Michelle Jokisch Polo
As WKAR’s Bilingual Latinx Stories Reporter, Michelle reports in both English and Spanish on stories affecting Michigan’s Latinx community. Michelle is also the voice of WKAR’s weekend news programs.
Michelle joined WKAR in August 2020.
Before joining WKAR, Michelle was the inclusion reporter at WGVU Public Media, covering stories of people at the intersections of racial justice immigration reform, criminal justice system reform, reproductive justice and trans and queer liberation. Michelle began her career as a journalist as the head reporter at El Vocero Hispano, the largest Hispanic newspaper in Michigan.
Michelle has a master’s degree from Grand Valley State University and a bachelor’s degree from Calvin University.
Content
- West Michigan organization helps Latinas to widen access to the workplace
- Venezuelan family traveled for 3 months, only to be denied asylum claim at the border
- Michigan suit is challenging denial of lost wages for injured undocumented immigrants
- A lawsuit in Michigan wants to protect worker's comp for undocumented immigrants
- New Michigan law means people leaving prison will automatically be registered to vote
- Michigan will now automatically restore voting rights to people who leave prison
- Students are pushing for free menstrual products on college campuses
- Michigan lawmakers want to get rid of life without parole sentence for juveniles