Alice Echo News Journal
South Texas native Michelle Garcia was nationally recognized this month with the American Mosaic Journalism Prize for her work profiling often overlooked communities: immigrant families and detainees in the U.S. West and at the border.
The Texas and New York-based journalist grew up in Alice and graduated from Alice ISD. .
García’s work that won her the prestigious award includes a 2019 feature in Adi Magazine, “Hand of Terror,” about the degrading and inhumane conditions of U.S. detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border, reminiscent of Guantanamo Bay, and a story in Bon Appétit, “In the Midst of a Border Crisis, Cooking Is About More Than Survival,” exploring how families seeking asylum have built community and found comfort through food.