Contreras joins Votebeat as a reporter

Votebeat has hired Natalia Contreras as a reporter, covering voting access, election administration and election policies. Recently, she was a communities enterprise reporter at the Austin American-Statesman.

She covered Hamilton County, Indiana and served as an immigrant communities reporter at The Indianapolis Star. She also reported for Corpus Christi Caller-Times in Texas.

Contreras graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington.