Flint, Mich— Community members gathered inside the downtown Flint YMCA to celebrate Black History Month with live music, read-alouds for children and lots of free food. Given its century-long presence in the city, Shelly Hilton, the downtown YMCA’s CEO, said it is essential for organizations like the Y to emphasize the fact they are open […]

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Santiago Ochoa is Flint Beat's Latinx Community reporter. He is always looking to write about anything Flint or Latinx. He especially enjoys investigative reporting and human-interest stories. A communications student at UM-Flint, Santiago currently serves as The Michigan Times' (the university's student-run newspaper) Editor-in-Chief. He has worked with publications and organizations like The New York Times and the Interamerican Press Association in the past. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @santi8a98 and can send any tips or comments to sochoa@flintbeat.com