Francisco Martinezcuello

Francisco Martínezcuello

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Francisco Martínezcuello was born in Santo Domingo, República Dominicana and raised on Long Island, New York. He is an OIF/OEF veteran who changed careers to be a journalist. His narrative writing interests include veterans’ issues, science writing, environment & climate change reporting, as well as sports journalism.

EDUCATION

  • UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, 2020-22

  • California State University San Marcos - B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Physics

  • UC San Diego Extension - Science Communication Certificate Program, 2019-20

EMPLOYERS

  • Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel - Editor & Contributing Writer (November 2019 - PRES)

  • Booz Allen Hamilton - Program Analyst / Senior Consultant (2016-2020)

  • United States Marine Corps (1995-2015)

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2022 AITAF Bridge Award Finalist for Playwriting

  • Berkeley SciComm Fellow

  • Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy Fellowship

  • Dean's Merit Fellowship

  • U.C. Berkeley Johnathan Rodgers Fellowship, 2020 fellow

  • Sundress's Best of the Net 2019 Nomination - "Kinematic" (Essay), published on Construction Literary Magazine.

  • One of 17 finalists considered for the Iowa Review's 2018 Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans Contest

  • Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Writer Residency 2017 Fellowship, sponsored by NEA

PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK

  • Inside the Lair (6-MAY-2022) - Driven to Succeed, https://calbears.com/news/2022/5/6/inside-the-lair-driven-to-succeed.aspx

  • Sierra Magazine (11-APR-2022) - Ukraine is Ground Zero for the Environmental Impacts of War, https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ukraine-ground-zero-for-environmental-impacts-war

  • Bay Nature (24-FEB-2022) – Wetlands Help Fight Climate Change, But the Kind of Wetland Matters, https://baynature.org/2022/02/24/wetlands-help-fight-climate-change-but-the-kind-of-wetland-matters/

  • Earth Island Journal (8-JUL-2021) - Arizona's Last Ocelot Faces A Life in Isolation, https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/arizonas-last-ocelot-faces-a-life-in-isolation

  • The Line Literary Review (2021) - One More Betrayal (Flash Memoir), https://www.thelineliterary.org/nonfiction/one-more-betrayal

  • Hippocampus Magazine (2021) - Salsa Night (Flash Memoir), https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2021/03/salsa-night-by-francisco-martinezcuello/

  • Iron & Air Magazine, Issue 41 (2020) - Gauges (Essay), https://ironandair.com

  • The Wrath-Bearing Tree (2020) - Soldier (Flash Fiction), https://www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2020/11/soldier/

  • Incoming: Sex Drugs and Copenhagen (2019) - Contributing Co-Editor. https://www.amazon.com/incoming-sex-drugs-copenhagen-veteran-escapism/dp/0997949937

  • The War Horse (2018) - Losing Trust (Essay), https://thewarhorse.org/reflections-archives/losing-trust-in-the-branch-he-pledged-to-serve

  • Incoming Radio (2017) - Invasions (Podcast), https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/incoming/2017/may/26/invasions-francisco-martinezcuello-and-sammi-s/

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • Military Veterans in Journalism - Member

  • Society of Professional Journalists - Member

  • National Association of Hispanic Journalists - Member

  • San Diego Science Writers Association - Member

  • National Association of Science Writers - Student Member

  • CCNMA Latino Journalists of California - Member

  • Earth Journalism Network

REPORTING INTERESTS

Indigenous Communities, Latinx Communities, Peace and Conflict, Science, Technology and Science, Veterans, borders, climate change, mental health, oceans & fisheries