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Mariel Padilla

General Assignment Reporter, The 19th

Mariel Padilla is a general assignment reporter at The 19th. Previously, she was a breaking-news reporter at the New York Times, where she contributed to COVID-19 coverage that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize.
Policy

Women veterans react to 'ill-informed' disparagement by Trump's SecDef pick

“He keeps saying they’ve lowered standards for women [in combat roles], and that is just not true," said one policy expert.

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