Immigration Reporter
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton is an award-winning reporter at The Denver Post covering immigration. She forged the newspaper's Denver neighborhoods beat after reporting on the business desk for almost two years, focusing her coverage on social inequities in business.
She writes for National Geographic, Better Homes & Gardens, Business Insider, Vox, Smithsonian Magazine, Delish, Eater and other publications. For two years, she chased after lawmakers on Capitol Hill as Bloomberg Government's agriculture and trade policy reporter. Megan has covered the Venezuelan refugee crisis in Peru, immigration in Colombia, socioeconomic issues in Guatemala, parliamentary affairs in England and White House press briefings in Washington, D.C. During her stint at Arizona PBS, she worked two beats: borderlands and social justice.
Megan received her master's in mass communication from Arizona State University. She now teaches Media Issues in American Pop Culture as a faculty adjunct.
She is a 2025Â Gwen Ifill Mentorship Program Fellow, the 2024 Denver Post "I Heart Readers" Award winner, a 2023 Goldschmidt Data Immersion Fellow, the 2023 Denver Post "I Heart Readers" Award runner-up, a 2022 Cannabis Media Fellow at UVM, a 2020 Bloomberg Industry Group "Beltz Award for Editorial Excellence" winner, a 2020 White House Correspondents' Association scholar and a 2019 Pulliam Journalism Fellow at The Arizona Republic.
In 2025, Megan earned four awards at SPJ's Top of the Rockies, including No. 1 in a special topic series about immigration. She trained as part of IJNR's Land Back workshop about tribal issues in 2024 and Covering Climate Now's Climate at the Border initiative in 2025.
Megan is a member of the Overseas Press Club, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, the Indigenous Journalists Association, the Colorado Press Association and the Online News Association. She is proud of her Kanaka 'ĹŚiwi (Native Hawaiian) ancestry.
Featured Stories

After making the journey from Colombia, some migrants “feel left out” of resources for Venezuelans in Denver
Even as Denver has taken in tens of thousands of migrants from Venezuela, it's seen a smaller influx of newcomers from Colombia.

How Denver nonprofits are trying to stem the migrant crisis by reducing poverty, creating stability in Guatemala
Two Denver-area nonprofit groups that run a school and loan money to entrepreneurs in Guatemala are taking a hands-on approach to improve lives and reduce the flow of migrants to...

“Not welcome to stop for gas or food”: Decades later, Colorado’s history of sundown towns still lingers
The U.S. — Colorado included — is dotted with former "sundown towns" where people of color suffered myriad degradations: from restaurants, hotels and gas stations declining to serve travelers to...
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Rocky’s Autos — and the Denver dealership’s legendary TV commercials — are no more as business closes after 40 years
Rocky's Autos, the Denver used car dealership known for its creative TV commercials, is officially dissolving after four decades in business.

New “co-warehousing” concept coming to Denver with $10.8 million building sale
FlexHQ, a real estate company, recently purchased a 76,000-square-foot building at 5180 Fox St. in Denver. It consists of mostly warehouse space, with more than 6,000 square feet of office.

Cannabis beverage business hit with $45K in fines for violations at Mile High 420 Festival
Denver Packaging Company, which also operates as Keef Brands, admitted to seven violations on April 20, including unlawful acts, packaging and labeling

Islanders in the Rocky Mountain West: Hawaiians flock to Front Range restaurants for taste of home
The most significant challenge facing displaced islanders is disconnection from the land and culture. A salve? Hawaiian restaurants

DIA’s Mission Yogurt gives staff a weekly travel allowance in ongoing industry trend
Mission Yogurt, a concessionaire at Denver International Airport, is hoping its new weekly travel allowance will not only keep its employees happy, but also attract new talent, in what's becoming...

Global fast-food chicken chain Pollo Campero eyes Denver, Colorado Springs for expansion
Pollo Campero, the world's largest Central American chicken franchise, is eyeing Denver and Colorado Springs to expand into the Colorado market for the first time.

Denver-area businesses that survived the pandemic are now shuttering over raised rents, labor shortage
Some entrepreneurs in the Mile High City struggling in the face of more hurdles are closing up shop — and, often, not by choice.

New Natural Grocers stores to open in Denver’s Central Park, Brighton next month
Natural Grocers, the organic grocery store chain with roots firmly planted in Colorado, plans to open two more stores in Brighton and Denver's Central Park neighborhood. The grand opening for...

“Considerable urban flooding” in south metro Denver as heavy storms move across Colorado
Parts of Colorado are being battered with storms Monday afternoon, resulting in flash flood warnings and road closures.

Westbound I-70 in Aurora reopened after 7-hour closure due to flammable liquid spill
Westbound Interstate 70 is closed just west of Colo. 470 in Aurora due to a tanker truck leaking flammable liquid on the road, according to the Aurora Police Department.