Jason Gonzales is the Higher Education and Legislative Matters Reporter for Chalkbeat Colorado. He reports in partnership with Open Campus. Previously, he covered K-12 and higher education for The Tennessean and Brunswick County for the Wilmington Star News. He is a 2018 Education Writers Association Reporting Fellow and a 2020 Institute for Citizens and Scholars Higher Education Media Fellow. He is a Colorado native and graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder. You can find him on Twitter @ByJasonGonzales.