Luis Melecio-Zambrano is a California Local News Fellow reporting for The Mercury News in south Santa Clara County who covers wide-ranging topics from local politics and transportation to Latino communities and unhoused populations. Melecio-Zambrano has written for Science News, Science, The Monterey Herald and the Santa Cruz Sentinel, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Melecio-Zambrano was a research chemist. Melecio-Zambrano holds master’s degrees in science communication and chemistry from UC Santa Cruz and Cornell University, respectively, as well as a bachelor’s in chemistry from Stetson University.

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