Marium Zahra is a student and a sixteen-year-old independent journalist working from the Frontera in El Paso, Texas, covering education, culture, and politics. She has worked with local magazines, nonprofits, anthologies, and organizations that protect social justice. Her work has been seen in The Nation, Business Insider, Chalkbeat, Yes! Magazine, PBS On Our Minds, Prism Reports, The Barbed Wire, and more.