Meet the Team | Voces Internship Idaho

Voces Board Members

President / Cofounder

Nicole Foy

Ancil Payne Fellow, ProPublica, and Founder of Voces Internship of Idaho

Nicole Foy is an Ancil Payne Fellow at ProPublica and a former investigative reporter at the Idaho Statesman. She spent four years reporting on Latinos in Idaho and co-created The Latino Card, the first podcast on Latino issues in Idaho. She grew up in California's Central Valley and graduated from Biola University.

Vice President / Cofounder

Ximena Bustillo

Politics Reporter, NPR and Founder of Voces Internship of Idaho

Ximena is a politics and policy reporter based in Washington, D.C. and a former breaking news reporter from the Idaho Statesman and production specialist at KIVI Idaho News 6. A 2020 graduate from Boise State University, and raised Idahoan, Ximena got her start in journalism at The Arbiter.

IPC Representative

Melissa Davlin

Idaho Press Club President and Idaho Public Television host

Melissa Davlin is vice president of the Idaho Press Club and lead producer and host of Idaho Reports on Idaho Public Television. She serves as the Idaho Press Club liaison for the Voces Internship program.

Secretary

Mia Maldonado

Reporter, Idaho Capital Sun - Alumni Representative, and Voces Internship of Idaho Secretary

Mia was the Voces Internship of Idaho's first full-time working intern. She is from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and graduated from the College of Idaho in May 2022 with degrees in Spanish and International Political Economy. Her internship helped her land a job at the Idaho Statesman as a breaking news reporter. In March, Mia returned to the Idaho Capital Sun to cover statewide politics.

Treasurer

Kaleb Smith

Client relations coordinator at Northwestern Mutual, and Treasurer for Voces Internship of Idaho

Recent MBA graduate with experience in financial analysis, management and leadership, and consulting.

Board Member

Ismael Medina

Bilingual/Bicultural Project Coordinator

- at the Idaho Commission for Libraries

Actively involved in the community doing engineering outreach to local high-schools and colleges. Over the last couple of years he has been a presenter at the MESA conference at WSU and CBC as well as volunteer to do mock interviews at the local high schools.

Board Member

Gustavo Sagrero

Race and Identity Reporter, KUOW - Seattle NPR

Gustavo Sagrero has spent his early years as part of many community projects, before leaving his hometown to work in fine dining abroad. An avid collector of takeout menus and restaurant shirts, you'll likely find him searching for the perfect bowl of menudo-or in the middle of a street with a phone camera in hand. If you see him, be kind enough to warn him if there's a car coming his way.

Board Member

Rebecca Deleón

ACLU of Idaho

Rebecca De León got her bachelor's degree in journalism from Boise State University, where she was editor-in-chief of The Arbiter her senior year. She worked in journalism around Idaho before transitioning to nonprofit advocacy work, but still co-hosts the news commentary radio show The Latino Card on Radio Boise.

Board Member

Matt "Mateo" Walling

Program Director, 103.5 KISS FM

Born and raised in Nampa, Idaho, Mateo is the Program Director of 103.5 KISS FM. After studying Public Relations at Gonzaga University, he returned to Boise to continue his career in radio. Mateo has also been on the air, consulted, and launched radio stations in Spokane, Washington and Salt Lake City, Utah. He sits on multiple advisory boards across the Treasure Valley–and has hosted two Voces interns at KISS FM!

Board Member

Antonio Hernandez

CEO, Civic Courage Consulting

Antonio connects funders and doers to advance democracy and civic engagement. He was named "Humanitarian of the Year" by the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs in 2022. Antonio chaired the Contamos census committee in 2020, aiming for an accurate count of Idaho's Latinx communities, and has co-hosted and produced the Radio Boise program “The Latino Card.”

Board Member

Rachel Spacek

Reporter at Investigative West / Report for American Corps Member

Rachel Spacek is a government and Latino Affairs reporter at the Idaho Statesman. She is passionate about holding local governments accountable to Idahoans.

Board Member

Ivan Hernandez

Community Development Officer

Ivan is from the Weiser area and attended College of Idaho. He is the Business Development Officer for Idaho Central Credit Union.

Board Member

Daniel Spaulding

KIYE FM Radio Coordinator/On-Air Personality & Boise State Public Radio

KIYE FM Radio Coordinator & Host of “The Conversation” & Indigenous Affairs Reporter + Producer for BSPR's "Our Living Lands."

Board Member

Carissa Wolf

Lecturer, Sociology Department; Instructor, Media Department, Boise State University; Freelance Journalist

Carissa got her start in journalism at the Idaho Statesman and Boise State Public Radio. She freelances for newspapers and magazines across the nation including The Washington Post and is especially proud of her stint as editor of Edible Idaho where she indulged in her foodie passions. She currently serves as the faculty editorial advisor for The Arbiter at Boise State University.

Voces Advisory Council

Brenda Rodriguez

Broadcast Lead, Reporter, KTVB

Brenda Rodriguez is a Bilingual News Reporter and Weekend Anchor/Producer at KTVB Channel 7 in Boise. She is from Rupert Idaho and graduated from the University of Idaho with a B.A. degree in Broadcasting, Digital Media, and Spanish. Before making it back to the Gem State, she interned at Latino USA in New York City and kicked off her career in television in Eureka, California.

Sonnay Alvarez

Owner and Marketing Director of Altanto Vino and writer for Great Northwest Wine Magazine

Sonnay specializes in wine marketing in Idaho and Washington. Before entering the wine industry, I worked in retail marketing at Boise State University and non profit marketing.

Alex Brizee

Criminal Justice Reporter

Alex Brizee covers Criminal Justice for the Idaho Statesman. A Miami native and a University of Idaho graduate, she has lived all over the United States. Go Vandals! In her free time, she loves pad Thai, cuddling with her dog and strong coffee.

Margaret Carmel

BoiseDev Reporter

Margaret Carmel is a BoiseDev reporter focused on the City of Boise, housing, homelessness and growth.

Zac Gershberg

Professor of journalism and media studies at Idaho State University

Zac has taught at ISU in Pocatello since 2014, offering courses in Media Writing, Business Reporting, and Media History, Law & Ethics, among others. His 2022 book, The Paradox of Democracy: Free Speech, Open Media, and Perilous Persuasion, was published by the University of Chicago Press.

Marcos Gaudarrama

KLEW News Anchor

Marcos is the nightly News Anchor for KLEW News in Lewiston, Idaho. He also occasionally reports and anchors for CBS2 in Boise, Idaho. Marcos is from Mountain Home, Idaho and graduated from Boise State University with a degree in Media Arts with a journalism emphasis and minor in Political Science.

Kyle Pfannenstiel

Reporter at Idaho Capital Sun

Kyle Pfannenstiel is a reporter for the Idaho Capital Sun. He previously reported for the Post Register, the Idaho Press and Idaho Education News, and worked in media relations for University of Idaho. He is a military brat who calls Idaho home. He graduated from University of Idaho.

Haadiya Tariq

Canyon County reporter at the Idaho Press

Haadiya Tariq reports on Canyon County and more for the Idaho Press. She graduated from the University of Idaho where she studied journalism and sociology while also working as a student reporter at The Argonaut. Originally from the Boise area, she took her first steps into journalism at Borah High. When away from her desk, she spends time pressing flowers, keeping busy with random crafts and doting on her cat Masoom.

Murphy Woodhouse

Mountain West News Bureau Boise Reporter

I joined Boise State Public Radio and the Mountain West News Bureau (MWNB) in April 2023 after about a decade working as a print and radio reporter on both sides of the Arizona-Sonora border. Most recently I was based in the Sonoran capital Hermosillo working for the Phoenix NPR affiliate KJZZ. At the MWNB, I’ve tried to leverage my past experience as a wildland firefighter to provide listeners with informed coverage of a number of key issues in wildland fire. I’m especially interested in efforts to improve the famously challenging and dangerous working conditions on the fireline.

Yanira Corvera

Radio Boise Host

Yanira Corvera's passion for radio began at the age of 16 in Tlaltenango, Mexico. She is currently the host of Expression Latina, a show on Radio Boise.