Gustavo Arellano

Gustavo Arellano
Gustavo Arellano at the 2012 Texas Book Festival
Born3 February 1979
OccupationJournalist
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Gustavo Arellano (born February 3, 1979) is an American writer and journalist. He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times[1] and the former editor of Orange County's alternative weekly OC Weekly. He is most notable as the author of the column ¡Ask a Mexican!, which is syndicated nationally and has been collected into book form as ¡Ask a Mexican! (Scribner, 2008).[2][3][4] Arellano has won numerous awards for the column, including the 2006 and 2008 Best Non-Political Column in a large-circulation weekly from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, the 2007 Presidents Award from the Los Angeles Press Club and an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, a 2008 Latino Spirit award from the California Latino Legislative Caucus, and was part of the Los Angeles Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the L.A. City Hall tape leak scandal.[5]

In 2018, Arellano was featured in the "Tacos" episode of the hit Netflix show Ugly Delicious.[6] He has also written an episode of the American cartoon Bordertown.

  1. ^ "Gustavo Arellano". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. ^ Daniel Hernandez, "Inquiring Gringos Want to Know", Banderas News, September 2006. Accessed 2010-10-21.
  3. ^ Tim Gaynor, "Confused by your neighbors? Then Ask a Mexican!", Reuters, 1 May 2007. Accessed 2010-10-21.
  4. ^ Interview with “¡Ask a Mexican!” author Gustavo Arellano
  5. ^ "Gustavo Arellano". Simon & Schuster Authors. Simon & Schuster, Inc. Retrieved 2 March 2017. He has received the President's Award from the Los Angeles Press Club, an Impact Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and a 2008 Latino Spirit Award from the California State legislature.
  6. ^ "Gustavo Arellano". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-17.