B. Millicent León is a journalist, educator, and organizer based in New York City. She has a background in audio, print and broadcast. For over a decade she has covered issues related to labor, immigration, and health. More recently, she covered topics around the economy and markets, education, and criminal justice. Her work has appeared in NPR, El Centro de Periodismo Investigativo en Puerto Rico, The World, and other publications. She is most passionate about using media tools to tell stories that accurately represent working-class communities’ resiliency, healing, and joy. She speaks English and Spanish, some French, and is learning Nahuatl, her grandmother’s native language.
Her artistic passions include performing Danza Folklorica and contemporary dance, writing poetry, and finding time to cook.