María Ramos Pacheco

María Ramos Pacheco is a local government accountability reporter for The Dallas Morning News, focusing on environmental injustice, immigration, and initiatives that directly impact the Hispanic community in Dallas. Previously, she was a reporter for Al Día, covering local issues in the Metroplex in Spanish. Before that, she worked at El Paso Matters, covering immigration. In 2024, she was awarded the Robert L. Breen Fellowship to participate in the Under The Volcano International Residency Program. In 2021, she participated in NPR's NextGen project, and in 2020, she was part of the ProPublica Emerging Reporters cohort. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso. María was born and raised in Chihuahua, Mexico, where her love of journalism took root.