Monica Rhor is a freelance journalist and a teacher who was born in Ecuador and raised in New Jersey. Monica has worked as a staff writer at the Associated Press (AP), Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Orange County Register. Her work has won numerous awards, including AP’s 2008 Texas Writer of the Year honor. She currently freelances for the Associated Press, the Houston Chronicle, Latina Magazine, Mamiverse.com, Fox News Latino, and other publications. Monica has taught high school English and journalism and is currently an adjunct instructor at Lone Star College-Kingwood. She received her BA in journalism from New York University.