Mariah Espada is a founding engagement editor at Healthbeat. Before joining CNC, Mariah was an editorial audience fellow at Axios and a culture reporter at TIME, where she also contributed to their social video strategy. She is a graduate from American University in Washington, D.C., with internship experience at CNN, CBS, FOX, and Voice of America. Mariah is a proud Nuyorican obsessed with reality television and travel. Her passion project, @HoodHistoryHere on TikTok, aspires to preserve the history of New York City's gentrified neighborhoods.