• Named one of the top 2025 graduates for San Diego State University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies

  • Selected as a fellow for the award-winning Carnegie-Knight News21 national reporting program.

  • First place for Informational Graphic from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges - March 2023

  • First Place for Editorial from the California College Media Association - March 2023

  • Student of Distinction Award from the Southwestern College Foundation - May 2023

Special distinctions and awards

Resume

Hannah Psalma Ramirez interviews Jose Francisco Lopez, a subject of her reporting project for the 2025 Carnegie-Knight News21 program. (Photo by Sydney Lovan for News21)