Alumni Spotlight: Kevin Lara (’12)
October 31, 2013
Kevin is a full-time photojournalist for the Orange County Register, one of the nation’s largest dailies and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
Kevin graduated with a BA in English with a journalism concentration in May ’12, and is a former Panther photo editor and staff photographer. His senior thesis, focusing on the lives of young men in Orange County undergoing treatment for testicular cancer, drew on his own experiences as a testicular cancer survivor.
His work has appeared in numerous local and national publications, including the New York Times, USA Today and OC Weekly.
“He (Kevin) is an amazing young man and phenomenal photographer,” said Professor of English, Susan F. Paterno.