‘Sweet Savage’: Long Beach MMA fighter reconnects with her Cambodian heritage
“There’s too much of a culture of women being quiet,” Sovannahry Em said. “We live in such a society that violence toward women is not so uncommon.”
Crystal Niebla is the West Long Beach reporter through the Report for America program. Crystal is originally from South Central L.A. She is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach and previously interned for the San Pedro-based Random Lengths News publication. She has also freelanced for the Post. Before joining the Post, Crystal reported for and mentored young journalists at VoiceWaves, a local youth media program.