Katya Mendoza

Katya Mendoza joined Arizona Public Media in early 2023. She is a graduate from the master's program in journalism from the University of Arizona, with a specialization in global journalism. She comes to AZPM from Tucson Local Media where she worked as a general assignment staff writer and recipient of the 2021 Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Award for reporting on an irregular 'side bloom' phenomenon affecting saguaros in the Sonoran Desert.