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Jennifer Moncayo (born in 1983) is an American journalist originally from Los Angeles, Calif.

Life and Career
Moncayo graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, writing emphasis, and a minor in Women’s Studies. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in the Magazine, Newspaper, and Online program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

She previously worked as an associate editor at Nailpro magazine, public information assistant at Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, and the positions of copy editor and editorial assistant at the trade publication American Fitness. She also held the position of editor at the independent music magazine Big Wheel and the title of assistant editor at the nonprofit independent punk zine Razorcake.

Highlighted Works

 * “20 Years of Nailpro,” February 2010, Nailpro


 * “Diane Gamboa, East Los Angeles,” Issue #36, Razorcake


 * “Bouncing Souls,” November 2006, Big Wheel


 * “Mestiza Consciousness and Representational Politics of Manic Hispanic,” volume 23, 2005 edition, Criterion: Loyola Marymount University’s Journal of Literary Criticism