Maria Luisa Tucker


Maria Luisa Tucker is an American journalist. She currently resides in New York City and is an editor at Youth Communication. She was formerly a staff writer at The Village Voice.

Education

Tucker graduated with honors from Texas State University - San Marcos in 2000 with a B.A. in journalism. In 2006, she received an M.A. in American Studies from Columbia University.

Work experience

Tucker started her journalism career while still at Texas State University, writing for The University Star, and was published in the Pulitzer-prize winning Fort Wayne News Sentinel. Since then, she has written for the Phoenix New Times, The Press-Enterprise, and Austin Monthly Magazine. By 2002, Tucker was a staff writer for the Santa Fe Reporter and remained there until her move to New York City.
While working towards her M.A., Tucker was an associate editor at the . Upon graduation in 2005, she was hired by, where she stayed until late spring of 2006. Her contributions to the website included stories on immigration and social justice.

The Village Voice

Tucker's first freelance article for The Village Voice appeared in July 2006. She then joined the staff in 2007 and has since written about a white supremacist group visiting New York City, rezoning battles on the Lower East Side and in Harlem, as well as providing in-depth coverage of the Brigitte Harris trial.

Awards

Tucker has won two awards during her employment at the Santa Fe Reporter. New Mexico Press Association awarded her 1st place in the "Investigative Reporting" category in 2002. The following year, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awarded her 1st place in the "Media Reporting" category in 2003.