Mc Nelly Torres is an award-winning independent journalist based in South Florida and the Stimulus Team Leader for EdMoney.org. Torres began working on the Education Writers Association stimulus project in October and is building the team looking at spending. She covered education at the San Antonio Express-News in Texas where she wrote about four politically contentious school districts including the largest inner city school system. Her work in San Antonio contributed to the conviction of a school building architect. At the Morning News in South Carolina, she garnered local and state awards for her investigative work on the state's hog farm permit filing process. Her work in South Florida as a consumer writer for the Sun-Sentinel led to the conviction of a businessman with a history of defrauding customers, a state probe of a foreclosure-rescue firm and changes in state laws pertaining to foreclosure-rescue business. In 2008, she was elected to the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors, the world's leading organization of investigative journalists. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Colorado State University-Pueblo, formerly known as the University of Southern Colorado. A native of Puerto Rico, Torres has lived around the world while following a military husband who retired in 2005. Her children, now ages 21 and 17, have attended public schools.

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