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Pauline Arrillaga is a national writer for the Associated Press. She graduated with honors from The University of North Texas with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She joined the AP in 1992 in Dallas as an intern.

She moved to Austin where she covered state politics. In Houston, she covered the space program and the prison system. She was a desk supervisor in Dallas.

In 1995, she moved to Harlingen, Texas where she wrote about immigration, drug trafficking, and the growing influence of Hispanics along the Mexico border.

In 1999, she was named Southwest regional writer in Phoenix. In 2002, she was promoted to Associated Press National Writer.

Awards

 * 1996: The Press Club of Dallas and the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors group, presented her with the top AP writing award in that state. Her winning entry told the story of a rescue worker at the Oklahoma City bombing and his failed attempt to save one of the many children who perished there.
 * 2002: She was awarded the Associated Press Managing Editors' top feature writing prize for her three-part narrative about a Phoenix police officer whose face was badly burned in a car explosion and his quest to recover.
 * 2004: Associated Press Managing Editors again recognized her with an honorable mention in feature writing for a serial narrative examining the widespread smuggling of humans into the country.
 * 2005: She was among the winners of the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2005. She won for local reporting for a journalist under 35 for "Doors to Death,” about the illegal smuggling of human beings, and a deadly tractor-trailer run in Texas.