
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Excited to announce that we’ve launched our new database dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People — the first of its kind in Arizona. 🧵 #IWMFgrantee #MMIP
azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona
azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona
MMIP Arizona database - AZ Luminaria
A searchable database and map of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People in Arizona, MMIP, MMIW
azluminaria.org
January 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excited to announce that we’ve launched our new database dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People — the first of its kind in Arizona. 🧵 #IWMFgrantee #MMIP
azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona
azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
I talked to @jesspish.bsky.social about her crucial new book about sheriffs and their role in history, how poorly sheriffs run jails, and what to expect from them in the coming Trump admin.
azluminaria.org/2025/01/02/q...
azluminaria.org/2025/01/02/q...
January 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I talked to @jesspish.bsky.social about her crucial new book about sheriffs and their role in history, how poorly sheriffs run jails, and what to expect from them in the coming Trump admin.
azluminaria.org/2025/01/02/q...
azluminaria.org/2025/01/02/q...
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Sharing my latest about Yolanda Bydonie’s tireless efforts to find her cousin Keisha Kootswatewa, a Hopi woman who disappeared from the Navajo Nation almost 3 years ago. #IWMFgrantee #MMIW #MMIP
Beautiful photos by @ashponders.bsky.social for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/h...
Beautiful photos by @ashponders.bsky.social for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/h...
Hopi woman missing since 2022 sparks family’s journey into advocacy - AZ Luminaria
In the summertime, Keisha Kootswatewa and her family would travel the powwow circuit across the country and into Canada. Her daughters would dance with their dad. And Keisha would spend weeks beforeha...
azluminaria.org
December 20, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Sharing my latest about Yolanda Bydonie’s tireless efforts to find her cousin Keisha Kootswatewa, a Hopi woman who disappeared from the Navajo Nation almost 3 years ago. #IWMFgrantee #MMIW #MMIP
Beautiful photos by @ashponders.bsky.social for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/h...
Beautiful photos by @ashponders.bsky.social for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/h...
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Scoop🚨
Sheriff Mark Lamb failed to disclose a prior bankruptcy while incorporating his nonprofit. When we pointed that and other inconsistencies out to AZ Corporation Commission, they said they’d be dissolving the org.
Latest for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/s...
Sheriff Mark Lamb failed to disclose a prior bankruptcy while incorporating his nonprofit. When we pointed that and other inconsistencies out to AZ Corporation Commission, they said they’d be dissolving the org.
Latest for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/s...
Sheriff Mark Lamb’s nonprofit loses federal and state status after administrative missteps - AZ Luminaria
Outgoing Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb signed a state-mandated legal disclosure — under penalty of perjury — that misrepresented his financial history when launching a law enforcement nonprofit in 20...
azluminaria.org
December 21, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Scoop🚨
Sheriff Mark Lamb failed to disclose a prior bankruptcy while incorporating his nonprofit. When we pointed that and other inconsistencies out to AZ Corporation Commission, they said they’d be dissolving the org.
Latest for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/s...
Sheriff Mark Lamb failed to disclose a prior bankruptcy while incorporating his nonprofit. When we pointed that and other inconsistencies out to AZ Corporation Commission, they said they’d be dissolving the org.
Latest for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/s...
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Keisha Kootswatewa, a Hopi-Tewa woman, has been missing from the Navajo Nation for almost three years. Her cousin, Yolanda Bydonie, is tirelessly searching for her and advocating for justice for other Indigenous people who are missing or murdered
Hopi woman missing since 2022 sparks family’s journey into advocacy - AZ Luminaria
In the summertime, Keisha Kootswatewa and her family would travel the powwow circuit across the country and into Canada. Her daughters would dance with their dad. And Keisha would spend weeks beforeha...
azluminaria.org
December 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Keisha Kootswatewa, a Hopi-Tewa woman, has been missing from the Navajo Nation for almost three years. Her cousin, Yolanda Bydonie, is tirelessly searching for her and advocating for justice for other Indigenous people who are missing or murdered
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Almost 700 Pima County residents have benefited from free legal counsel to avoid evictions
Pima County funneling federal funds to connect people facing evictions with legal help - AZ Luminaria
Pima County supervisors voted Tuesday to continue funding the support system that helps residents facing eviction get connected to legal help through a postcard in the mail. The Board of Supervisors ...
azluminaria.org
December 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Almost 700 Pima County residents have benefited from free legal counsel to avoid evictions
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
If you're preternaturally revolted by festivals of spending such as Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you can duck the consumerism — and still participate in organized capitalist excess 😖 — by donating today to the non-profit media outlet where I work @azluminaria.bsky.social
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Support quality journalism by joining us today!
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December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
If you're preternaturally revolted by festivals of spending such as Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you can duck the consumerism — and still participate in organized capitalist excess 😖 — by donating today to the non-profit media outlet where I work @azluminaria.bsky.social
azluminaria.org/membership/
azluminaria.org/membership/
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Arizona is the only state with English-only legislation still in effect.
Under those laws, children who aren’t proficient in English are segregated at school from their peers whose primary language is English.
@cacuella.bsky.social on the impact on those students:
azluminaria.org/2024/11/22/a...
Under those laws, children who aren’t proficient in English are segregated at school from their peers whose primary language is English.
@cacuella.bsky.social on the impact on those students:
azluminaria.org/2024/11/22/a...
Arizona is the only state that separates students under English-only laws. A mountain of evidence shows it doesn’t work. - AZ Luminaria
Arizona is the only state with English-only legislation still in effect. Under the state’s laws and policies, children who aren’t proficient in English are segregated at school for hours from their pe...
azluminaria.org
November 22, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Arizona is the only state with English-only legislation still in effect.
Under those laws, children who aren’t proficient in English are segregated at school from their peers whose primary language is English.
@cacuella.bsky.social on the impact on those students:
azluminaria.org/2024/11/22/a...
Under those laws, children who aren’t proficient in English are segregated at school from their peers whose primary language is English.
@cacuella.bsky.social on the impact on those students:
azluminaria.org/2024/11/22/a...
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Created a #starterpack of Indigenous journalists (and news orgs amplifying Indigenous stories) I’ve found so far on @bsky.app! Pls reach out if you know of anyone I should add.
go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T
go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T
November 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Created a #starterpack of Indigenous journalists (and news orgs amplifying Indigenous stories) I’ve found so far on @bsky.app! Pls reach out if you know of anyone I should add.
go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T
go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T
Reposted by Carolina Cuellar
Starter pack on Indigenous news and reporters from my colleague @chelcurtis.bsky.social
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November 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Starter pack on Indigenous news and reporters from my colleague @chelcurtis.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T
go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T