Jacob Kessler is a freelance journalist based in Lima, Peru, where he covers international LGBT news and other political and human rights issues. He is also an American Mandarin Society Next-Generation Journalist, where he researches and writes about Chinese influence on human rights in South America. Jacob is a graduate of CUNY Hunter College and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and English.

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