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A graphic titled “SF State & Data Mining” representing the collection and analysis of data. (Andrew Fogel / Golden Gate Xpress)
Data mining: a powerful tool for unveiling hidden information
Kristen Carpenter gives her presentation “Indigenous Lands and Human Rights in the United States” during Rights and Wrongs: A Constitution and Citizenship Day Conference at San Francisco State University on Sept. 19, 2023. (Andrew Fogel/ Golden Gate Xpress)
Constitution Day focuses on prioritization of schools and racial demographics
The smoke-filled sky as seen from the top of the Cesar Chavez Student Center at SF State on Sept. 20, 2023. (Andrew Fogel / Golden Gate Xpress)
SFSU Responds To Air Quality Caused by Fires
The student workers rally stands outside the administration building on Sept. 21, 2023. (Andrew Fogel / Golden Gate Xpress)
CSU student employees’ union holds rally on SF State campus
(L-R) Sean Sliger and Madison Wang prepare for tomorrow’s academic student union rally, pictured on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (Andrew Fogel/Golden Gate Xpress)
CSU Student Employees Union Prepares for Rally
A silhouette in an auditorium of someone choosing to watch either Barbie or Oppenheimer. (Chris Myers / Golden Gate Xpress)
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer
Lupe Fiasco, rapper and producer, performs on stage at the 12th Annual Rhythms Music Festival in the Annex 1 building at SF State on Saturday, May 13, 2023. (David Jones / Golden Gate Xpress)
Lupe Fiasco headlines 12th Annual Rhythms Music Festival
One of the two guitarists for KJM, the band who won the Battle of the Bands competition, performs for a crowd of around 50 within the Depot at the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Daniel Hernandez/ Golden Gate Xpress)
Bands compete for a chance to perform at Rhythms Fest
Akasha Neely, a playwright at SF State, in San Francisco CA., Monday, May 1, 2023. (Chris Myers / Golden Gate Xpress)
Greenhouse Festival brings student plays to life
DJ chloe performs her set for the DJ competition while exciting the crowd at SF State’s The Depot on May 9, 2023. (Tam Vu / Golden Gate Xpress)
DJs battle it out at The Depot for Rhythms Festival competition
The Chomp: A sit down with SF State wrestler Kweli Hernandez-Maitre
Gator Talk: An outfit that builds community
The Chomp: Two time intramural champion Adeboye Adeyemi reflects on his journey
The Chomp: Two time intramural champion Adeboye Adeyemi reflects on his journey
An exterior shot of the De Young Museum located in San Francisco, Calif., during the Tutankhamun exhibit in 2009. (Courtesy of Mark Miller)
Free museums in San Francisco with your EBT card
A bee lands on a flower at the site of one of Dirk Kiehne’s beehives in Menlo Park, Calif., on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Adriana Hernandez/ Golden Gate Xpress)
More honey more problems
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Yeily Mendez

Yeily Mendez, Engagement Editor

Yeily Mendez (she/her) is a journalism student at SF State minoring in race and resistance studies and criminal justice. She is a Bay Area native and has previously worked as a staff reporter for Golden Gate Xpress and social media intern for The San Francisco Standard. Yeily is now the engagement editor for Golden Gate Xpress. In her free time, she loves to watch and talk about reality TV and anything pop culture-related.

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An illustration of ballots being insterted into drop boxes. (Illustration by Jenna Mandarano / Golden Gate Xpress)

Una guía de votación de propuestas de San Francisco para las elecciones generales

Yeily Mendez and Emily Calix
November 4, 2022
A student enters a Muni bus in front of SF State on Aug. 24, 2022. The Clipper BayPass launched its two-year pilot program for free Bay area public transportation for 9,000 SF State students. (Ashley Hayes-Stone/Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State begins pilot program to make Bay Area transit free for 9,000 students

Yeily Mendez , Engagement Editor
August 24, 2022
Vlog: Recieving first dose of the Pfizer vaccine

Vlog: Recieving first dose of the Pfizer vaccine

Yeily Mendez, Engagement Editor
March 19, 2021
Looking back on a year of quarantine birthdays

Looking back on a year of quarantine birthdays

Yeily Mendez, Sebastian Mino-Bucheli, and Katherine Burgos
March 12, 2021
Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos

Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos

Sean Reyes, Harika Maddala, Ricardo Olivares, Jun Ueda, Yeily Mendez, and Sebastian Mino-Bucheli
November 30, 2020
“If [Proposition 22] passes, drivers are powerless,” said Michael Gumora, founder of the website Rideshare Report and a ride share driver for 8 years. (Sean Reyes / Golden Gate Xpress)

Los resultados de las propuestas de California favorecen a la legislación financiada por empresas, derechos de voto para personas en libertad condicional

Yeily Mendez and shaylyn martos
November 9, 2020
Members of The Bay Area Freedom Project observe five minutes of silence for the people killed by the Fatal 14, outside Vallejo Police Department, in Solano County, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2020. Fatal 14 are the 14 VPD officers involved in the fatal shootings of citizens. The latest of the shootings took place in the early hours of Jun. 3, when Officer Jarrett Tonn shot Sean Monterrosa in his neck. (Harika Maddala / Golden Gate Xpress)

Election night protest stays focused on police brutality

Yeily Mendez and Paul Kelly
November 7, 2020
Rasheed Lockheart (pictured hugging on the right) hugs his recently released colleague, Mike Gonzalez, a former firehouse dispatcher for the San Quentin State Prison in front of the East gate at San Quentin State Prison on Sept. 15, 2020. (Emily Curiel / Golden Gate Xpress)

Incarcerated firefighter shares experiences as a first responder at San Quentin State Prison

Yeily Mendez, Engagement Editor
November 6, 2020

Vallejo

Harika Maddala, Yeily Mendez, and Paul Kelly
November 6, 2020
The Xpress 2020 California Ballot Measure Voting Guide (Con Traducción) (Sa Pagsasalin) (翻译)

The Xpress 2020 California Ballot Measure Voting Guide (Con Traducción) (Sa Pagsasalin) (翻译)

Chris Ramirez, Olivia Wynkoop, Jian Yang, Andres Velasquez, and Yeily Mendez
November 3, 2020
An Aztec dancer looks above the trees on 24th street, during a walk towards 24th and Folsom streets on Nov. 1, 2020. (Sebastian Mino-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

The Bay Area celebrates Día de Los Muertos

Yeily Mendez, Engagement Editor
November 3, 2020
Miguel Sanchez rolls his cart into his van in San Rafael, Calif., after finishing up a four-hour work day on Oct. 17, 2020. (Ricardo Olivares / Golden Gate Xpress)

Marin County eloteros cannot stop working

Yeily Mendez, Engagement Editor
October 29, 2020
Guía Sobre Medidas Electorales de California 2020 para Xpress

Guía Sobre Medidas Electorales de California 2020 para Xpress

Andres Velasquez and Yeily Mendez
October 14, 2020
Logan Carrington casts his vote at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 7, 2020. The former Virginian says, I want to control the narrative of my vote, explaining why he chose to vote in person and not mail in his ballot. (Harika Maddala / Xpress Media)

Early voting centers see an increase of in-person voters

Yeily Mendez and Harika Maddala
October 12, 2020
Castro was born and raised in Hanford, south of Fresno, and will be the first California native to serve as Chancellor of the CSU. (Photo courtesy of California State University)

CSU announces new chancellor to lead 23 campuses

Yeily Mendez, Engagement Editor
September 23, 2020
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