Fernanda Santos

Fernanda Santos is an award-winning author and journalist whose prolific career includes 12 years as a staff writer at The New York Times. An immigrant from Brazil, Santos has reported in three languages (Spanish, Portuguese, and English) in Latin America and the United States. Her work focuses on stories that elevate the voices of underrepresented and misrepresented communities. She is a professor of practice at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, a contributing columnist for The Washington Post, a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and vice president of The Sauce Foundation, which honors her late husband’s memory by raising money for journalism scholarships and pancreatic cancer research. Te amo, Flora.