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Savory meatball subs smothered in mozzarella. Sizzling birria tacos with spicy salsa. Smoky barbecue brisket with all the fixings. And a rainbow of Italian cookies.<\/p>\n

\"Hungry
Hungry for small classes and more facetime with professors, Stephanie Breijo ’09 studied journalism at the University of Mary Washington. Now, she covers Los Angeles’ culinary culture as a food writer for the L.A. Times.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just try<\/em> looking at Stephanie Breijo\u2019s Instagram on an empty stomach.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood is universal,\u201d said Breijo, a Los Angeles Times <\/em>food writer who graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2009. \u201cIt\u2019s a lens everyone sees the world through, whether they\u2019re aware of it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting takes her to every corner of L.A.\u2019s restaurant community, from pop-ups in Koreatown to bistros in Santa Monica. But before she began highlighting epicurean happenings throughout the city and curating cuisine on social media \u2013 an art that didn\u2019t even exist when she was a student \u2013 she acquired the recipe for great storytelling at Mary Washington.<\/p>\n

A Los Angeles native, Breijo learned to cook from her grandmother, before starting college in San Diego. Hungry for smaller classes and more facetime with professors, she transferred to UMW, where she majored in English and landed an internship at Fredericksburg\u2019s Free Lance-Star<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n

She also spent countless hours in former Mary Washington dining hall Seacobeck \u2026 but not for the smorgasbord. There, in the basement, she edited stories and helped design the student newspaper, then called The Bullet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome students need help learning the craft and finding their voice,\u201d said Steve Watkins, who taught journalism at UMW for over two decades. \u201cRare others, like Stephanie, show up fully formed. The best you can do is point them in the right direction and get out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the L.A. Times and on her Instagram account, @breij, Stephanie Breijo covers everything from fine dining establishments to street food. Before moving to Los Angeles, she was an editor at Richmond Magazine. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

After graduation, she worked for a variety of media outlets before using her writing and photography skills to land a gig covering D.C. restaurants and bars. \u201cIt became a beat I loved more than any other,\u201d said Breijo, whose career took off.<\/p>\n

As dining editor at Richmond Magazine<\/em>, she managed a team of 20 writers and produced award-winning work spotlighting an up-and-coming food scene, before heading back to the West Coast to work for Time Out Los Angeles<\/em>. Then came the pandemic, wreaking havoc on eating establishments everywhere. Finding herself furloughed, Breijo began freelancing for the Los Angeles Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Now a full-fledged reporter and news columnist, she captures<\/a> the city\u2019s culinary culture, from making Michelin announcements to introducing new fare at Disneyland. And she explores<\/a> everything L.A. has to offer: B\u00e1hn m\u00ec and burritos, kimchi and kabobs, pizza and sandwiches piled high with pastrami.<\/p>\n

\"Stephanie
Stephanie Breijo pays homage to her Italian culinary roots by dressing up as one of her favorite restaurants in Los Angeles, Dan Tana’s, for Halloween in 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no denying I\u2019ve had some incredible meals, but we\u2019re also covering food policy, history and culture,\u201d Breijo said, citing a piece she wrote about an L.A. Natural History Museum digital series highlighting the local bread-maker community.<\/p>\n

At Mary Washington, she learned to craft these types of narratives with the same kind of care she gave the Italian wedding soup she recently made with her grandmother, who passed away early this year. After eating a bowl from that last batch they\u2019d created together, Breijo wrote on Instagram, \u201cI marveled at each meatball, knowing one of our hands had formed it, indistinguishable as to whose.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her penchant for such palatable prose, Breijo said, is perfect for tackling topical themes like food waste and insecurity.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things I hope I can do more, and do more effectively, is telling the stories of people whose stories deserve to be told.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephanie Breijo was the recipient of the Class of 1943 Scholarship in Memory of Levin J. Houston III and the Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Merchent Tardy Endowment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Betty Emrey of Mindpower Inc. contributed to the reporting and writing of this story. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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