Cierra Luna
Sports Reporter, PhoenixCierra Luna of Albuquerque, New Mexico, expects to graduate in December 2020 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Luna primarily creates digital content for Cronkite Sports.
Latest from Cierra Luna
Nonprofit Soldier’s Best Friend pairs rescues with veterans to become service dogs
PHOENIX – Arizona nonprofit Soldier’s Best Friend adopts dogs from local shelters and trains them along with veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injury to become service dogs.
Flagstaff’s Snowbowl Ski Resort ready to open with COVID-19 restrictions
Even with COVID-19 restrictions, Flagstaff’s Snowbowl Ski Resort is set to open.
Arizona collegiate athletes speak out on importance of voting
Athletes at NAU, ASU and UArizona making voices heard about importance of voting
Arizona natives Cody Bellinger, Aaron Slegers represent opposite sides in World Series
PHOENIX - Arizona natives Cody Bellinger, Aaron Slegers represent opposite sides in a World Series featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays.
Former ASU softball star Macha knows thing or two about curveballs, and COVID-19 threw one
CHANDLER - Breanna Macha, who pitched at Red Mountain High and ASU, left her job as New Mexico’s pitching coach due to COVID-19, and reinvited herself.
As costs rise and participation falls, nonprofits helping families pay for youth sports
PHOENIX – Valley of the Sun YMCA and the Caris Sports foundation help assist parents and club teams with sports program costs that would otherwise keep their kids on the sidelines.
‘Cruel irony’: COVID-19 stalls momentum of women’s soccer
PHOENIX - After winning the World Cup in 2019, the U.S. national team helped women's soccer skyrocket in popularity. Then COVID-19 hit.
After NCAA ruling, athletes work to reconcile activism with personal branding
After NCAA ruling, athletes hope to use personal brand and platform to speak to their audience on social justice issues.
