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The Student News Site of San Francisco State University

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Leila Figueroa

Leila Figueroa

This Leila’s sixth and final semester at SFSU, she hopes to use this semester to her advantage by using each assignment as a resume entry, so I can find a permanent job after getting my degree. While she hopes to continue in pursuing her photojournalism career, she just hopes to find a job that makes her feel like she’s actively making a positive impact every day.

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Gator Talk Episode 17: A Voice for a Nation's Resistance - The Story of Me Me Khant

Gator Talk Episode 17: A Voice for a Nation’s Resistance – The Story of Me Me Khant

Lucky Whitburn-Thomas, Sebastian Mino-Bucheli, and Leila Figueroa
May 12, 2021
With a reopening still yet to be determined, the Exploratorium virtually hosted its seventh annual Dia De Las Madres event over Mother's Day. The museum hosted guest speakers and demonstrated art projects seeking to create a sense of community. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Dia De Las Madres digitally returns to the Exploratorium

Dan DeJesus, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2021
Raul Gutierez, also known as Sir Slush A Lot, DJs for We Skate Friday at Lake Merritt Boathouse in Oakland on April 16. (Leila Figueroa / GGX)

[Photo] Richmond-based artist finds new calling amid pandemic as a DJ

Dan DeJesus, Staff Reporter
Apr 30, 2021
Daniel Curtis-Cummins, faculty director for EXCO, stands in front of his residence in Alameda on April 9. EXCO is a newly developed learning community, allowing students to take classes taught by their fellow students, or teach a course themselves. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] EXCO: SF State’s hidden gem

Jess Magill
Apr 9, 2021
Pedestrians walk alongside Amos Goldbaum’s recently completed mural, in the heart of Noe Valley. Goldbaum said, “Now it feels like a cohesive whole.” (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Noe Valley mural celebrates Slow Sanchez

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter
Apr 7, 2021
A vacant East bound BART train departs from the Daly City BART Station in San Francisco on March 9. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] So, what was the deal with ‘Pelosi’s subway?’

Sean Watkins, Staff Reporter
Mar 25, 2021
Christina Xu, a full-time artist, paints a tribute mural to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Ninth Avenue and E 10th St. in Oakland on February 21, 2021. Xu was commissioned to paint by Paint the Void, an organization that coordinates with artists to paint murals on boarded up businesses due to COVID-19. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] San Francisco funds artists to beautify boarded-up businesses

Smit Parekh
Mar 11, 2021
Murals represent the legacies of Berkeley’s historical People’s Park that has been a staple to the city since its establishment in 1969. The recent park protests against student housing developments follow suit with “Bloody Thursday” on May 15 1969 and the Volleyball Court protests in 1991. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] People’s Park occupation persists amid plans to build housing

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter
Mar 3, 2021
St. Dominic’s Catholic Church holds a series of socially-distanced, shortened services for Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17 in San Francisco. This holiday marks the first day of the Lent season, lasting six weeks and ending on Easter Sunday. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Dozens gather in churches for in-person Ash Wednesday mass

Jian Yang
Feb 26, 2021
A downtown perspective of commercial buildings, including Salesforce in San Francisco, Calif. (Lelia Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Rule on H-1B visa delayed by Biden administration

Sean Watkins, Staff Reporter
Feb 23, 2021
People play in the water at Alameda Beach, Calif. on Oct. 13 2020. The October weather was warmer than usual due to La Niña condition. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Express)

[Photo] 2020 in Visuals

Dec 14, 2020
Uber driver and prop 22 advocate Cherri Murphy works at her home office in her apartment in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2020. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Rideshare drivers continue advocacy for app based workers

Shelley Wang
Dec 13, 2020
The Berkeley Public Library hands out “on-hold” books to guests through a plastic shield in compliance with new restrictions implemented this week on Kettner St. On Dec.8, 2020 (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Photo of the Day: Libraries remain open

Dec 8, 2020
Baloo performs 'I Want to Be Like You' from 'The Jungle Book,' at Macowell's annual Halloween garage skit. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] SF State alum contributes to Halloween skit

Justin Garcia
Nov 1, 2020
Shoppers browse wide music selections at Amoeba Music, a local record store in Berkeley CA, after they reopen their doors on Oct. 16, since the COVID-10 closures in March. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Amoeba Berkeley celebrates anticipated reopening

Jian Yang
Oct 19, 2020
According to James Martel, president of the SF State chapter of the California Faculty Association, the top concern for the bargaining team in this part of the negotiation was to save as many jobs as possible from what he described as a form of capitalism that is provoked by extreme circumstances such as a pandemic. (Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] University, labor group strike preliminary deal on better practices amid pandemic

Omar Morales
Sep 8, 2020
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