Allyson Vergara

Allyson Vergara is the Demographics and Equity team editor for the Southern California News Group, leading coverage of race, culture, diversity and inclusion across Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire. She hopes to share stories that make way for underrepresented communities to feel seen in their local news. She's written extensively about diversity; from covering Asian and Latino American communities in California, to religion in Brooklyn and Queens. Allyson covered the Inland Empire with The Press-Enterprise before starting her new beat in 2023. She's written for outlets including NBC News, the LA Times, Angelus News, KCETLink, The Daily Pilot, America Magazine, National Catholic Reporter, The Tablet and Asian Journal. She earned a master's degree from the CUNY Newmark School of Journalism in New York, after attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles for undergrad. She loves hiking and a good game of Scrabble.